Chaotic.Exciting.Golden Our initial plan was to enter Myanmar (or Burma, whichever) via the Thai-Mae Sai/ Burmese-Tachilek border crossing located close to Chiang Rai as this would have been most convenient for us after travelling North in Thailand. However after being told that the border is currently shut we did some research and found that whilst […]
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Stifling.Serene.Anticipative. Having had our fill of sleepless over night coach journeys we splashed out and got ourselves a couple of sleeping berths on the Chiang Mai over night express from Bangkok. Despite an early problem which set us back 2 hours and had us change carriages twice at Hua Lamphong we arrived fresh and well
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Refreshing.Backbreaking.Fulfilling The trip to Mae Sot was one of those spur of the moment decisions that can either be disastrous and leave you feeling like a moron for even contemplating going, or as is often the case, they form some of the most enjoyable and rewarding moments of travelling. Certainly our trip to the Myanmar border
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