Visa Run
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Local Time: Monday, June 26, 2006 - 6:00pm
Well, I'm back in Chiang Mai. My Thai tourist visa was starting to expire, so I did what is known in the Thai traveller's colloquial as a visa run. Which means I ran for the nearest border, crossed out and crossed right back in again. It took about half an hour. After I got to the border that is.
Val and I rented a motorcycle (Honda CB 400, very nice) and rode up to Chiang Rai, about 180km north of here. It is a lovely little city, which is not quite as nutty and commercialized and touristized as Chiang Mai. The road was a very nice twisty little piece, which took over 3 hours to ride. The forest covered mountains are pretty amazing through there.
Val stayed in Chiang Rai Sunday (she didn't need a visa renewal) and I rode another 70km north to Mae Sai, the northern most town in Thailand. There I walked across the border, out to Thailand and into no-man's land.
I tried to cross back into Thailand again, but the Thai immigration officer informed me that I need a Myanmar stamp in my passport. I can't just go out and then come back. I've got to go out TO somewhere. So, I went over to the Myanmar immigration, and they stamped me into Myanmar and then stamped me out again, right there, no problem. I think they get a lot of that. 250 bhat (~ $6.25CND) was the charge for entering Myanmar (and leaving again). Then I wandered back to the Thai border and entered Thailand again. I'm good for another month of hot Thai weather.
Local Time: Monday, June 26, 2006 - 6:00pm
Well, I'm back in Chiang Mai. My Thai tourist visa was starting to expire, so I did what is known in the Thai traveller's colloquial as a visa run. Which means I ran for the nearest border, crossed out and crossed right back in again. It took about half an hour. After I got to the border that is.
Val and I rented a motorcycle (Honda CB 400, very nice) and rode up to Chiang Rai, about 180km north of here. It is a lovely little city, which is not quite as nutty and commercialized and touristized as Chiang Mai. The road was a very nice twisty little piece, which took over 3 hours to ride. The forest covered mountains are pretty amazing through there.
Val stayed in Chiang Rai Sunday (she didn't need a visa renewal) and I rode another 70km north to Mae Sai, the northern most town in Thailand. There I walked across the border, out to Thailand and into no-man's land.
I tried to cross back into Thailand again, but the Thai immigration officer informed me that I need a Myanmar stamp in my passport. I can't just go out and then come back. I've got to go out TO somewhere. So, I went over to the Myanmar immigration, and they stamped me into Myanmar and then stamped me out again, right there, no problem. I think they get a lot of that. 250 bhat (~ $6.25CND) was the charge for entering Myanmar (and leaving again). Then I wandered back to the Thai border and entered Thailand again. I'm good for another month of hot Thai weather.
posted by Jaye | 4:33 PM
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