I am travelling to Thailand in July and I am interested in
going to Kanchanburi, and then on to the Burmese Border at
the Three Pagodas Pass. Can anybody tell me if the border
is still open for day trips into Burma and are there still
guesthouses in Kanchanburi, who can organise trips to the
Three Pagodas Pass.
Thanks for any assistance
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No problem getting tours to the pass. Doubt if you can get
into Burma, legally anyway.
you can cross into burma for the day. the procedure
described to me by the thai customs guys was
this:-
-go to the immigration office in sangklaburi (the last town
before) and get your passport stamped and part with $15.
-go to the border and cross
-you don''t get a new visa stamp when you come back
.
you can go about 2km beyond the border. i don't know what
the burmese charge for an entry stamp.
.
there is a regular bus that goes there from kanchanaburi and
there are a few resort type hotels up there. it's not quite
the adventure you might imagine. the road really just goes
up a wide valley and doesn't really twist much or go up and
down much.
It is a laid back sort of place which has excellent places
to stay, the best is "Apples Place" and is my recommendation
for good accomodation, excellent food, friendly homestyle
atmosphere where you will want to stay for a long time (we
did) Apple and Noi are your hosts and they do everything
possible to keep you happy and entertained. They have the
best tours in Kan. can hire mopeds and will tell you the
best places to chill out. they will arrange all your travel
arrangements. Go to the Felix hotel for a swim, or the
night markets.
Apple has also started a Thai-cookery course, and once you
have tried the food you won't want to go before she teaches
you how to make her mouth watering curries, Yum Yum.
check out this web site :
http://members.tripod.co.uk/paulcarroll/Apples.html
if anyone wants more information email me or apple. happy
travels
P.S.Please say hi to apple and noi from paul & yvonne.‰
It takes a lot of effort and time to go up to the pass - long bus
ride but the road is good. Once you get to the pass, what
would like to do? There's a village of sort on the other side of
the border which you can walk into paying Bht 20.- to whoever
manning the post there. When I was there , no customs or
immigration to speak of. Nothing much to see in that Burmese
village unless you want to buy some crude wooden furnitures
from the locals - big business for the Thai merchants. On my
trip, we arranged for the military escort to arrange for a bus to
take our group well inside the border to the waterfall about 10
km away. The dirt road stops there and according to the
escort, it takes two days on foot to get to Yangon taking the
jungle path,if you can find one. The pass is actually the
landmark on the route the Burmese army used when they came
on their 'outing' to Ayuthya. It's not a high,spectacular
mountain pass as some may think and if you have that much
time to go there, you may be better off trying to organize a trip to
Thungyai Naraesuan wildlife sanctuary with the help of travel
agencies. With early rains, the chance to spot wildlife is quite
good now.