Sunday, August 1, 2010

Bike to Burma Border

Saturday we biked 3 miles to the border with Burma. The ride was pretty easy on a four lane highway without a lot of traffic. Spent most of the day there wandering through the market and sitting in the shade of the bridge.


Thai border guards -- not much to do but tolerate touristas like us


Border walkway, a good place to buy cartons of cigarettes, not sure why but the sales hawkers are there.


More tourists.


A huge market on the Thai side of the border, jade and I suppose fake jade; and all kinds of consumer products and packaged food items. Somewhere there are jade traders but we did not see any.


"Friendship Bridge" and colorful apartments in Burma.

Posted by Roger and Donna at 6:10 AM

2 comments:

  1. norikoAugust 1, 2010 at 10:34 PM

    I so wish I was there, too. Everything look fantastic. Is it possible to cross into Burma form there? I guess you have to get a special visa. It would be so interesting to see the other side of the border. Burma is completely different from Thailand. Can you take photo of what you eat there?

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  2. Steve GillmanAugust 4, 2010 at 6:28 AM

    Thanks for posting the photos. Looking forward to more in the future. If we make it to Drinking Liberally this afternoon I will remind everyone of your blog and give them the URL again.

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