Sunday, November 16, 2008

Burma is fine - how are you?


A quick border run yesterday! Nothing changed too much. They changed the offices, so it's right onthe pier - saving a ridiculous step in the process.
To get the border stamp:
go to immigration office - get stamped out of thailand
go to pier - find longtail driver
longtail to thailand immigration outpost - double check that you are leaving
longtail to burmese immigration outpost to check you are netering
longtail to burmese immigration office to get re-verified that you are entering burma
longtail to burmese town to give copy of passport to prove to head office that you entered the country.
pay burmese officer $10 for stamp.
longtail back to burmese immigration island to verify that you are leaving burma
longtail to burmese outpost to re-verify that you are leaving
longtail to thailand immigration outpost that you are coming back
longtail to pier
head to immigration office (1km) to re-enter thailand.

Now you dan't have to go the immigration office - they moved it to the pier! that saves nearly 40 minutes. now it's easy to cross the border.

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