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I'm going to be in the area in a month or so and am trying to decide where to go if I get a little free time. Does anybody have a recent report on Tachileik and / or Kengtung? Any info would be much...

I used a guide referred to me by another member. Drop me a PM (one more post on ISG and you'll have that functionality) and I'd be happy to share his information. Excellent English and knows all of...

Visa Situation:

I was last in Tachileik 6 months ago. I used eVisa and strongly recommend it. You get to keep your passport and that's worth the cost to me. Make sure to print out the...

I was able to get position info from a workout tracker app that I had running when I visited these places. Here are the exact coordinates of the three spots:

1. Houses on the curved road where I...

I'm a little fuzzy on my recollection, but I'll give it a shot. If you are going south on the main road out of town it'll be a slight right off and the houses are just 50-100 m down that road. I also...

I spent a total of four nights in country.

First night was spent in Tachileik. Hired someone to show me around and we went around to the usual houses (nothing much has changed in town. Same setup...

I just left Kawthaung, where I was mongering for a few days. I chose to go because I'd read good things about Ranong (just across the border) and was also interested in sampling the offerings in...

Hi,

I've seen a few reports scattered about on the net with some anecdotes of the mongering scene in Kawthanung / Kawthoung, but haven't found much here on ISG after RTFF.

I'm taking a little...