So I want to go to Burma for a week or so during Spring Festival. I'll be in Jinghong on the 15th so I'd like to enter overland.
Do I need a visa to get into Burma?
If so, where's the Burmese consulate in Kunming?
Are there buses to Burma from Banna?
I'm American.
Anything helps! Thanks!
Ocean
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Visa is required. Consulate contact details:
www.gokunming.com/[...]
Search for "Myanmar" on this site for further info on crossings etc.
www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/6346/ruili_visa_run
No you can not cross into Burma - flights only.
For future reference - overland crossings are possible but only at Ruili (not Daluo, near Jinghong) previously this required a permit, but rumors suggest that since July 1st, the permit requirement has been abolished though I wouldn't count on this. A visa in advance is also another requirement under all circumstances.
Overland access within Myanmar to the border at Mu-se (opposite Ruili) is now definately possible without a permit (I did it in April) as the law changed in February.
There are no buses into Myanmar from anywhere in China. Crossings must be done in a Chinese or Myanmar registered private vehicle or on foot (Chinese registered vehicles can only travel about 10km inside Myanmar).
