Well. Don't quite know what to say: But a visa on arrival is still, well a visa - which I need to acquire. But if I just want to get stamped into Thailand for another 60 days, why would I want to buy a visa for any third country first, if I do not really want to spend time there? And I do not think that is about German vs. Canadian passport, as mostly the former is amongst the most easy and powerful and door-opening in the world, which I very much appreciate.
I don’t care about any stamp. They can put as many into my beautiful passport as they please (although those empty pages might be needed elsewhere). No, it is wasting money, time and energy of having to get a visa first which I am trying to avoid for a short border run. And don’t worry about vaccine, insurance etc. I have all that. Not one of those anti-vaxxers.
That is what I wanted to hear? Hope that still applies now after covid and all. But taking a motorcycle into that province from Thailand is still out of the question, right?
If I would drive all the way to the Cambodian border, I would probably want to have a look (and a few cheap beers) as well, especially if they make me purchase a visa anyways. That is, if getting the motorcycle across borders doesn't open a new can of worms, wich reports say is happening at least at the Laos border. Myanmar border on the other hand, would much closer to where I spend most of my time. But anyways, thanks for the insight.
Interesting thought. Going to an international airport, get stamped out, never take the plane and get stamped in again. All at the price of a throw-away ticket and without the need to go to some remote land border. Just not sure all airports would allow to get from international departures straight to international arrivals.
The Mea Sot or the Tachileik border would be ideally located. Any chance a temporary visa-free entry and back to Thailand scheme would work in either of those?
So the Myanmar side held it. Got it. But what about back at the Thai side then? They gave a new stamp, although one did not have any Myanmar (exit) stamp then?
Hm. That does not really make much sense in the end. It should not matter to the Thai border what the Cambodian border does. What if someone is refused entry into Cambodia, and therefor never get a stamp there. Would this person then be caught forever in between countries, just because the Thai border expects an exit stamp? Hm.