Myanmar motorcycle tour to Mongla, on the China border

 

This Myanmar motorcycle tour, heads north out of Thailand and into one of the most secretive, interesting countries on earth. Not only that, the beautiful ride north through villages and mountains bring us to the “noncompliant” town of Mongla on the Myanmar-China border.

With Myanmar emerging from decades of civil war, the military checkpoints along the way are still pretty serious and intimidating (at first).

This is one of the biggest Myanmar military checkpoints we came across on this Myanmar motorcycle tour.

It immediately feels different to Thailand, you’re on the other side of the road for one & has a much quieter, slow pace.

Riding passed some gorgeous Myanmar temples on this Myanmar motorcycle tour.

The motorcycle ride north in Myanmar is fantastic. Lots of villages, markets, ethnic hilltribe communities, fun curves and big mountains. In a group it makes the experience more enjoyable, sharing stories of riding “moments” passed in the day is always a hot topic when riding in Myanmar.

There’s not a lot of traffic around on this Myanmar motorcycle tour, lots of great scenery.

There some priceless Myanmar Akha hilltribe villages that are accessible by motorcycle. It needs to be dry to get there by motorcycle but shouldn’t be an issue.

The Myanmar Akha villages are accessible by motorcycle and some by 4X4.

From the Myanmar Akha villages, we ride north to the beautiful, un-molested (by tourists) town of Kengtung / Chiang Tung. A magical town, full of resources – rice, teak, minerals, livestock and many many more. It’s worth spending some time here looking around, there’s a great local market and some really spiritual temples.

Entering Kengtung on a Myanmar motorcycle tour is a truly special experience. Unique, enormous, temples, greet you as you ride in.

Nice hotel in Kengtung, with delicious local Shan food for our evening meal.

For motorcycle tours in Myanmar, the hotels are surprisingly good.

Traditional tattooing is one ancient art you will get to see on a Myanmar motorcycle tour.

Kentung locals market is one of the most special markets in Myanmar. The region produces rice, teak, sugar cane, minerals, livestock and numerous others, making this a huge bustling market.

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