Last week my friend Armin Schoch informed me of the below information. This was further confirmed by Peter from Classic Bike Tours in an email.
I previously posted information regarding the new route entering from Mae Sot here: https://www.gt-rider.com/thailand-motorcycle-forum/showthread.php/39863-New-Highway-from-Mae-Sot-Myawaddi-in-2014
You can contact Peter at [email protected] for more information. Tell Peter 'Dave Early' referred you. :thumbup:
They are planning a tour along the new route for December 2014.Well, first of all I have been informed that the road from Myawaddy to Kawkareik (that is an awfull stretch of road we had to do twice in the past) is almost finished. I can't believe it myself but I've been assured over and over again that now there is no comparing to what we've seen last December. This definitely is a piece of good news, but even better news is that apparently it is possible to go from Taunggy (north of Inle Lake) in an easterly direction to Kengtung. Top Gear (BBC) did this just a couple of months ago in three old trucks. My Burmese partner did the route last month and showed my photos of the actual road. It is definitely motorable although quite narrow. Now that this is made possible we can do proper loop on this journey, going from Mae Sot, Myawaddy into Burma and then leave it via Tachilek / Mae Sai. A big plus is that the road from Inle Lake to Tachilek along the border is way more interesting than leaving Burma to the South on its state highways. The tour will also be one day shorter that way and the distances towards the end become shorter as well, since we don't have to do the detour via Chiang Mai...
I previously posted information regarding the new route entering from Mae Sot here: https://www.gt-rider.com/thailand-motorcycle-forum/showthread.php/39863-New-Highway-from-Mae-Sot-Myawaddi-in-2014
You can contact Peter at [email protected] for more information. Tell Peter 'Dave Early' referred you. :thumbup: