{"id":3581,"date":"2020-06-30T20:50:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T20:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/?p=3581"},"modified":"2024-02-15T21:49:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:49:34","slug":"overland-from-india-to-myanmar-zokhawthar-rihkhawdar-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2020\/06\/30\/overland-from-india-to-myanmar-zokhawthar-rihkhawdar-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Overland from India to Myanmar \u2013 our adventure over the Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdar border"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3581\" class=\"elementor elementor-3581\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58a8832c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58a8832c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63adf3e4\" data-id=\"63adf3e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-275626e elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"275626e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f0b7872 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 21, 2020\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-fcf06e9 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDay 148\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b7f90aa elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-compass\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTedim, Myanmar\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5c90350 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-suitcase\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16950 Km\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91e741d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91e741d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"leadin\">From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Aizawl, the capital of the North-East Indian state of Mizoram (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/2020\/06\/15\/aizawl-silent-city-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Aizawl, the capital of the North-East Indian state of Mizoram<\/strong><\/a>, we headed to Champhai in the same state. Champhai was our last destination in India, as it is the last bigger town before the border to Myanmar. We crossed the border through the Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdar border post, which opened up for foreigners just recently and therefore we couldn\u2019t find almost any information about it beforehand. Getting from the wild, wild East of India to the wild, wild West of Myanmar was quite an adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Aizawl to Champhai<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Like we wrote in our previous post, there were some problems with our Sumo reservation, but we still managed to start our journey towards Champhai already before 7 am. The journey took around ten hours with a few breaks and one construction site where we had to wait. The time passed relatively fast as we sat on the front seat of the Sumo and could admire the misty views along the way. The road was mostly in an okay condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170005-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Misty Mizoram\" class=\"wp-image-3591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170005-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170005-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170005-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170005.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Misty Mizoram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170029-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"On the way we saw some small villages\" class=\"wp-image-3594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170029-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170029-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170029-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170029.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>On the way we saw some small villages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170019-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170019-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170019-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170019-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170019.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quiet weekend in Champhai<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people of Mizoram (and of the area on\nthe other side of the border) are strict Christians, which means that on Sunday\neverything is closed. Also, the border is closed on Sundays and no transport is\noperating on that day either, so in order to be able to cross the border\nstraight on Monday, we had to arrive in Champhai on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We stayed in Hotel Chawngthu which was one\nof the few options to stay in Champhai over the weekend. Even the hotel was\nclosed on Sundays (we could use the side door to get in and out), so Sunday\nwould really not be a good day to arrive into the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170056-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Everything is closed in Champhai on Sundays\" class=\"wp-image-3595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170056-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170056-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170056-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170056.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Everything is closed in Champhai on Sundays<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we arrived on Saturday, the places\nwere just closing so we couldn\u2019t even find an open restaurant in Champhai,\napart from our the one in our hotel. On Sunday we got a meal served into our\nroom. Our first traditional Mizo meal was some green leaves in a tasteless soup\nand a very watery daal, so we didn\u2019t mind that it was also our last Mizo meal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170088-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Our first and last Mizo meal (and our messy room)\" class=\"wp-image-3596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170088-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170088-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170088-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170088.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Our first and last Mizo meal (and our messy room)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We really didn\u2019t see much in the town but\ndid some walking on the empty streets. The town felt cosy and the area was\nbeautiful, which we could see well from the rooftop of our hotel. Even though\nMizoram is practically a dry state, it\u2019s allowed to cultivate grapes for wine\nin the Champhai region. We would have loved to visit the vineyard in Champhai,\nbut of course, it was closed, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_071824-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The view from our hotel's rooftop to the surrounding Champhai region\" class=\"wp-image-3585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_071824-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_071824-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_071824-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_071824.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The view from our hotel&#8217;s rooftop to the surrounding Champhai region<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Champhai to Zokhawthar \u2013 Potholes and\nfarts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We started our journey towards the border right after the sunrise. Our last sunrise in India was beaaautiful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_061428-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Our last sunrise in India (for now)\" class=\"wp-image-3584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_061428-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_061428-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_061428-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_061428.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Our last sunrise in India (for now)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We didn\u2019t really know where to find a sumo from Champhai towards the border, but luckily the town is small and we found the place easily. First the guys at the sumo stop told us that the first sumo was already full and that we would need to wait until the next one is leaving. All of a sudden, they decided, though, that we could also get in, so that we were 12 people instead of 10 in the car. The ride costed 300 rupees per person (Jan 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_073820-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"In a sumo towards the Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdar border\" class=\"wp-image-3586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_073820-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_073820-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_073820-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_073820.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>In a sumo towards the Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdar border<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the sumo we sat next to a nice dude. Despite\nthe fact that we couldn\u2019t understand each other very well because of the\nlanguage barrier, he talked with us, offered us some paan and invited us to\nstay at his place. Seri took the paan offer but, unfortunately, we had to turn\nthe other offer down, as we were just headed to Myanmar. The men changed\nnumbers anyhow, who knows if we happen to be around another time. Johanna didn\u2019t\ntake too much part in the conversation, but kept her head half out of the\nwindow \u2013 partly because of the smelly farts of this nice dude (he told that the\npaan makes his digestion work), partly in order not to get sick on the bumpy\nroad. The winding dirt road leading from Champhai to Zokhawthar was in a poor\ncondition with a lot of potholes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_083331-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The road was not in the best condition but the views were great\" class=\"wp-image-3588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_083331-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_083331-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_083331-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_083331.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The road was not in the best condition but the views were great<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the way we had one stop that combined\npraying and peeing. It\u2019s pretty common in this area to stop the car at certain\ntimes, when one passenger in the car, like out of a common agreement, starts to\nlead the prayer. After that there\u2019s time to go to the bush if you have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_080342-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"We also had a fuel break\" class=\"wp-image-3587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_080342-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_080342-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_080342-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_080342.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>We also had a fuel break<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Zokhawthar Town to the border by motorbike\ntaxi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Like said, we didn\u2019t have much idea about\nthis border crossing before we did it ourselves. It came as a surprise that the\nsumo didn\u2019t take us all the way to the border but to the town called\nZokhawthar. There we had to find a transportation to the border, which in this\ncase were two motorbike taxis (100 rupees per head). The dirt road was in such\nbad condition that even our drivers laughed about it, but luckily these young\nguys seemed to be skilled with the motorbikes so we were not too terrified to\nsit on the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zokhawthar \u2013 at the Indian side of the\nborder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The border post on the Indian side was a\ntiny building right next to a bridge. Across the bridge, on the other side of\nthe river, is Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seems that it was completely useless to do\nthe registration in Aizawl. Like we had already guessed, no-one at the border\nchecked if we had done it. In fact, they didn\u2019t even have computers to check or\nfill our information, only some book where everything was hand-written. We\nfilled our info ourselves, probably could have written anything there\u2026 Before\nwe got the exit stamps, we were asked to present the print-out of our Myanmar e-visas.\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was some drunken man hanging out inside the border building, who fell on Johanna\u2019s backpack that was on the floor. Also, during our migration process, a small manifestation had started at the border. People were protesting something but we didn\u2019t understand what. The friendly border guard guided us through the crowd and across the bridge. He was even carrying Johanna\u2019s backpack!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_102941-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"While we were doing our migration, these protesters appeared from somewhere\" class=\"wp-image-3589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_102941-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_102941-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_102941-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_102941.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>While we were doing our migration, these protesters appeared from somewhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_103446-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The border guard leading us from India to Myanmar\" class=\"wp-image-3590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_103446-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_103446-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_103446-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200120_103446.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The border guard leading us from India to Myanmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rihkhawdar \u2013 at the Myanmar side of the border<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We were welcomed to Myanmar by another\nbunch of friendly border guards. They pointed us to the immigration office on\nthe left side. There a nice young man went through our documents and filled our\ninformation \u2013 this time on a computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170110-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170110-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170110-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170110-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170110.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The border town of Rihkhawdar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we could leave the border town, we had to get local money, kyats. As there is no ATM in Rihkhawdar we had kept some Indian currency to exchange. No-one on the street spoke English, but by asking around \u201crupeeeeee, kyaaaaat\u201d, we found help. A skinny, drunken man with a motorbike helmet on took us to some woman\u2019s kitchen. This business woman with a baby hanging on her belly gave us kyats on a really bad exchange rate, but now we had enough money until our next destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get from Rihkhawdhar to Tedim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We hadn\u2019t been able to find any information\nabout transport from the border towards the next \u201cbigger\u201d town, Tedim. So, we\nhad basically no idea how to continue from here. We asked the border worker if\nhe knew how to get to Tedim. He didn\u2019t either, but after making some phone\ncalls he told us that a bus would leave around four. This meant we would need\nto wait over five hours, but we were happy to know that we could get forward on\nthe same day. Just when we were about to leave, his phone rang and someone told\nhim that there\u2019s a truck leaving to Teddim\u2019s direction right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our transportation from Rikhawthar on was a\nbig pick-up truck with wooden planks as seats in the back. There we found a man\nwho could speak English and he explained to us that there were no regular buses\ngoing because it was Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170107-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170107-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170107-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170107-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170107.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Waiting for the pick-up truck to start<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The border worker had told us that the\nprice would be around 10 000 kyat (6,2 euros) per person (for a bus, not a\npick-up truck) but they asked 12 000. We asked if 10 000 is okay and they said\nyes. We thought at first that bargaining was really easy, but later on we\nrealized that they had probably meant 12 000 for both of us and were actually\nmore than happy that we gave them 20&nbsp;000 \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170114-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gas station on the way\" class=\"wp-image-3600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170114-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170114-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170114-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170114.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Gas station on the way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, without knowing much beforehand, we had made it over the border and were finally on our way towards Tedim and deeper into the state of Chin. The hilly and beautiful Chin is one of the least developed and least traveled states in Myanmar, which wasn&#8217;t necessarily the easiest place to start our adventures in a whole new country and culture, as we soon learned\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1069\" height=\"1900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170134.jpg\" alt=\"We were covered with dust by the time we reached Tedim\" class=\"wp-image-3601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170134.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170134-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170134-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1170134-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px\" \/><figcaption>By the time we reached Tedim, we 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