Mae Sot, Thailand Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

MAE SAI , with its hustling tourist trade and bustling border crossing, is Thailand's northernmost town, 61km from Chiang Rai. Thanon Phaholyothin is the town's single north–south street, which ends at the bridge over the Mae Sai River, the border with Burma. Farangs can make a day-trip across the border to Thakhilek (6am–6pm), but you need to first get stamped out of Thailand at the Mae Sai immigration office, inconveniently located 2km south of the bridge on Thanon Phaholyothin; on the other side of the bridge, you simply pay B250 (or US$5) for a one-day stay; and on your return to Thailand, … more »