by black69wolf69 » Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:52 pm
over the rainbow wrote:which border will you use? would like to know if all is as it was for O'smach crossing into Cambodia
The fb group posts more than a few are getting across
Could you provide some examples? Specific details from this group - when was the crossing made? From which border? Country of registration of vehicle (car/motorcycle)?
Some are getting across, this depends on the official/border involved. However, there are clearly far fewer foreign vehicles in Thailand than used to come prior to 2016. In that time I've seen 1 Indian car and 3 Chinese cars travelling in a convoy with mandatory guide, that's all.
I've been told that off the record, as long as the vehicles concerned are not registered in China or Myanmar/Vietnam they can cross at some borders without needing the guides/permits but this is unofficial, the authorities simply aren't following their own rules. It could also be that because the computerized system, meant to link foreign vehicles with the department of land transport and customs hasn't been implemented yet, customs is being lenient until such time this takes place.
The general trend is to make it more difficult to drive your own vehicle across the border and as governments work towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and start promoting electric vehicles and eventually self-driving vehicles, all the while building infrastructure like high-speed railways everywhere the idea is to eventually do away with independent travelers driving their own vehicles around. Thailand has also come up with another scheme, according to a Bangkok Post article from last year to be implemented starting at the end of this year, but likely will be delayed for some time which is to charge ALL foreign cars (and later on motorcycles) a fee to enter the country by using an RFID chip. A few years later, GPS trackers will become mandatory and a per km charge will be applied for using Thailand's roads. Already Singapore has a similar system in place and Malaysia is currently starting to implement the RFID chip system, with Singaporean cars already being required to have an RFID chip to enter Malaysia with cars coming across the Thai frontier next. Eventually, the entire SE Asian region and beyond will probably be using it.
O'Smach coming into Cambodia is easy. Have heard that Koh Kong will refuse non-Thai registrations (though some Malaysians may still get through) that don't have a permit from Phnom Penh. There was a blog from a UK traveller who finally managed to enter via Koh Kong after travelling to Phnom Penh by taxi and getting the permit, while having his truck parked in no man's land next to the Koh Kong immigration/customs house. Luckily for him, it only took a day or two to organize everything.
[quote="over the rainbow"]which border will you use? would like to know if all is as it was for O'smach crossing into Cambodia
The fb group posts more than a few are getting across[/quote]
Could you provide some examples? Specific details from this group - when was the crossing made? From which border? Country of registration of vehicle (car/motorcycle)?
Some are getting across, this depends on the official/border involved. However, there are clearly far fewer foreign vehicles in Thailand than used to come prior to 2016. In that time I've seen 1 Indian car and 3 Chinese cars travelling in a convoy with mandatory guide, that's all.
I've been told that off the record, as long as the vehicles concerned are not registered in China or Myanmar/Vietnam they can cross at some borders without needing the guides/permits but this is unofficial, the authorities simply aren't following their own rules. It could also be that because the computerized system, meant to link foreign vehicles with the department of land transport and customs hasn't been implemented yet, customs is being lenient until such time this takes place.
The general trend is to make it more difficult to drive your own vehicle across the border and as governments work towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and start promoting electric vehicles and eventually self-driving vehicles, all the while building infrastructure like high-speed railways everywhere the idea is to eventually do away with independent travelers driving their own vehicles around. Thailand has also come up with another scheme, according to a Bangkok Post article from last year to be implemented starting at the end of this year, but likely will be delayed for some time which is to charge ALL foreign cars (and later on motorcycles) a fee to enter the country by using an RFID chip. A few years later, GPS trackers will become mandatory and a per km charge will be applied for using Thailand's roads. Already Singapore has a similar system in place and Malaysia is currently starting to implement the RFID chip system, with Singaporean cars already being required to have an RFID chip to enter Malaysia with cars coming across the Thai frontier next. Eventually, the entire SE Asian region and beyond will probably be using it.
O'Smach coming into Cambodia is easy. Have heard that Koh Kong will refuse non-Thai registrations (though some Malaysians may still get through) that don't have a permit from Phnom Penh. There was a blog from a UK traveller who finally managed to enter via Koh Kong after travelling to Phnom Penh by taxi and getting the permit, while having his truck parked in no man's land next to the Koh Kong immigration/customs house. Luckily for him, it only took a day or two to organize everything.