Exit Burma Overland?

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<hr>Also, old question: isn't it true that the name Myanmar, is the same as the old one, Burma, it is just translitterated different in English, they both sound the same, so isn't it really the same name? Thanks.<hr></blockquote> There was posting about this by Ava man some weeks ago which was very interesting reading. Try a search for Ava Man and see what you get.

As far as I know, Myanmar was the name of the country before British colonial rule came in the 18th century and changed it to Burmah. (Burmah East India compamy?) The same goes for Rangoon - Yangon, Moulmein - Mawlamyine, Pegu - Bago etc

British had a trend for doing this .. other British colonies also suffered the same fate .. Bombay - Mumbai, Ceylon -Sri Lanka, Tamasek - Singapore etc

Right, it was just the British ear perverting the names, but really it was no fundamental change?

At the time of the coup in Thailand (Oct. 2006) there were several reports about people being turned away at the land borders. After that time hardly any have reported, it's fairly certain that the only possibility is to get a special permit from the MTT to do so. How long it will take or how much this will cost, I don't know. Only other way is to make arrangements through a travel agent or tour company.
The borders where this may be possible would be Mae Sai /Tachilek or Ranong to Victoria Point, but remember that you will not be able to travel overland to these border points from the interior of Myanmar, these areas are simply out of bounds to foreigners... No matter how you go about it, a flight will be involved. (or a boat).
You should be able to enter from China into Myanmar, but not exit, and no matter where or how you try... you will need to have the permit arranged prior to arrival at the border. There has also been reports that you had to depart at the same entry point as you entered..... But people have entered from China and exited via Yangon (by air).

If you have the latest version of LP Myanmar, turn to page 19; it has paragraph or two about it. According to LP, the country has been known to be called Myanmar from as far back as 13th Century during Marco Polo days.

#4. Like so many other things in LP's guide-book(s).. This information is out of date. While the rules that are now being observed may have been in place when the guidebook was researched, they are now interpreted differently. It amounts to this.. you are still able to cross certain borders on local area permits obtained at the border for a limited time... Such as for "visa runs" from Thailand....
Any other border crossing requires a special permit, obtained in advance from MTT.

Well, the main population in that area call themselves Burmese, pronounced something like Bah- mese. They certainly don't call themselves Myanmarese.

#6, I agree that some would still call themselves as "bamar" but officially, people there would refer to themselves as "Myanmar" as in the adjective but never "Myanmarese" ... sorry to say this, but "Myanmarese" is something that "ignorant" westerners made up.

Don't know if they're ignorant if they use their own way names. We've had this subject lots of times.
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<hr>I agree that some would still call themselves as "bamar"<hr></blockquote>
Some? You've got to be kidding.
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<hr>but officially, people there would refer to themselves as "Myanmar"<hr></blockquote>
Right, officially...
BTW, most other SEA neighbours still call the place something closer to Burma. Thais call it something like Phamaa, in Khmer it sounds something like Berma. You think they got this from the British? You've got to be joking. Burma is an age old civilisation which influenced large parts of SEA at one time or another. Just because the generals thought of renaming it, and it was politically correct to use supposed anti- colonial names doesn't make it 'correcter'.
Do you say Paree or Paris, Praha or Prague, Lisboa or Lissabon, Moskva or Moscow, The Hague or Den Haag? Please, give me a break. Call it what you want to, I'll continue using Burma.

#8, I'm aware that Thais call it Phama but we're not talking about Thais here. I speak from experience. I have been to Myanmar countless times and have made friends there with many people. I'm learning how to speak Myanmar with my friends and we more often than not refer to the country as Myanmar. The older generation tend to still use Bamar but school aged children definitely refer to it as Myanmar. Sorry, I'm just giving you facts as I've encountered from my numerous visits there.