Overland travel

I think you can travel by bus fromkyaiktiyo to Hpa an, and then have a choice of bus, shared taxi, private car to Myawaddy and the Thai border. I was in Hpa an last year, and people l met had come that way. No need to return to Yangon. You could also take the boat to Moulmein, and then travel to Myawaddy, if you want to see Moulmein. Or travel down to Dawei, and cross over to Thailand from there at Phu nam Ron.

You don't have to go back to Yangon to then go south again...you can simply continue south from Kyaiktyo....either by bus to Hpa'an or Mawlamyine, or by train to Mawlamyine, then to Myawaddy. You could probably even catch a bus coming thru from Yangon/Mandalay going straight to Myawaddy.
There are other 2or 3 border crossings further south, but Myawaddy-Mae Sot is by far the closest to Kyaiktyo.

OP, I think you may need to consult a good map. Returning from Kyaithiyo back to Yangon only to head out again to Myawady would be ridiculous - as it turns out the only way of getting to Myawady (or indeed, the entire southern Myanmar) is to pass through Kyaithiyo first, unless you fly. However, since there is no airport in Myawady only road based travel is possible and it's only about 5 hours from Kyaithiyo to Myawady via Hpa-an by car.

Busses and cars go pretty much all day every day. No issues here.

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