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Bicycle Touring: Crossing the Thailand/Malaysia border at Tak Bai immigration checkpoint

We crossed successfully from Thailand to Malaysia at the end of January 2023 and would like to share our experience to help other cyclists considering this option. We spent 10 minutes at Thai immigration getting stamped out of the country, followed by a 10 minute ferry ride (0.60 Malaysian Ringit or 20 Thai Baht per 1 person with 1 bicycle), and 15 more minutes getting stamped in at Malaysia immigration.

We crossed at the Tak Bai (on the Thailand side) border checkpoint – https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Takbai+Border+Checkpoint/@6.2363978,102.0882392,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x31b6ab289af6d709:0xe16694fb993bee9c!8m2!3d6.2370293!4d102.0903582?hl=en

The author (and friend) aboard the small ferry between Tak Bai (Thailand Border Checkpoint) and Malaysia

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