Transport in Myanmar is very supportive to your radius of action as a cyclist. We’ve been transporting our bikes on top of buses, in minvans, on boats, in airplanes and in Toyota Proboxes.

All you need is some small gear -like duct tape to bundle cables and small tools to detach pedals, turn handlebars or lower your saddle- , a smile, a little bit of extra kyats but above all the ability to stand back to let it all happen. In allmost every case drivers or service personnel involved have been very considerate, flexible but above all very proficient in securing and fastening the bike on or in wherever it fitted. Enjoy our small collection of transport flavours and setups below.

on our way to Dawei

Crossing the Salween river on our way to Hpa-an

…and we’re home!

Preparations for the intercontinental flight back to Amsterdam

When your bike is not allowed on the water taxi it is guarded attentively

To make headway on the -very bumpy- stretch towards Kalaw

No hotel in Nattalin …

Ready to load onto the plane from Dawei to Yangon

The two-bikeboxes-in-a-van project at Yangon airport

Waiting to board the cargo carriage towards Kyaiktho

Safely transported in the tiny luggage compartment from Heho to Yangon

The two-bikeboxes-in-a-van project at Yangon airport

Skipping parts of road nr. 8 to Dawei

Further reading on transport? Read on the Alternative transport section.