Tachileik was a border crossing probably used in the opium trade from the Golden Triangle[2] and was the town that the drug lord Khun Sa used to live in.

[7] Located immediately following the bridge that divides Myanmar and Thailand is a marketplace[8][9] that sells a large variety of products, including DVDs, perfume, clothing, luggage and wine.

Tachileik once had the reputation as a distribution nexus for heroin and ya ba (methamphetamine pills) moving from rural Myanmar to the world market.

The idea is for a pilgrim to go to the spot which has the day he/she was born known as the planetary post, and do a simple spiritual worship.

There are no maps and no guides for such excursions, and Burmese authorities frown on foreign visitors leaving the beaten track.