Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / September 2003

I am Gireesh.A residant of Varkala.We have a great white sand beach
here in Varkala.Every year thousands of travellers visit varkala.I can
arrange all your travel needs.Includes Boarding,Lodging and tours to
other locations.Please feel free to contact me at

  I' ll be traveling to Taipei in Nov,03 w/ my wife and
to young children for 3 days. Need recommendations from
recent traveler to the region in regards to
hotels (Taipei Fortuna Hotel ??), place to visit, customs,

My husband and I are going to Tokyo and thinking of staying in  Shigetsu
ryokan in Asakusa (near Senso-ji shrine and Nakamise street)
Has anyone have any experience staying in the area ?
Is this a convenient/safe area ?

I Will be in Bangkok for a week.
What is the cheapest prepaid mobile package available?
Only use locally with easy reload.
Please reply.

Is there a place to store a backpack for 3-4 days in Bangkok's
airport?  Lockers or baggage check, possibly?

I'd like to buy a DV-camcorder (most likely Sony) for my world-trip, and
it seems like Hong Kong will be my first stop. So an option would be to
buy the camcorder in there instead of back here in Norway.
But considering the risk of not getting a chance to try it out/get used

I'm sure there's thousands of these in India, but searching the web
it's very difficult to sort out the wheat from the chaff.
Can anyone recommend one? I plan to spend some time in India over
Christmas and would like to spend a week or so at a yoga school /

I need air fare cost from
Colombo to Varanasi
Colombo to New Delhi.
We need six tickets and plan to leave Colombo during the last week of

I have a choice of choosing one out of these four hotels for a tour
package to Beijing. Which should I choose? Choices are:
New World Courtyard Beijing (Superior Room)
Renaissance Beijing Hotel (Deluxe Room)

Does anyone know about nice and inexpensive 2-bedroom
suites/bungalows/apts in Thailand. Preferably under 3000 baht/night.
Should be in Samui, Phuket or other place with nice Beaches.
We'll stay for 2 weeks, so weekly rates are ok too.

I'm going back packing around Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand for 5 or 6
weeks, and then spending 8 weeks in Japan.
What would you all suggest to do about money?
How much cash?

Has anyone just come back from any of the islands on South Male atoll that
can confirm what the weather is like at the moment. we're about to go and
the Weather Channel shows it as pretty grim at the moment.
Thanks

I am planning to go next month to Hanoi.
I planned 1-2 days in Hanoi, then going for two days to the West
North, would like to see minorities villages, but avoid tourists
crowds like in big markets.

Hello my friends,I and my wife going in Bangkok in October for 2 or 3
days;do you know one guest house cheap(about 200-250 bath max for double
room) and clean possibility in Khao San Road?
thanks in advance

Sorry, I made a post here a few days ago asking if anybody knows
anything about traveling in Uzbekistan in october (the climate, mostly)
but nobody answered.
Maybe I did a mistake and should have posted somewhere else? Anybody can