Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / September 2003

Has anybody visited Wellingtons battlefield at Assaye in India.
How easy is it to get too?
Which city do we fly to?
My friend is a Historian and I just want to return to India!

Are there cheap places to stay in Hong Kong? Preferrably clean and safe
as well, but I don't need anything luxerious.
Are there youth hostels there?
I'm going to be there around December 2003/January 2004.

ANy suggestions for where in Bangkok to buy good (or at least decent)
quality luggage?
I know of the shops downstairs in NarayaPhand, and have bought some
things there before- relatively good quality. But I am now looking for

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003  <gb@sonicresearch.mailme.org> wrote:

I'll be sepending a few weeks in Japan and China (Tokyo and Hong Kong
mostly).  And I need cell phone service for calls to/from the US.  I'm
interested in figuring out what I need to do in order to have service.
Does anyone know if AT&T has a service and phone I can buy?  I've

"Burma (Myanmar) - Photo Gallery"
http://www.hsdejong.nl/burma/
On this web site you will find many beautiful photos about Burma.
No big story, only pictures...

See the travel report on
http://bangkokpost.net/en/040903_Horizons/04Sep2003_hori53.html
Some links about the border crossing into Cambodia at Pailin are on
http://rectravel.com/pai

Who will be the first to cross between Vietnam and Laos at Dien Bien?
Links about the trip are on
http://rectravel.com/din
One big beer Lao to the first who uploads pictures from the trip!

For those that missed seeing all the impending doom and gloom in the
Thailand visa situation, here is a link to new proposals that are due to
be made law and put into effect by July next year.
http://www.gmorning.info/index.html

Just thought you may be interested in looking at my website. Its all about
cycling from Lhasa(Tibet) to Kathmandu(Nepal) via Everest Base camp.
Loads of pics on there you you people, i have the negative of the 400+ pics
if anyone wants a better detailed pic send to them.

26 years old Hong Kong man providing escort service to all ladies who visit
Hong Kong, please call (852) 62414694 for details.

We are an american couple in our fifties-sixties.  We are accustomed to
renting a car and traveling on our own -- we often do this in europe
and are thinking of doing this in Japan.  Stay in small hotels or the
like.  

"Nepal - Trek Around Annapurna - Photo Gallery"
http://www.hsdejong.nl/nepal/
On this web site you will find many beautiful photos taken before, during
and after the trek around Annapurna.

Where can I get better exchange rate?  Does KLIA exchange Hong Kong bank
notes?

I'm looking for reliable travel agents in Bangkok and Dhaka that will accept
internet-bookings and -payment.
/Peter