Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / October 2003

Anyone know how crowded the Phillipines is in January? Places like Angeles
City and Cebu? Thanks in advance...

Can anybody suggest a 2 weeks itinerary through Northern India
(Rajahstan) which covers all major sights (Taj Mahal etc.) ?
We might go this December. How will the weather be ?
Will it be very tiring to travel across India ? I've been in Mumbai and

I am planning on traveling to Nepal and Tibet next summer. Have any of you been
there, and if so, how did the high altitude affect you. I am about 6'3" and 275
lbs, very active, but have absolutely no experience with high altitudes. Just
wondering if anyone would like to share their ...

After failing to get any flights at all to Singapore,
I've booked Hong Kong (4 nights) and Penang (7 nights)
instead, and I think I was lucky to get that.
So, I'm asking the same question about a different place.

Plz advise

Is it possible to book hotel at the airport in S'pore?
Would standby rates be cheaper?
I need to book for Monday and Tuesday next week. All internet sites I
checked wouldn't allow for that soon.

Are there special activities happening in Chiang Mai in December that
one just shouldn't miss?
Are there cultural or scenic spots that are "must see" sort of places
there?

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I plan to go to China in a week with my Chinese born but now living in
the US (with H-1 via) girlfriend. I was thinking about booking a room
or two with sinohotel.com until I came across this from their FAQ :-
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Crazy, huh?  Well if Bush's economic recovery gets much better I may be
searching another career, or a pleasant low-income retirement.
Assume I'm a more than capable Gaijin jazz player.  I want to move to
Osaka or Hakata or Kobe and play jazz professionally.  Make enough to

I'm preparing the itinerary for my 1st visit to Japan next March. The
plan is to stay roughly one week in and around Tokyo and another in
Kyoto or Osaka.
During the second week I obviously want to see both Kyoto and Osaka

Can someone recommend a good TA in SF?
I'm looking to go to China & Hong Kong.

Does someone has any experience of quite confortable "losmen" in Bali.
where, what prices & services.
tks fr help
serge

What's the cheapest solution for phoning back home while staying in
Japan? I'll be calling home to Norway.
And how about buying a cellphone? I've read that it's hard for
foreigners to buy cellphones there, but I assume this means phones that

I posted several weeks ago on this newsgroup and received a great deal of
useful advice about where I should go in late January for a 9-day holiday.
The winner: Koh Lanta in the Andaman Sea.
And now, to try and get some extremely specific advice: