Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / November 2003

My wife and I have been planning our trip to Thailand for January, since
the weather is supposed to be good then.  The more I understand the Thai
tourism market, the more I see that mid-late January is just after the
absolute peak of the high season.

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( 2003-11-27 15:07) (Shanghai Star)
Hangzhou Police Station has recently arrested a burglary ring which
included 14 HIV carriers, the Shanghai Morning Post has reported. It

Hello...next March I will have a 4 hour layover at CKS (Taipei) airport.  I
understand that I likely will not have time to head into town and do any
sightseeing, but is there anything to see very near the airport?  Would it
be feasable to hire a taxi to give me a quick 1 hour tour ...

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We would like to visit Laos in the beginning of 2004.
We would like to see the highlights as well as the minorities in the
north (Muang Sing) and the south (Paksong, Bolaven plateau)
Is there anybody who could give us some informations concerning topic

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My friend will be visiting singapore and would like to go to langkawi.
Most of the tour agents i've visited only offer Awana hotel, which i heard
is not very nice and it's not by the beach.
Could someone recommend a good travel agent that can offer a package

Does anyone have information on the starting/finishing times of the firework
displays on Jan 23rd 2004 in Hong Kong? It's just that I've got a 23:45
flight out of the island, and I don't want to be watching the celebrations
from the airport, so may need to change flights...

Is it possible to travel by train from Hong Kong to Hanoi?  If so, any
idea how long this trip takes?  Don't really want to have to stop in
China so I might fly from HK to Hanoi.  I'm doing a multi-country trip
and don't want to have to deal with another currency and another visa.

anything I shold be aware of if I take the bus from Khaosan Rd to Cambodia
(Siem Reap/ANGKOR)
are ther still scams, delays. ripoffs??
Are the roads better?? faster??

Hey there,
               has anyone been to Laos recently?
I was there 10 years ago and it was beautiful but mostly closed.
I'm concerned that it's now full of tourists and expensive.

I'm thinking ahead to my return trip to the East next December and am
considering spending time in Taiwan before or after my primary
destinations in Southeast Asia.  I've only spent time in the airport
while recently transiting to and from Bangkok, but found that the

See http://rectravel.com/din/lacavesb.htm
Has anyone else visited these caves in the past five years? Updated
web sites about them are encouraged.
More links about travel on the old Ho Chi Minh Trail are on

I am having trouble getting a ticket to Sabah, from TAIPEI for this
time period and had better grab another location pretty quickly...have
been to Phuket, Bangkok, Borakay, Angkor Wat, PP, and Saigon...what's
left that's accessible in one day travel except ho-hum locations such