Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / November 2003

I'm a solitary traveller and I'd like to reach Wamena in West Papua
and to visit some villages around Wamena (with a good local guide).
Will it be dangerous?
Do you know a good local guide in Wamena? Can I contact him by email?

By AUDRA ANG, Associated Press Writer
BEIJING - Six months ago, the newly opened Chengdu Snacks was one of
thousands of businesses forced to shut down as the streets of Beijing
emptied and people stayed home in fear of SARS. The eatery reopened

Has anyone recently crossed border between India and Pakistan (between
Amritsar and Lahore)?  Any hassles?  Max

I've heard stories from people who visited Vietnam & said the Police tried to
extort money from them...
Example: a taxi driver demanding more money than originally agreed upon & when
my friends objected to paying the extra amount...the driver called the police &

http://www.turbanhead.com/mt/japanjournal/
comments, questions welcome.

GPT – HIKING AND MOUNTAINEERING TOUR
YANGON-BAGAN-MOUNT VICTORIA-BAGAN-MANDALAY-YANGON
(13 DAYS/12 NIGHTS)
Day 1. Yangon Arrival

Tour Program Code: G-010
Tour Program Name: Yangon - Kyaikhtiyoe - Bago - Taungoo - Pindaya - Inlay -
Mandalay - Innwa - Sagaing - Amarapura - Bagan - Magwe - Pyay - Yangon
Duration: (15 Days - 14 Nights)

Please go to:
www.summer-place.com
For Christmas/New Year 2003/2004 - under $10.- good rooms

I'm looking for a nice hotel in KL (Malaysia). No business hotel and
situated centrally. Can anyone recommend one? We are traveling with our son
(14 months).
Thanks for your help.

Is Hong Kong cheap for electricals compared to Sydney? I am after a video
camera.
Any advice appreciated

I need your comments if you have experience with this new resort (Laguna
beach) in Redang island Malaysia. We only know Berjaya beach Redang and we
wonder if this new proposal is offering same type of accomodation, confort
and more over the same pleasure with the beach very easy and ...

I'm Italian and I'd like to reach Andaman island and to visit an Onge
or Jarawa village.
I'd like to sleep two or three days at that village. Is it possible?
Do you know some good travel agencies operating in Andaman island?

do you know if there are some cheap flights (round trip) from Calcutta
to Bangkok and from Bangkok to Calcutta?
I know there are only expensive flights.
How much a cheap flight cost?

I'm planning on going to Nepal in February.  What's going on w/ the Maoists?
Is Nepal safer?  Is February a good time to go?

Buying a new laptop to take with me for my retirement in Thailand.
What company offers  the best customer service centers?
I have been told Compaq is by far the best and I remember seeing a
large Compaq service center on Sukumvit Rd just past Buckskin Joes.