Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / November 2003

We are planning to go to Thailand+the Malaysian Peninsula next summer
(july,august) for 5 weeks on low budget.
Should we carry our tent with us or shouldn't we worry about finding
accomodation and just leave it at home, wich I intent to prefer.When we went

I'm inquiring for a friend who wants to visit Australia and spend time
in northern India, departing from San Francisco.  My best suggestion was
for her to check the ads in the Sunday SF Chronicle for bucket shop
consolidators.  Maybe there's an RTW deal.  Does anyone have a better

http://www.molon.de/galleries/Malaysia/Sabah/KotaBelud/
48 pictures of the Sunday market and of Kota Belud town

Does anyone know if there is a direct bus from Malacca to Mersing?
Links to bus companies are highly appreciated
Thanks
Ann

Any problems travelling with a Thai woman in Hanoi.??oe from the
locals?

Would really value some advice about a nice resort in or very close to
Hua Hin for my family in Januaey. Not Marriott type expense but not
the 1000 baht variety either. Mid range with a pool and not too far
from the centre of Hua hin. Needs to be on the beach.

I will be in japan between november 23 and december 4. should I spend 5 days
in tokyo and 5 in kyoto?  whats a good mix of things to do? I want to get
the most of my 12 days, should I get a rail pass? should I stay in different
cities in addition to the two?

Whats a good area to stay in osaka that gets me to kyoto easily and quickly.
for some reason SEPT 29 is not available in kyoto anywhere.

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Sri Lanka  - Continues to be the most developed country in South Asia.
Best gender equality and free speech records (RSF 2003 report) in the
region. One of the highest literacy rates and life expectancy rates in

In May, I visited the Myanmar National Military Museum in Yangoon.
After several minutes of long negotiations with the army guards at the
gate, my driver got them to sell me an admission ticket but I was not
permitted to bring my camera.  We walked up to a relatively new,

Travelling to Thailand soon and would like to buy your unused baht currency.
I am located in San Diego.  Pls reply here.

does anyone have any experience booking phuket hotels through
http://www.phuket-hotels-wholesale.com
they seem to have the best rates by far - but i sometimes get
suspicious when rates seem to be too good

Hi there - I was just watching some rather nice fireworks in my city.
At the same time, I saw the navigation lights of a few airplanes in
the sky and I was wondering, has anyone ever seen fireworks while
aboard an airplane? If the skies are clear, it must be quite

Does anyone have any idea as to how Changi Airport's charges for
airlines, eg landing fees, compares with other airports?

I will be in Hong Kong just before Christmas and am hoping to find a good,
reasonably priced Yum Cha/Dim Sum restaurant. can anyone help?