Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / February 2004

Stop cross posting the Viet Kieu hate mail to rec.travel.asia.  It's
just like spam on this news group.
Leave it in the Vietnamese culture group although that looks silly now
I've written it with your stupid headings like Vietnam is a toilet

Hope someone can help.  My husband and I are hoping to travel to
Thailand in mid October and we need some advice about where to go.
Last year we spent 2 weeks in Phuket at the end of September and now
we are addicted to Thailand.

say are there places (eg cybercafes) that allow u to transfer your
images from CF cards and burn them into a CD? has anybody done that
b4?

Hi all,
Can anybody clear up whether I can get extra pages in a UK passport?
I'm in Bangkok  and after doing more travel around SE Asia than I'd
planned, all with full page visa's, my passport is now practically

Does anybody know of good places to visit in SE Asia to take in and
participate in drumming circles?
Also, how about buying indigenous drums and shipping them back to
North America? Is this possible?  Thanks!

Does anyone know whether a foreign tourist can take boat service from Phnom
Penh down the Mekong River into Vietnam? I have an old travel book (2002)
that says such service was under discussion, assuming the border crossing at
Chao Duc would open to foreigners "sometime in the ...

I want a return flight from Toronto, Canada to Southeast Asia.  Where
is the best place (cheapest) to fly into and out of?  Is it Bangkok?
What is the best way to book my flight?
Any comments or sugestions will help tons...thanx

I am travelling from Japan to Shanghai to Hong Kong, back to mainland
China to Vietnam.  What kind of Chinese visa do I need?  Please help!
Also what Chinese cities can I get a Vietnamese visa processed besides
Hong Kong?   Thakyou!

I want to travel around Southeast Asia to the followong
countries....starting in China (Shanghai, Hong Kong) to Thailand,
Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
After paying for flight  from America I will have $3500 to spend on

does anybody have an up to date / first hand experience of the situation
in this part of the world. Are there any restricted unsafe areas?
Thanks
Gp

I'm travelling to China in May/June, and was wondering if anybody could tell
me if photo shops that can copy CF memory cards to CD are common. I would
expect Hong Kong, Shanghai & Beijing would have at least a few, but what
about other areas in the country??(mostly common tourist ...

I just read the state department warning concerning US citizens traveling in
Nepal. They stated that threats had been made against US travelers, but did not
go into any specifics as to what type of threats, or if it included the entire
country. Is there anyone here who has been ...

I'm planning to travel to South India the next august.
I have two questions:
1. What's the best and cheapest way to go to South India from Europe? I've
seen that maybe the best is going to Bombay, and there take a flight to

Is there any safety issue with a guy from the Midwest USA standing on a
train platform in New Delhi.  I enjoy taking trains and want to know .. what
to expect.  I will be traveling there for 2wks in March..

My wife and I are USA citizens going to China in May.
A visa is required. Visa services want $165. each. Is there
a more direct way at less expense? A visa service wanted a
charge like this when I went to Turkey, but they were available