Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / May 2004

Just a short note to readers to say that my wife and I recently stayed
at the YMCA in Hong Kong for the first time - the hotel is excellent,
clean and the staff are friendly and helpful.  It's worth staying it,
especially as it's located in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui.

We will be visiting Angkor Vat for 3 days. Any recommendation on travel
agent or hotel or youth hostel. We are looking for cheap options.
Do you reccomend taking any guided trip for Angkor Vat visit or we can make
it on our own ?

If you're in Phnom Penh, give the Veiyo Tonle Restaurant (
http://www.veiyotonle.com/ ) a try. Authentic Khmer food with regular
traditional Khmer dancing performaces by students. Or if you're away
from home and looking for some good Cambodian recipes, thre's some

I have heard that the 500 Baht airport service charge on international
departures can be waived if one is in BKK for less than 24 hours. But
I have not been able to locate a definitive source of information.
I have an itinerary where I arrive one evening and leave the next day

Planning to ride the sleeper train from Yangon to Mandalay. Is this a good
idea, as far as sceneries and getting to know the locals are concerned? Is
the train reliable? Thanks.
.mn

I am traveling to Phuket next week. What is the best way to go to
Patong Beach from the airport? I will be arriving on 10 PM.
Anyone could recommend a good resort in Phuket?
Thanks

Hiya,
We're off in a couple of days to Borneo, going for three weeks :) Amidst
some indulgent hotels we've got seven nights spread across danum valley
(Borneo Rainforest Lodge), Kinabatangan (Sukau river lodge), Selingan and

How safe is nord - east part of Sri Lanka?
Your recomendations for interest places?
thx
Miran

Will be in Bangkok in a couple of weeks and would like to see River
Kwai Bridge.  Will be staying in Silom area and as organised trips are
long would like to drive.  Anyone have any experience of this?  Am I
mad even to think of it?  Did have a car for a week in Malaysia and

It's my first trip to Vietnam, so forgive the naivete...
I'll be in Cambodia and Vietnam for several weeks on a leisurely vacation,
and would like to take a book to read during the long flights and slow
moments. Is the Vietnamese government at all strict about what sort of books

I would be grateful for any suggestions regarding a good tour company
that operates in India. I'm looking for a reasonable length trip 21-28
days, don't mind roughing it and with an approach that would suit a
younger person i.e. in their twenties.

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Phnom Penh's Bayon Pearnik magazine has travel update on
http://bayonpearnik.com/html/PDF/Issue93one.PDF
or see their main page on
http://bayonpearnik.com

I have return ticket SFO-BKK-SFO, but the date span at Bangkok is around 25
days. I have tickets from Bangkok to Siem Rem and Calcutta in between, but I
dont have the tickets with me as of now. I am supposed to collect them at
Bangkok from the travel agent.

Hi,  I've been planning a trip to southeast asia for a while now.  And
I was going to to go with my brother.  But he got a new job, and now
I'm stuck with the possibility of going alone.  I don't want to go
alone because I'm not too expirienced in travel.  (especially in