Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / June 2004

Budget hostel located in heart of Hong Kong's shopping zone. Single room
US$22.69 night, Double bed room (with private washroom) US$33.36/night. Only
3
minutes walk from Mongkok MTR station. Please visit

As I am getting deeper into planning , need some help.
- any suggestions for places to stay in Perhentian. I am inclining
towards staying at Perhentian Besar
actually and I don't mind paying more and staying in one of the resorts

I am going to Shanghai to do some work for my company. When I finish I
intend to go visiting my friend in Guangzhou and Hongkong. Do anybody
have experience in buying airline ticket from the airport ?? Is it
much more expensive in the airport compared to if you bought the

From the 'research' I've done Mui Ne is supposed to be a quiet beach.
Thinking of staying at the Sailing Club Resort at Mui Ne for 4 days.
Q1. Have anyone stayed at the Sailing Club before and can offer some comments
?

We are going to visit Beijing China in early August. We are trying to
find a 4-star to 5-star hotel (2 adults, 2 kids) that near by Tianmen,
wangfujing, etc... Also, do you pre-book your room in the US? If so,
how? on the internet? Are the rooms guaranteed? Any input on that is

http://www.pookaibooks.org/weblog/index.html
Tales of Asia in its overland travel section has update the Bangkok to
Siem Reap via Poipet/Aranyaprathet route, and has new travelers'
submissions about going overland into Cambodia from Thailand. There is

Hey Everyone:
Can anyone please provide me Phone Numbers for Local Agents at your
place or Agents from whom you have bought cheaper tickets, traveling
from US to Malaysia via Malaysian and Singapore Airlines.

What did HE have to do with the whole Iraq situation? He was just
trying to make a living for his family. For Christ sake, how much
more?

I'm flying into BK on July 20th, then journeying overland in Cam, Nam, and
Laos, flying out of BK on 20th Sept. Because I'm both flying into, and outof,
Bangkok, my travel agent says I need to apply for a 60 day visa BEFORE I leave
England.

Do i need to take malaria tablets when travelling to Langkawi ?
Not sure if they have malaria there ?
Regards
Jeff

I am planning on volunteering in Nepal starting in either November or December.
Is it true that tourism has been way down since the Royal Family massacre and
the ongoing civil unrest ?  A guidebook I have suggessts that to get even a
decent room it is like 12 dollars a night but I ...

Hello, we are considering flying into Singapore and making our way
through Malaysia up to Thailand etc.  We are wondering if travel in
Malaysia is as easy as Thailand and Vietnam.  We are not well season
travelers, and wonder if we will encounter any problems.  Is ther any

I went a couple of years ago but ended up spending much of the time in
hospital courtesy of some local cuisine. Still, it hasn't put me off. This
time I'll be doing the cooking course in the daytime but don't know where to
hang out in the evenings. I have in mind to do nothing, well ...

I 'm looking for the Garuda telephone number in Jakarta.
In fact when I will go there I will have to confirm the return flight.
Does anyone know that number?
thanks

I now have the effective plan of flights for West Papua.
I now know my real problem is to change my money.
I will have absolutely to change my money in Jakarta because in West
Papua there is a very bad rate.