Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / October 2004

Any advice at all will be appreciated: what to take, what to watch out for,
how to protect myself and my important documents, etc.
Travelling to Cebu and surrounding area and  OZAMIZ city. Will be staying
with a local family.

If I get the 60-day tourist visa in USA before I arrive in thailand,
what happens if, after about 3 weeks in thailand, I decide to take a
one week trip to a neighboring country (malaysia,
or cambodia, or whatever) .....when I return to thailand will that

I am visiting Hong Kong and would like to know if anyone has any
recommendations for any car audio shops - where I am looking at buying an
in-car dvd system. Kowloon area preferred. URLs really appreciated to enable
price research to be done beforehand.

I need to spend one night in Macau so that I can take a flight to
Bangkok from AirAsia.
Can somebody recommend a hotel? Something not to pricey but also not a
cheap hotel (my wife would not appreciate it).

Hello has anyone use hotelclub.com to book a hotel in Thailand or
Asia?   I could not find anything negative in BBB or google. They seem
to have pretty good rates.
LW

my wife and I are planning to travel to Southern Myanmar in February of
2005. We'd like to enter the country in Kawthoung (from Ranong in Thailand)
and travel about 400km north to Myeik (aka Mergui) by speed boat, airplane,
car, or whatever is available. We'd like to spend a week in ...

Which do you like better, if you want to travel in China? Does expedia
already link elong.com as their China partner for online booking?

Is it better that I call a travel agent in Thailand and get them to
book air tickets form Bangkok to Phuket and back? Or do I book using
the Internet - either using Thai Air or Bangkok Air?
Any advise?

I am traveling through Singapore, with three friends in December and
shall be there for 10 days I was wondering if anyone could advise us
on good places to visit and go to during our stay.
Aly

How to go to Angkok (Cambodia) from Bangkok (Thailand)?

Anyone here have any good suggestion to a good hotel or resort or chalet
style accomodation in Koh Samui, Thailand? Budget around USD 50-80.
Preferably around Chaweng. What I am looking for is real good value for
money. If it is a little far from Chaweng but the rroms make up for ...

They want to steal your money , your clothes and maybe your life!
Better don't travel there! Travel to the great USA!

Does anybody know a travel agency in either Bangkok or Hong Kong, where
you can book flights within Asia (both national and international:
China, Vietnam, India, Singapore, Malaysia), pay by credit card and
fetch the tickets when you arrive ?

Can someone tell me about smoking in Singapore?  Is it allowed
anywhere? Restaurants? Walking down the street? etc?
THis may sound like an idiotic question but I do not want to get in
trouble on a coming business trip to Singapore! :)

Hello Again everyone!
I found a hotel chain for which I'd like to get your advise, it called
toyoko-inn (http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng)
It seems like a nice place and VERY reasonably priced. I'm wondering if