Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / October 2004

I understand that when i enter Thailand I can get a free 30 day
tourist visa, is it easy to obtain extensions of 30 - 60 days once in
Thailand? Do you have to leave the country and re-enter? is this
fairly easy to do? I plan to enter Thailand via India on a one way

www.slate.com; go to Travel section. So far (two days into it) I like
the writing style; can't vouch for the content because I've never been
to India.
Enjoy!

New pictures from my last
travel to China added to my
site :
www.corradobina.it/cina/cina.html

Please help me with Japan questions. Traveling over there in a second half
of November.
 1.. Should I book all accommodations in advance or try to have more
flexibility and find a place to sleep upon arrival, considering my

Has anyone had good luck negotiating hotel rates in Thailand?
Specifically, I was told that if you walk up to a hotel you can get
half off of what is offered via the internet. So if I am looking at a
$40.00 room do I stand a good chance of knocking it down to 20 or 30?

I've never been to India, but it's either in these 3 months this year
or not at all. So, is it worth going, or is it just too hot? I suppose
the mountains would be fine. What about Goa and Kerla?
thanks

Over the years on this & other forums the reports of scamming in Viet
Nam have been many & varied.
The most common have been for tours & related services but in more
recent times the airport mini bus & taxi people seem to have been

Looking for 3* hotel in central Hanoi. Would appreciate recommendations and
rates, if possible. 3 night stay from 07 Oct.
Thanks
ps

hiya.
i am starting to think about a long backpacking trip.
hoping to start from singapore or india and somehow end up in london.
thinking of doing this overland.

I'm just planning my next trip to Thailand an Malaysia, but I'm a little
unsure because of ramadan.
How are the restrictions during this time in Malaysia, Indonesia and the dep
south of Thailand?

Kerala in November.
Can anybody recommend decent accomodation (flying into Cochin).
Would prefer 'near beach' accomodation, not luxury, but not 'completely'
basic and isolated either.  Somewhere for a couple to relax, walk, swim,

I want to travel from Beijing to Shang hai via Xi'an. I am looking for a
guide (F) to come with me and show me the country

we plan to be in thailand for a couple of days in dec (2nd week). does
anyone have a suggestion on which island is a better choice? we'd
rather avoid the very busy places. we are looking at koh samui.
one of the concerns I have is about the rains? dec is a fairly dry

Thanks for all the suggestions for guesthouses in January in the Krabi area.
At that time of the year, is it possible just to arrive and find a
guesthouse?  Or is it pretty busy at that time of the year?

I will be in Asia at the end of the year (probably leaving end of
November/beginning of December and coming back in January), initially
flying to Malaysia together with my wife. From there I will do a two to
three weeks trip to somewhere.