Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / January 2005

Sri Lankan military stops aid delivery to Tamils
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1281034.htm
Tension between Sri Lankan Government soldiers and the minority Tamil
people is growing in some refugee camps in the wake of the Boxing Day

I'm off to Vietnam in a few months, traversing the length of the country
from Hanoi to Saigon.
I'm after a good tailor for a few suits.  Can anyone point me in the
right direction?  

Can someone please help me to understand the relation between these 4
groups:
1. Sri Lanka government and army
2. Tamils

http://www.molon.de/galleries/Singapore/
133 photos taken in December 2004

URGENT ALERT: Sri Lanka sabotages tsunami relief in Muslim and Tamil
provinces by unleashing sluice gates
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=1364
06 January 2005

How the Evening Standard Article Happened
by Manoharan
http://www.sangam.org/articles/view2/?uid=782
Last Tuesday (04/01/21005) a person visited the post office in London

Going to Bangkok for a few days in early January and looking for a good
hotel with a GOOD pool. Any ideas which hotels with good location have
the best pools?
Cheers,

Can anyone please tell me if there's border crossings (boat, bus, on
car or on foot) for foreigners between Northern Laos into Vietnam
(heading towards Sapa)?  Though I presume that it's unlikely, any
handy flight connections (without heading down to Luang Prabang) would

wondered if anyone wanted to take a look over a travel guide I'm in
the
process of creating at http://www.visitinghongkong.co.uk, its aimed at
the

I am going to visit Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Loas next month.
Do you have experience with buying flight tickets in these countries?
I wonder if I could buy ticket day-before or I have to reserve them few days
in advance?

I am planning a visit to Karachi, Pakistan and wonder what attractions there
are in or near Karachi. If near Karachi, it should be a day trip only.
Stay is about 4 to 5 days.
ps

I have booked a trip to go to Seoul for Chinese New Year with my 4 year old
kid.
I was told that Seoul is practically closed down during Chinese New Year.
Does the shopping centres and the restaurants all close for the holidays ?

I'm looking for some net.wisdom on traveling to China with my wife and
two kids (8 and 11). My wife has been looking at some of the
package-tours that you can buy here in the States. From the description
of these, it looks like you would spend most of your time in 5-star

during my visit to Myanmar I found that my mobile phone was working on
13th Dec 2004 in Bagan and on 15th Dec in Yangon with "MY Maxis" as
provider - probably a Malaysian company that has a roaming contract with
my Swiss provider "Swisscom". I could even call a friend in Germany!

Any thoughts on this itinerary? I know that it is an ambitious schedule
with the number of cities involved. Only city that I am not sure about
is Seoul. I want feedback on the price and duration (am I better of
spending a day more in Shanghai as opposed to Hong Kong, etc.). Is Xian