Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / February 2005

The family and I are taking an 18 day vacation in China next spring.  My
wife and daughter plan to take a hairdryer and I plan to take an electric
shaver.  All run on either 110 or 220 volt current.  What kind of plugs are
common in China?  We have several adapted for Europe, but ...

I'll be on a business trip in Tokyo for 3-4 nights.
My meeting will be at the KOKUYO hall (near the JR Shinagawa Station).
I have never been in Japan so far.
Should I look for an hotel in that area, or, in the evenings, another area

I'm considering stopping in Sihanoukville for a few days. Most of the
information I've read about the town is from around 2000, but some later
reports don't seem very positive (hotels closing, etc.). Does anybody have
any recent reports of their trips to Sihanoukville to share, or ...

I'm heading to Malaysia in April for 2 weeks with g/f and trying plan
the trip ahead, does anyone have any suggestions on which islands I
could vist or daytrips I could take?
I really wanted to visit Penang, Langkawi..but don't know how the

The Wall Street Journal
February 3, 2005
PAGE ONE
Sri Lanka Is Grateful, But What to Do With the Ski Parkas?

I was reviewing medications allowed in Japan, and noticed that OTC
decongestants with pseudoephedrine, such as Sudafed, are not allowed to
be brought into the country.  I understand the concern with this
medication, but what happens if a person has problems with chronic

I'm traveling to Japan (solo) for about two weeks next month and there
are just so many places to go, I'm having a little bit of trouble
picking one out.  I'm going to spend a few days in Kyoto and several in
Tokyo, but I'll have some time in the middle to travel around.  Last

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2004/05/1...
Should you visit Burma? Yes, according to Gill Charlton, who visited
the country recently. She found its citizens keen to maintain contact
with the outside world.

I want to travel from chicago to tokyo end of March/early April (with a
return in the 17-20 of April). I've been reading through these topics
and have learned about consalidators and bucket shops. So I have some
leads. If anyone has any specific information that would be great. The

Hi all
I think I've decided to take some travellers cheques to Thailand with me in
March and also a small amount of in Thai cash. I basically want to find the
best value for money so does anyone know if it makes a difference if I get

Some people have advised me against trying to send a small package to
Thailand, saying it will never arrive, or there will be customs fees if
it does.
Anyone have experience with this?

A group of 7 advanced photo shooters wanted some lessons in waterfall
photography so we loaded up a min-van and headed up to Doi Inthanon and
the Ma Ya waterfalls for the morning, studying the use of neutral
density and graduated neutral density filters along with polarizers to

Hello, I know this topic is not a new one but I'm going to ask anyway
and would appreciate any advice I can get!
I'm planning on going to India this spring (2005) for 4-6 weeks and
will be going solo. I've been reading as much as I can about the

Just wanting to know if there are ATM machines (VISA network) upon
arrival at Colombo airport.
Also, for fellow Aussie travellers, are Aussie dollars readily accepted
by money exchange bureaus etc in the major centres & airport? Similarly