Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / March 2005

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Can anyone suggest decent hotels in Singapore and KL??
Thanks
Vijay

How about a feedback on that sort of resort please ?
Does anyone know about a nice place easily reached from KL for a few days
holiday with pool etc?
Thanks

Hi! I will visit the Tokyo area for about 10 days in late March. I have
a few questions I am not finding in my guidebooks and wonder if anyone
has info on:
1] I would very much like to visit a sumo stable practice and

someone stole my credit card and a high amount of money from my bag
during the nightly bustrip from Bangkok to Malaysia (I booked at the
GOLDEN VIEW travel agency, but there seem to be more agencies putting
their customers together on just very few so-called "VIP buses" that go

I am trying to decide between Shinjuku New City and Dai-Ichi Hotel
Annex. Both cost around $160 per night and we plan to stay for 4
nights. Dai-Ichi Hotel Annex seems like a better hotel but Shinjuku New
City may be in a better location. Any recommendations?

I am looking to find information regarding railway timetables / prices
in China - surely in 2005 the national railway system by now has a
website? I can't seem to find one, googling all sorts of combinations.
If there is indeed one (even if in Chinese only) - does anyone know the

I will have 2 26 hour layovers in Korea going to and from Bali.
I would like to stay at a clean and safe moderate hotel, say 50-100 US.
I'd like to be in an area where I can walk around and see things.
Should I stay in Inchon or Seoul? Hotel suggestions? If the hotel does

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Hello , we are replanning our cancelled trip to Thailand.   We are
planning to go next January and are wondering what your thoughts are
in including Krabi, Ko Lanta to our itinery.

2 different websites say different things about a UK national getting a
holiday visa for Bali-one says visa on arrival the other says you must get
it in advance.
Anybody know?

I have a Verizon LG 4500 cell phone that I use in America.  It has  CDMA
800 / CDMA 1900.  Does anyone know if that will work in Viet Nam.  I
don't want to get charged international rates for local calls.  The
phone doesn't use a sim chip.

Hello All!, my name is Dave.
I will be traveling in 2 weeks to Japan for the first time in my life, i'm
very exited about my trip and would like to get some advice from people who
live there or have taveled to Japan before.

Until recently  I have used "conventional" airlines to fly across SE
Asia (MAS, Thai, Singapore Airlines) and have avoided using AirAsia.
Turns out that this was a smart move.
Last Saturday I flew with AirAsia from KL to BKK. The AK 884 flight was

Is there anyone who knows if its cheaper to buy stuff like
laptops camcorders in Singapore than Kuala Lumpur.
Thanks Sony.