Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / April 2005

my wife and i are going to visit family in israel this fall and will
have an extra week to travel/tour. we've been to much of northern
israel, jerusalem and tel aviv. can anyone recommend places to visit in
central and southern israel? are there any web sites or discusion

another of AirAsia's newest international destinations
MANILA (CLARK), PHILIPPINES
8,888 seats from only RM 119.99/PHP 1,799
only at http://www.airasia.com

The cruise ship we will be sailing in only makes a quick call at Singapore,
Penang and Phuket. Any advice as to which country and/or location would be
best to shop for items like watches (not imitations), cameras, and
electronics?

Does any one know a tour company that runs a great tour of Myanmar ? ( Not
staying at big fancy stupid expensive hotels and hi priced restaurants
geared to the westerner's taste...as authentic as possible !) All I see are
just private tour guides escorting one or two people around ...

Is it possible to get a visa in Ho Chi Min City to cross the border into
Cambodia.
Thanks in advance.
Heathcote

I'm going to stay at Dubai International Airport for about 21HRS,
kindly anyone advise me how much the airport hotel rate gonna be?
Thanks.

We need ideas on the best air travel plan leaving from NYC (LaGuardia, JFK
or Newark) with stops in Beijing, Saigon, Singapore, and possibly Hong Kong,
but in no special order.  We plan to go for 5 weeks.
It seems to make sense flying to one city and home from another but the

In 2-3 weeks I will have to go from Dubai to Abu Dhabi, what is the
best way to get there?
Taxi? Too expensive, perhaps? Bus?
Thanks in advance,

What kind of information would you try to gather before you travelled to
India?
I have thought of:
- Visa

Betelnut restaurant review in Ko Samui
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Be afraid, be very afraid of this restaurant.
I wanted to share my terrible exprience of this small restaurant in Ko

I'm Australian.  I generally travel alone.
I like mid-level comfort: 3 stars, taxis, some Western food, some local.
Touristy stuff and some relaxation around the pool.  $AUD120 ($US95) per day
after airfares and transfers is the normal budget.

Rogue S.Lanka rebels seen in army area - monitor
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL295393.htm
By Simon Gardner
COLOMBO, April 7 (Reuters) - Renegade rebels, who Sri Lanka's Tamil

Hi, I'm an American planning to travel to Costa Rica for six months,
then do some more traveling around the world, mostly in developing
countries in either Latin America and/or Asia.
I'm trying to figure out the best place to stick my money so that I can

Is there anybody out there who has travelled from Vietnam to Cambodia by
land who can offer some advice.
Thanks in advance,
Heathcote

I would like to say thanks to everybody in this group who has responded to
some of my earlier posts..
Could anybody advise if either cash, tc's or ATM card...or a mix of all of
the previous, is the best alternative whilst navigating this region.