Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / October 2005

Can anyone recommend a website offering reasonable fares with Cathay
Pacific? I'm planning a 5 night stay in Hong Kong with my wife, from
Nov 26 to Dec 02, traveling from London Heathrow. The cheapest price
I've seen so far is £525 per person.

Can anyone recommend some sites/strategies for getting a low priced airfare
from Dallas to Delhi? I'm thinking of possibly going to India around
Christmas, but the airfares seem really outrageous.
Thanks,

at the end of November or in the beginning of December I am intending
to visit Vietnam. I will be departing from Germany.
Can someone tell me what and where the cheapest flight to Vietnam is at
that time? Or how I can arrive in Vietnam for the cheapest price? If it

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I like to go visit china again but hate to waite for that stupid visa. when
will china start to do like other countries that you don't need a visa like
most other countries. All you need should just be valid passport.

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Has anyone experience of staying at he Ramada Hotel Hong Kong Island?
It seems have very reasonable rates for a 4* hotel on the Island. Is it
in a central location, or miles away from an MTR or the Star Ferry??
Many thanks.

Does anyone know if you are able to get a normal tourist visa to go into
China to make day-trips?
eg. if you stay in HK and want to go to Guangzhou or places in Guangdong
province for the day, would the Chinese Government allow you to get a

Hey all
I'm arriving in Bangkok on January 1st and am leaving for Australia on
the 2nd, 3rd or 4th. We (2 of us) are going to need a place to stay in
Bangkok for a day or two to recover from the travel of actually getting

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"enquirer"... errr...
"oh-please-help-me-with-my-rudimentary-post-erer"? You guys are
incredibly knowledgeable & I have enjoyed reading past logs &

Hi,
What is the situation in Cambodia & Laos at the time?
Is it safe to (backpack)travel in those countries?
We are planning a 4 mounth trip to Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand,

I'm trying to buy a ticket from Ottawa, ON Canada to Ho Chi Minh City.
Leave Ottawa
Dec 25/26 and departing Vietnam and Jan 6/7.  The prices seem to be getting
higher and availability less and less. Anyone know of any ticket warehouses

I'm planning to go to Dubai next February, anyone can recommend me a deluxe
resort (about $200/nite) with a nice beach. It has to be near Dubai (Oman or
Bahrain is still OK)
Thanks

I am going to China (Beijing + Shanghai) in approx. 2 weeks, and I would
like to book my hotels on the internet (as I do not know any other way...).
I have never been to China before.
Is this wise? Which website would you advise? Any good/bad experience with

Has anyone been on the MV River Kwai? I understand it is more of a barge
than a ship. I'd be interested in any impressions. Food, water OK?
Excursions interesting? How strenuous?
TIA