Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / December 2005

What does this mean? ty
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=izxnk1

Just wondering if BKK scales down services over the Christmas period?
I'll be arriving late afternoon on Dec 26th and want to know if luggage
storage will be an option. My flight departs the next day at 10am and I
want to go into town for the night. I suppose if I take a cab I can

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Found only in Japan:
http://www.igman.com/misc/japanese-restaurant/
Best,
Vasko

Nigeria cracks down on e-mail scams
The 'yahoo-yahoo boys' who are behind the country's infamous export
have few job prospects.
By Abraham McLaughlin | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

I well be in Myanmar (touristic route Yangoon, Mandalay, Inle, Bagan) in few
days.
I am curious is it possible to burn CD in major cities from digital camera,
and what kind of electrig plug (C, F, G wall socket) is mostly in Myanmar's

how much?
many thanks
Richard

 Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Perfect 10: Pyongyang
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By Andrew Salmon

An African lion is responsible for the death of 28 Cambodian Midgets
Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off
against African Lion
Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight,

Best airlines for flying a family of four (two young teens) from San
Francisco, or Oakland, to Thailand for family beach vacation?

I wish to spend about 18 days at some hill stations in India. What is
the best alternative out of Shimla, Darjeeling and Ooty?

FLOOD CRISIS: HAT YAI swamped
Published on December 19, 2005
Road, rail links to commercial hub blocked as town faces possibility of
worst flood ever. The southern commercial hub of Hat Yai plunged into a

They key word here is DON'T.Here are some of the possible scenarios that
might well happen if you do--
1.You will be asked to leave your passport behind.Never ever do that,at
best a copy.

Please share your experience of getting from the airport into town. How does
taxi work? Do I need to change my dollars/baht at the airport? What should
the trip cost etc? Any risks?  I'm staying at Traders Hotel and get there on
Christmas Day from Chiang Mai if anyone wants to ...

Any leads of where to start looking? I'm new in HK and would like to
get to NZ for that week.
TIA
--riverman