Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / May 2006

I am going to spend about 4 days in ShenZhen, starting next Tuesday:
My first time in China, so I don't really know what to expect. Can somebody
recommend things to do in ShenZhen?
- I love Dim Sum, I suppose that should be easy to find there?

I have been talking to people on http://www.expats.com about staying in
Asia and they told me that hostels were pretty cheap.  Where can you
search for hostels in South Korea and Japan?

Norway's poor record on human rights
Norway portrays itself as the champion of human rights and advises
various countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America on how best human
rights can be protected.

I've heard lots about the cheap but good-quality tailors in Hong Kong.
Is this still the case?  I'll be in Hong Kong later this summer, for
1.5 weeks.  I'll be a bridesmaid at the end of the summer, and I was
hoping to have the dress made there, both quickly and inexpensively.

Vikings prowling in the Himalayas
Erick Solheim, 'the innovator and facilitator' of Sri Lanka peace
process is now in Nepal to investigate whether there is a role for him
in and the Norwegian retired Army personnel in the troubled kingdom in

I bought several very large decorative seed pods at the night market in
Chiang Mai.  They range from about 60 to 100 cm in length and maybe 10
cm wide.  They are made up of several almost disc shaped areas which
look kind of stuck together.  Mine are dark brown but I have also seen

I know the enforced closing times for bars/ go-go's in BKK was 1AM,
but I heard that they recently decided to allow them to remain open
until 2AM (like 1-2 years ago).
Apparently pressure from the TAT and the fact that these

It looks like I'm to be offered a short term placement
in Beijing .
Does anybody have any links to sites offering
general advice on what I can expect living there?

I am going to Phuket with my wife for long weekend this May. But where?
I have stayed at Nai Yang couple of times, but it is almost closed this
time. So what is the quiet and romantic alternative with small beach
restaurants? Kamala beach, Kata beach?

HELP! Need China Train Pass 1-5 Months! Need LINK! Please!!

UN Watch rejects Sri Lanka's candidacy
Source: TCNR - May 4, 2006
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/pageview.php?ID=4046&SID=466
Sri Lanka's application to UN human Rights Council for membership was

For interested people I've published may pictures about travel in Turkish
Kurdistan: http://www.marcocavallini.it/newroze6.html
Hi Marco!
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Friday, May 5, 2006
Belgian found hanged
CHALONG: A 66-year-old Belgian man was found dead in his home on
Tuesday, apparently having committed suicide.

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Sri Lanka joins failed paraya states along with Pakistan and Sudan
under Buddhist Sinhala leaders!!!! Lee Quan yuw will laugh at Sinhala
Buddhist monkeys:-(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4964934.stm