Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / July 2006

Would anybody tell me if I can buy taxi vouchers from taxi counters on
arrival at the airport in Hanoi? What is the best (and cheep) way of
getting from the airpost to the hotel in Hanoi?
uniq

My wife and son want to travel to China in August and are looking for a good
travel agency. We are located in Boston MA. They would like to spend about 3
weeks and travel to Beijing, Shanghai, and Xian. Does anybody know of any
reasonably-priced tours or good travel agencies? ...

I intend to visit Lijiang in mid-August and need some information on
hotels preferably located in the old part of town. Any
recommendations?
Additionally I would like to know what kind of weather I have to

We are traveling to China later this year.  Can anyone recommend some good
Chinese cabs?  How do they compare to European, U.S. and Australian cabs?
Would appreciate brands and vintage if possible.  Thanks in advance.
rg

I met Lily 2 years ago and now plan to marry, but need money to buy an
apartment. Now we got no saving and earn normal salary. So I got an idea
to sell future service and earn present money. That is who helps me 15USD
now, I can buy 0.01 sqm of an 100 sqm apartment. And then he or ...

ISKCON means International Society for Krishna Consciousness
This is the incorporated organisation for the Hare Krishna Movement
more or less.
ISKCON was first incorporated in New York.

Hey everyone
How are the Trains in Thailand?? What about the prices, fx Changi Mai
to Bangkok??
Thanks in advance

Hey eveyone
My girlfriend and  me are going to Thailand for two weekes this july.
We can't find out about we shold visit Chang Mai or Chang Rai.
We are interestet in real thailand culture whitout to many tourist's.

could anybody give me the direct phonenumber, faxnumber and the
e-mailaddress of the Koh Chang Hill Side Resort ?
Kind regards,
FJ

i was wondering if anyone had stayed in phuket before and can reccomend
any 3* upwards hotels that would be suitable for our honeymoon in march
next year. we would like somewhere fairly central with good pools and
jacuzzi. looking at prices up to £700 for 12 nights for two of us.

I am sure this has been answered before (is there a FAQ list for this
group?), but what are the best places in Southeast Asia to see animals
in the mild. I am especially interested in Elephants (Thailand
somewhere?) and Orangutans (Sumatra somewhere?), but other cool animals

Just got back from a few days in Pulau Weh.
We stayed on Gapang beach, which appears to be the major beach, along
with Ibioh.
We travelled on an Adam Air flight from Medan to Banda Aceh, at 200,000

I enquired here about six weeks ago - to report back now, the Danau
Toba hotel continues to have not a penny spent on it, while the rates
increase constantly. The rooms are a disgrace.
Rates are now about 350,000 rp/night. The hotel does still have its

I'm bringing my digital camera with me to Hong Kong and will probably
shoot lots of photos, so I'm wondering if there are places where I can
dump my memory card on to a computer and burn my own backup DVDs now
and then while there?

My girlfriend and I have a six day stopover in either Hong Kong or Shanghai
in early October, before moving on to Dubai. We have not decided wich city
to choose yet, and we were hoping for some feedback from this group.
None of us have been to this part of the world before, and ...