Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / July 2006

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Does anybody have experience with a stay in the Quality Hotel Bandara above
the airport of Jakarta?lity Hotel Bandara

Luxurious train planned for tourist destinations
Associated Press in Indraprasth
The Guardian
Tuesday, July 4, 2006

'O, pretty pretty palm tree, life is beautiful with thee'
It was absolutely fabulous to be back in India. After having travelled all
over Asia since the mid eighties, we paused for a couple of years after our
kids were born. The travel bug was no longer content with France though, ...

My wife and I are planning to go to Vietnam in November.  We saw a tour
group called  Discovery Indochina Co.,Ltd Hanoi
63A Cuabac str., Hanoi, Vietnam
Has anyone used them or know of another company.   Thanks

How much time does it take from Bejing to Lhasa by the new train ?
Or is Hongkong or Shangai a better starting location ?

It appears that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has successfully completed
the important goals that he had set before being elected as PM:
1. Sell-off the Post Office.
2. Not give a sh.t about the economy, collapsing companies, the lack of any

just got back from a trip to china, but wasn't able to show my website
to my friends there.  a 'page cannot be displayed' dialog repeatedly
came up; at the same time the site was easily accesible from the u.s.
can anyone see if they can access www.billzorn.com from china and let

Thanks for some info.

Would like a referral to a nice, clean hotel in Hong Kong near the
airport, moderately priced. Plan to travel there in July '06. Three- or
four-star rating is good, with no ferry boat access required to
come/leave the hotel. Onsite restaurant is ideal.

I travel to Asia quite frequently, and am looking to acquire corporate
accounts for hotels in China, Hong Kong and India. Does anybody have
any information or access to such accounts? I have found that the
discounts offered by these hotels on corporate accounts are quite

Hello everyone, with my friends we'll go to Dienbienphu in  December,
and we plan to visit Laos: Luang Prabang, Vientiane... We would like to
known if there are possibilities to cross the border between Vietnam
and Laos near Dienbienphu?  Any experience will be very appreciated.

What hotels you recommend in Hanoi? I prefer 4 stars hotels (or cheap
5). I think about Hanoi Horison Hotel, Zephyr Hotel, or Bao Son Hotel.
Which of them is nearest centrum of Hanoi?
And what about transport from airport to hotels? How expensive is taxi?

Recently i visited this very interesting area , a couple of hundred islands
(many uninhabited) in a clearblue ocean. Extremely friendly locals from
different backgrounds. The ones that got my attention were the 'Bajo Laut'
seagypsies in their watervillages build on stilts ...