Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / October 2006

I, my wife and 3 yr old son are travelling to Singapore this month for
10 days. We are Indians but Green Card holders and my son has a US
passport (US citizen).
I've got the singapore visas stamped for both of us and not my son

Dear Readers,
Does anyone know where the luggage storage room is situated at the new
Bangkok airport ?
Regards & Thanks

Australia is still needing skilled workers and professionals more than
ever.  Thanks to Australia's chronic skill shortage, professional
migrants from all over the world are welcomed more than ever to make a
difference in the Land Down Under.

I will be between jobs and so have the whole of March'07 OR April'07 to
laze around and "do nothing".
Any suggestions for a 2/3 places to stay.
ie: Phuket, etc, etc

I googled around a bit and cannot find a direct link to the Prime Hotel in
Beijing (Wangfujing).  Anyone know if the hotel has a website?   Is their
better value for the Tiananmen Square area?  Thanks in advance.
rg

there is a new low cost airline
now flying 4 times a week from Gatwick to Hong Kong
other destinations in Europe and USA will follow
www.oasishongkong.com

Can anyone please give me an online source (or specific information)
about the inflation rate in mainland China since 2002?  I am
particularly interested in the cost of food and lodging for tourists.
e-mail reply preferred:  seaotter6@aol.com

If you are interested in pictures and some information on Sri Lanka and/or
the Maldives please take a look at our renewed homepage at
http://www.fahrenfort.nl . We were there in August/September and liked the
countries a lot.

Greetings! I am dreaming of traveling to Delhi, Yangoon (Formerly
Rangoon) Angkor Wat, Bangkok, Tokyo & Honolulu. I shall stay few days
in each place. I shall take many digital pictures - probably two or
three thousand pictures.  [I shot about three thousand five hundred

Are there any particularly good hutongs in Beining?  Where would they be?
rg

I'll be going to Japan for two weeks leaving on November 4th.
I live in Europe and have a Belgian and an Italiana sim cards.
Would it be cheaper for me to buy a pre-paid Japanese card taking into
consideration I'll need to phone home on a daily basis?

Doea anyone have current information (ie. just got back from....) and
getting visas upon entry to Laos or Cambodia. I'm Canadian, and the Lao
embassy in Washington is the closest offical contact, and they just never
answer the phone. Their website say they need 20 working days to ...

I saw http://www.flygreatchina.com in canada location, I think they
offer china tours

Can anybody explain why on earth passengers who transit through
Bangkok's airport and briefly get out of the airport, even for just five
minutes, have to pay this 500 Baht service charge fee? The plane ticket
already covers the airport tax.

Greetings! I was thinking of traveling from London to Delhi, Rangoon
and Angkor Wat. I want to stay in each place for few days. and the fly
back either to London or Tokyo. It seems there no flights from Delhi to
Rangoon and then to Angkor Wat. Any one has any suggestions? With