Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / January 2007

http://www.molon.de/galleries/China/Xinjiang/Karakoram/
123 photos of the Chinese section of Karakoram highway with the Karakul
lake, the Kongur Tagh and Muztagh Ata mountains, Tashkurgan, the
Khunjerab pass and breathtaking montain scenery. Enjoy!

I'm not having much luck in securing flights out of Urumqi, in March,
to Chengdu, Guilin or Lijiang.  Found a really expensive flight to
Kunming (Y2100).  But there seem to be plenty of flights to Xian.  
Does anyone know why?

My wife and child(10) years old will leave for Singapore for short stop
over before trip on to Indonesia. She will arrrive in Singapore at about
7 am.Any tips for FAX - BOOKING from Austria since our last trips we had
to wait in the hotels till about 12 as that is the check out ...

Found a website the other day which had 20 or so walks in Hong Kong on it.
The walks all had very detailed route maps with photos of places of interest
passed en route, start & finish times plus advice with transport
connections.

We are thinking of going to Lhasa in March from Chengdu for just a
couple of days.  Is this a worthwhile trip?  is 2 days too short?  Is
Chengdu a good place to fly into Lhasa?  i've read somewhere that
Kunming is a good place to fly into Lhasa as its about half as high as

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By TOM WATKINS
It's too late. Certainly it is time to start to fix the damage but it

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We have been thinking about visiting the Sapa area when we travel to Vietnam
this year in late September early October.  It is a long overnight train,
and were wondering if it was worth the trip because we have already seen the
Hilltribes in Thailand.  We plan on getting there to ...

I'm going to work in Beijing for a couple of weeks and have time to
stay over for a holiday straight afterwards.
Can someone tell me the visa implications?
On my visa application (which my company is sorting for me) there are

Are people in Asia, especially Chinese people friendly towards the
blacks?

The fake or imitation Kangaroo Café/s story started out with some slow
old nags (rumoured to be starring in the Vietnamese version of dumb &
dumber) who opened a fake, phone box sized tour office but forgot to
include food, drinks or even coffee ?  Next they opened up another

I am considering using China Odyssey Tours in October for a private 15
day tour. Has anyone used them for either group or private tours? If
so, what were your experience?
Thanks in advance

In Malaysia the moslems, like moslems everywhere, think it is a
religious duty to cheat non-believers.
For example - Internet cafe. It says 2 ringgit per hour. you use it for
30 minutes, then the clerk says you owe 6 ringgit.

I understand that the most efficient way to travel from Narita to my
Tokyo hotel is by Narita Express. I am see on their web site that it is
essential to make a reservation in advance. My question is, can I book
when I arrive? My flight is scheduled to arrive at 5.35pm on a week ...

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