Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / July 2007

What is a good reasonable travel agent to book airline tickets..I want to go
to Colombo from Singapore in Sept.  thanks

I'd like to contact by email some Jayapura residents in West Papua but
I don't succeed about it. I need some info.
Any suggestions, please?
           bye  Jones

Travellers intending to go to Singapore in the near or distant future,
must visit www.aegisaustralia.com
A highly competitive passenger transport service in Singapore. As a
private transfer business, there's no need to wait to be picked up or

I will be traveling to Japan for two weeks and would like to
be able to contact people in the US from time to time.
My present cell phone provider (Verizon) is extremely
expensive for a phone rental that will work in Japan with

My good friend gave me an insulated bottle to take to China in
September for water.  I'll be on an escorted tour, visiting the Great
Wall, the Terra Cotta Warriors in Xi'an, cruising the Yangtke River,
and going to a couple of rural towns (Guilin and Kunming).  This

Just wondering if anyone has a map on how to drive the back roads from
Ban Chang to Pattaya?  Any help will be appreicaited you can contact
me by email at rkiewel@gmail.com
Thanks,

I am trying to find out if this itinerary is reasonable -
particularly in regard to the driving involved as I've never
been to Japan before and I don't know whether I'm planning
too much driving, not leaving enough time for actually

Hello, in a few weeks my wife, self, son and two daughters are
arriving in Australia. We are citizens of the USA and also have EU
passports as citizens of Greece. Our goal is to all become permanent
residents of Australia. I am not exactly sure of the procedures as the

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The Howdy Doody T.V. Show was sponsored by Bonomo's. Buffalo Bob
Smith
was the human M.C. to the marrionette Howdy. Bob just passed away
recently, (this year?) and his passing brought back many memories of

Its in India
Hotel Taj Lake Palace is, one of the amazing hotels of the world,
this  belongs to the prestigous Taj Group of hotels.
Situated in the middle of the lake Pichola at Udaipur / Rajasthan /

Will be  going to Bali in Sept and was wondering if I needed a visa to get
into Indonesia.
Be there for 7 days.  am an American citizen.
Thanks

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Just curious, could somebody with multiple nationalities (there are
apparently people who have three or more passports) travel overland
across countries, leaving country A as a citizen of country 1, entering
and leaving country B as a citizen of country 2, entering and leaving

Famous destinations of the rainy season
by Phu Phing
Mae Ya Waterfall
(Chiang Mai Province, 697 km north of Bangkok)