Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / July 2007

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Hi,imp looking for any information or experiences of travelling to Malaysia
from Bangkok,I will be going in October,a trip I've done before in 2003
although that time I could have booked the flights from home a couple of
months before I left I decided to wait and book in Thailand ...

I'm going to China for the first time in September and have an
electrical convertor that's about 20 years old and hasn't been used in
14 years.  It is a Franzus (brand) Travel Lite Worldwide Convertor/
Adaptor Set.  One of the plugs specifically says it's for China.  My

I am in Hawaii and, AFIK, I cannot apply for a Chinese visa by mail by
myself.  I will be staying in Bangkok and Singapore for several weeks each
before heading to China. Seems possibly easier to just get the visa in
Bangkok or Singapore.

Dear Sir and Madam
My Name is Suksamran Chanluechai. I'm living on Koh Mak Trat
Thailand.
I have some land on koh mak for sale.

Three UK tourists attacked by gang of 30 in Thailand
POLICE in Thailand are investigating an attack by more than 30 men on
a group of British tourists.
Holidaymaker Thomas Patrick suffered a cracked skull after he and two

On a recent trip to Bangkok International Airport (Suvarnabhumi) I
used one of those red public phones that are everywhere in the transit
area of the airport. I dialed the given 800 number for international
calls and made a short call to Switzerland using my credit card (in

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I've been banging my head against the wall with this one. Even
Google's let me down.
Does anyone know where I could hire a stretch limo for a half day trip
around the city?

My partner and I are planning a trip to NZ for the early part of next
year (2008) and we're hoping to make it there without using a plane.
Edinburgh to Indonesia is relatively easy by train and ferry, but
getting from Indonesia to Australia without using a plane seems to be

'Mall of the Emirates' is located in heart of Dubai. Mall of the
Emirates was established in September, 2005. There are about 400
retailers in mall of the emirates. Mall of the Emirates is the biggest
mall of the Middle East. Mall of the Emirates is an ultimate leisure,

Now that Cathay Pacific has cancelled all their flights to and out of Sri
Lanka does anyone have any idea as to a reasonable rate?  Checked Airlanka
and damn expensive..HELP!!!!

What would be the "right" name? A Google search returns 9550000 hits for
Saigon, but just 2780000 for "Ho Chi Minh".

I have a month in thailand during the month of october and hoping to
gather some ideas to make up my itinerary. I arrive in bangkok and
need to leave a month later from bangkok .. what i do inbetween that
time i do not know. I would like to visit the islands, national parks,

We are visiting Thailand for January/February next year as toursts.
This will be longer than 30 days.
I know that you automatically get a 30 day visa on entry. I also know that I
can get a 60 day one before I go but that involves passports in the post,