G wrote:

This is a long post guys - be warned.

i recently decided to doing a trip across some of asia during a span of 2
weeks. now before ppl tell me its too short a period of time please
understand i dont get alot of vacation. i keep track of posts on this site
and find it alot more useful than some articles on the net.

this is my itenerary so far.
I plan to visit Jakarta from Canada for a day. I dont know the best way to
get from Jakarta to Java to climb Mt Merapi (assuming it doesnt explode!!).
i'd like to know the names of a couple of trekking agencies that do the
peaks of these mountains without doing 21day or 6 day treks. i dont have the
time. perhaps 1-2 days max.
After that i plan on going to Bali for some beginner scuba diving thing for
a day. Does anyone have any recommendations on this?

I'll refrain from commenting on the rest of yout itinerary since you
don't want to be told your planning to do too much, but do bear in mind
that you are not allowed to fly right after scub diving. At minimum you
need to allow 12 hours between your dive and flying, but it wpould be
safer to allow 24 hrs.
Anita

After that hopefully a day visiting Singapore and a day in malaysia followed
by a few days in Thailand visiting Phuket ( i saw some pretty good trips on
http://www.phuket-travel.com/water_a...ge=rafting.htm but if
anyone has recommendations im more than willing to check it out) then
Bangkok before flying back to Toronto.

What do you think? doable or too hectic?

Cheers
G




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