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Traveling destinations with Singapore as a base
I am spending the next year in Singapore and hope to get some good
tips on weekend (and long weekend) trips within the region I am open for bus travel as well as plane-travel. My first trip has been to Rawa island off the east-coast of Malaysia. Loved it! My interests when traveling are both in the areas of history/culture of my destination. But also nature experiences. Through hiking etc. I have really loved the trips I have taken to Rainforest areas (spent some time at Cape Tribulation in Queensland) I obviously dont expect to satisfy all these interests on each trip. Just to say that I am fairly open to any suggestion and most countries that are within reasonable traveling time of Singapore Great if you could specify if there is a specific time of year that is best to visit this place (assuming you have this information of course) Any of you personal favorites and experiences are muchly appreciated! Thanks and happy traveling to everyone here |
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Traveling destinations with Singapore as a base
wrote in message ups.com... I am spending the next year in Singapore and hope to get some good tips on weekend (and long weekend) trips within the region I am open for bus travel as well as plane-travel. My first trip has been to Rawa island off the east-coast of Malaysia. Loved it! My interests when traveling are both in the areas of history/culture of my destination. But also nature experiences. Through hiking etc. I have really loved the trips I have taken to Rainforest areas (spent some time at Cape Tribulation in Queensland) I obviously dont expect to satisfy all these interests on each trip. Just to say that I am fairly open to any suggestion and most countries that are within reasonable traveling time of Singapore Great if you could specify if there is a specific time of year that is best to visit this place (assuming you have this information of course) Any of you personal favorites and experiences are muchly appreciated! One of my favourites of recent years is Luang Prabang in Laos. It's a world heritage site, good French and Lao food, with life at a nice relaxed pace. http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/200...ytravelsection describes it well. I stayed in the same guest house as the reporter, just by chance. I also went to their other guesthouse at Kuang Si Falls - a really lovely place with few overnight tourists, no internet, no mobile phones, etc but it takes up to a few days more and I think they open open it only when they are in the right mood. I did a day's hike up in the hills behind the waterfalls with a local guide called chanthee, whom I recommend if he is still around. Madame Vandara found him for me. You can do Mekong river trips from L-P. I stayed briefly in Vientiene too - nice enough but a bit dull, I would head straight to L-P. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Traveling destinations with Singapore as a base
On Aug 30, 10:58 pm, wrote:
I am spending the next year in Singapore and hope to get some good tips on weekend (and long weekend) trips within the region I am open for bus travel as well as plane-travel. My first trip has been to Rawa island off the east-coast of Malaysia. Loved it! My interests when traveling are both in the areas of history/culture of my destination. But also nature experiences. Through hiking etc. I have really loved the trips I have taken to Rainforest areas (spent some time at Cape Tribulation in Queensland) I obviously dont expect to satisfy all these interests on each trip. Just to say that I am fairly open to any suggestion and most countries that are within reasonable traveling time of Singapore Great if you could specify if there is a specific time of year that is best to visit this place (assuming you have this information of course) For history and cultu Siem Reap a.k.a. Angkor Wat (Cambodia) Macau (China) Luang Prabang (Laos) Melaka (Malaysia) Yogyakarta (Indonesia) Hanoi (Vietnam) |
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Traveling destinations with Singapore as a base
In article , RAK says...
One of my favourites of recent years is Luang Prabang in Laos. Are there direct flights between Singapore and LP, perhaps leaving Friday evening and returning Sunday evening? -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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Bintan would be fun/easy. s
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Traveling destinations with Singapore as a base
"Alfred Molon" wrote in message ... In article , RAK says... One of my favourites of recent years is Luang Prabang in Laos. Are there direct flights between Singapore and LP, perhaps leaving Friday evening and returning Sunday evening? -- I don't think there are any direct flights. You can go via Bangkok, then with Bangkok Airways or Lao Airlines to LP. Or via Vientiane if there are direct flights from Singapore (Silk?) Check with www.oag.com to who flies where. And these may help too http://www.whichbudget.com/en/ http://www.asia-budget-airlines.com/ But these things change, maybe someone will start direct flights. Try to go in the winter/dry season, as the summer (about May-Sept?) is hot, wet and probably mosquito-ish. Because of the indirect flight it is probably too much for just a weekend. Better to wait for a long weekend I think, or even a whole week if you want to get to the waterfall village. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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