All Asia Pass

That is a good suggestion too. I checked NWA for washington dc - tokyo
- hk - tokyo - dc. The price is $1520 per person, which is not too bad.

On 2 Jan 2005 09:14:22 -0800, wrote:

Thanks for responses. It definitely made me re-think my approach. I did
not realize that all flights connect through Hong Kong.

We spent a week in Malaysia and two weeks in New Zealand in the past.
So I am definitely exposed to Asia (I am from India) and the notion of
spending quality time in one place. I want to strike a balance between
spending quality time and seeing few places.

I definitely want to visit HK and Japan. In addition, Bangkok (or Bali)
and Shanghai (or Beijing). This will cut out Taipei, Seoul and
Singapore.

Any thoughts on Bali vs Bangkok and Shanghai vs Beijing?

It not exactly all flights that require a connection via Hong Kong,
although certainly most do. Some of the exceptions that I'm aware of
where you can fly direct on Cathay a

Singapore-Jakarta
Kuala Lumpur-Penang
Bangkok-Karachi
Bangkok- Mumbai
Bangkok-Colombo
Bangkok-Singapore
Taipei-Seoul
Taipei-Tokyo
Taipei-Osaka
Taipei-Fukuoka
Taipei-Nagoya


Chris

On 2 Jan 2005 09:14:22 -0800, wrote:

Thanks for responses. It definitely made me re-think my approach. I did
not realize that all flights connect through Hong Kong.

We spent a week in Malaysia and two weeks in New Zealand in the past.
So I am definitely exposed to Asia (I am from India) and the notion of
spending quality time in one place. I want to strike a balance between
spending quality time and seeing few places.

I definitely want to visit HK and Japan. In addition, Bangkok (or Bali)
and Shanghai (or Beijing). This will cut out Taipei, Seoul and
Singapore.

Any thoughts on Bali vs Bangkok and Shanghai vs Beijing?

It not exactly all flights that require a connection via Hong Kong,
although certainly most do. Some of the exceptions that I'm aware of
where you can fly direct on Cathay a

Singapore-Jakarta
Kuala Lumpur-Penang
Bangkok-Karachi
Bangkok- Mumbai
Bangkok-Colombo
Bangkok-Singapore
Taipei-Seoul
Taipei-Tokyo
Taipei-Osaka
Taipei-Fukuoka
Taipei-Nagoya


Chris

"That is a good suggestion too. I checked NWA for washington dc - tokyo
- hk - tokyo - dc. The price is $1520 per person, which is not too
bad."

That's high actually - you'd probably get a price around $800 for that
if you went to an Asia-specialist travel agent rather than buying it
directly from the airline's website.

"That is a good suggestion too. I checked NWA for washington dc - tokyo
- hk - tokyo - dc. The price is $1520 per person, which is not too
bad."

That's high actually - you'd probably get a price around $800 for that
if you went to an Asia-specialist travel agent rather than buying it
directly from the airline's website.

If someone can provide me with good travel agent references that will
be much appreciated.

Thanks again,
Srini

If someone can provide me with good travel agent references that will
be much appreciated.

Thanks again,
Srini