Hi everyone,

We just got our VISAS !!!!!!!, and would just like to ask where do you recommend a good stop over, we are looking at maybe a few days somewhere in between flights as we have a 7 yr old and 2 yr old, we feel we need a bit of a break in order to get ourselves together before the final leg.

We were thinking Japan, Kuala Lumpar maybe any ideas??

Cheers

Sadie

From the two I would recommend KL as a good stop over point over Tokyo. That way you will probably fly Malaysian too and you get an extra 2" on the seat anyway (3" if you flew Japan Airlines economy...). Just my personal experience.

Thanks cent,

Will look into extra space sounds good to me!!!

Where in Brisbane are u now? thats where we're heading, looking at Kenmore, Chapel Hill area at the mo

Nothing wrong with Singers I reckon .

Inexpensive, polite, warm, not too polluted, efficient, interesting colonial legacy - Raffles etc

Sorry just realised u not there yet too much vino tinto tonight!!!!

Where r u heading?

Yeah quite fancy Singers for some side street noodles!!

My father in law lives in Kenmore Hills. Its a nice area to be in. Very "horsey" around there with some showgrounds and all. Gets quite warm in the summer as there is no breeze given the hills etc as you would get in the bay.

Seems to be a nice area to me having stayed there a few weeks. We finally get back to Brisbane permanently on Friday and are looking for a house in Cleveland/Vic Point/Wellington Point area, bayside anyway.

Good luck with your choice of stopover.

It depends what you, as a family, enjoy doing. When my son was little, he loved both Hong Kong & Singapore (he still does, too!). There's heaps of exciting things to do in both: zoos, bird gardens, tours, boat trips/cruises etc. The local people in both locations adore small kids, & so he was spoilt rotten.

I would say that Hong Kong has the edge slightly - ISTR that, aged about 7, he loved going from Hong Kong up into China on the jetfoil, meeting children in a school in Gaungzhou (Canton) & climbing right up to the top of the pagoda. He also loved Raffles Hotel in Singapore - especially having a drink (a special non-alcho cocktail that the kindly barman mixed for him) in the room where it was reputed a tiger came & sat under the table while the guys were playing snooker! (But that was the 'old' Raffles - before they smartened it up. IMO the old tatty one was much more atmospheric.)

I think I would avoid Tokyo, as it's very expensive and may be a bit less child-friendly, too, in terms of things to do/see. Lovely people, though.

Good luck with the stop-over!
Anya.

Thanks you guys, had a word with hubby he quite fancies Hk, ohhhhh so many choices, being both Librans n all in aint easy, decisions, decisions thanks for you replies.

Cent, do you know if there's much in the way of industrial work in Kenmore or surrounding areas, hubs is a fitter but no real idea of where to start on areas as never been to Oz just selling up and going. :scared:

Thanks

Sadie

Kuala Lumpar is very poluted at he moment due to forest fires.My sis was there last week . Air port hotel 150 pound per night. Why not go other way around and stop at Hawwai.
reg
nonno

I think someone asked about this in the ME forum a couple weeks ago about places to stop over there, like DXB....and also a couple threads in the US forums as well with various stop overs in the US if your interested in that route

Hi
Im just looking at booking my flights and had thought about a stop over. Travel bag suggested 3 nights in lang kawi (not sure if i spelt it right) but as i am pregnant and have 2 kids age 3 and 7 didnt want to be subjected to vaccinations. Do you need them for hong kong, malaysia and singapore? Sorry if this has been asked before but I need to start booking asap and would appreciate some help.
Irene

Sadie,

Kenmore doesnt have much in terms of industralised areas, its kinda semi rural. Here's a link with some info for you http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/kenmore/home/ . But it still may be a good spot to settle if thats your bag and prepare to travel to work, much like most people do anyway

Singapore - definately. Clean, safe and lots of amazing things to do and see as a family. Singapore Airlines are great to travel with if you have young children and they often have free stopover deals - check out www.singaporeair.com.

Singapore

SS