Inexpensive & Interesting Asian Stopover

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Sep 19th 2010, 12:10 am

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Kim67

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Re: Inexpensive & Interesting Asian Stopover

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Originally Posted by Norm_uk

Beijing's not as cheap as it used to be and without a local guide you're likely to get fleeced too...but it's not as bad as Shanghai or Hong Kong.

For inexpensive I'd say Thailand, Bali, Kuala Lampour or Boracay in the Philippines.

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Thanks all, it looks like Thailand is the go. Bangkok for a few days, hire a 4WD and then just go wherever our mood takes us for a few weeks. Probably head north of Bangkok and stay at a Rain Forest Retreat that looks really nice for a few days.

Sep 19th 2010, 4:01 am

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Re: Inexpensive & Interesting Asian Stopover

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Originally Posted by Kim67

if you do head north, it's worth going to the golden triangle, you are on the border of laos, vietnam, thailand and burma...you can take a boat ride on the mekong river and go into burma/laos from there should you wish, and it's near the hill tribes etc...

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