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Re: How to divide 15 days among Bangkok, Hanoi, HK, Beijing? Posted on: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:20:46 +0200

In article <220820061424031488%kiranscousin@no.email>, Kirans Cousin
says...
> Alfred Molon wrote:
>
> : Actually Bangkok is not that special. It's a relatively new city with
> : not much ancient architecture. You can easily do its highlights in one
> : day.
> : In any case two days for Bangkok will be enough, then you might do a day
> : trip to the Damnoen Saduak floating market or Ayutthaya.
> :
> : Beijing requires more time, because there is more to see and because it
> : takes more time to get from A to B - distances are bigger and you might
> : spend a lot of time stuck in the traffic.
>
> BKK and HK are set. I have to decide on a third stop very soon. I will
> have time to think about sidetrips later, but I need to settle the
> international itinerary in a few days, a real deadline there. So I am
> seeking everyone's advice who posted to this thread:
>
> All considered---uniqueness of experience, fun factor, how expensive
> a city is---how would you rank Beijing, Bali and Jakarta for the third
> stop?

I would choose Bali. Beijing is a HUGE town, with polluted air. Jakarta
is also huge and not too interesting.
--

Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe