Hi Andy, I would "ditto" Wade's advice: don't worry about it. i did not go *straight* back from burma,but i did go through just china and then back to usa from...
This could be a problem. The OFAC regulation is pretty explicit that gifts and souvenirs from Myanmar are not allowed, even if they are in a personal...
i would just tell them it was all purchased in bangkok.. produce a 'receipt' in Thai (they won't know any language difference unless they have a thai-speaking...
agreed. and while neal is right that some of the things like purses and tschotchke-like things you can find in bangkok, there ARE things that are unique in...
hi guys, short blurb on ukraine, i've been here a little more than 3 weeks now and headed shortly to russia but then will be back here -- and this time in...
Hi Tim As I understand it the proposed Entry and exit defines the earliest time you can enter the country. Most embassies ignore the cntact in Vietman section,...
I agree that ukraine is undervisited. Lviv (Lvov) in the West of the country will one day follow prague, Krakow, Budapest, Tallinnn etc as a trendy European...
hi all! in ireland right now and having a ball :) saw that post a while back on the 2 week photography deal in helsinki and i'm trying to figure out if i can...
If you are disorganised as me and have been taking plenty of digitla photos, you will by now have photos spead out all over your hard disk. I think there are a...
Looks like you located the least expensive mode to get to Helsinki by air by going to Tampere. British Airways flys to Vantaa, Helsinki's airport, for no less...
Hi Christina and all others As I have been lurking over a year know I decided to come out of the closet and try to contribute some useful information to the...
Christy, Please keep us all posted with this. I am interested in doing this first quarter 2005. It is funny how my plans keep changing. It is far too...
Hello, wanted to get this group's philosophical input -- b/c i think it applies in general to waht do you do on a long trip: heading off to moscow in a couple...
*jumps out of a whole in the 40 acre wood* Being in one place or traveling in several destinations within the same amount of time are two sides of the same...
Hello, I have been on the road on four months now, things have been going well. However I did run into instance where in town of Ariquipa in Peru I took out...
Subodh, I had a great response from Citibank when I lost my card in Costa Rica. They had a replacement delivered to me in Quepos in less than two days. They...
I just bought RTW from airtreks. I am a 1st time buyer of RTW tickets. I have read that airtreks is notorious for customer service after they take your money. ...
I am retired and thinking of a RTW trip. Visited 21 countries already and the lower 48 states so far. Now 50 and waiting for kids to graduate from HS &...
The style of travel is very much up to the individual, but personally I would not restrict myself by an idea of doing all the countries in one continent in one...
In the past copying your email address list from your POP3 account to a web mail aaccount such as hotmail or yahoo prior to going on a trip has been extremly...
Dear Wade, Thanks for your helpful reply. It makes perfect sense to see things in certain areas during certain seasons. My only thought was that it might run...
Hi. Does London have an online travel agent? STA, near Victoria Stn, is my preferred travel shop but they aren't answering their emails these days. In...
There are quite a few internetbased travel agents in the UK. ebookers.com is a reasonable place to start for straightforawrd tickets. I find the STA website...
Having benefitted from a number of stays arranged through a similar site, http://www.hospitalityclub.org/ I was pleased to do my first hosting of a guest...
Glad to see I can maybe help someone at last... Bridge The World - http://www.bridgetheworld.com/ They're based in north London in Camden and have an online...
Hi RTW, I can't believe it's taken me so long to post again to the group. We've been traveling for 5 months now. It's amazing how time flys even when life...
Hello all, I want to try and extend my RTW which is only 4 months. I would like to find some under the table work. I am in East Africa right now and will...
After months of planning and years of waiting, I am leaving on Monday for my 6 month RTW trip (mostly SEA, AUS/NZ, but RTW nonetheless). I want to thank this...
2 years ago Bridge the world were kicking out same tickets at 50gbp cheaper than STA on what were then 850 GBP tickets--that were meant to be same price (price...
Namaste, Just a quick update to let you know I've uploaded some pics of India and Nepal in my vt page. I know it's not enough to do these countries any...
