Asia articles

Windsor — Beyond the castle
Columns, March 2006 issue.

Sri Lanka with Ceylon Express International
Tours in Review, March 2006 issue.
Varini de Silva of Ceylon Express International (9542 Dumbreck Dr., Huntington Beach, CA 92646; 800/423-9566 or www.ceylonexpress.com) carefully planned my trip so I would see Sri Lanka at the time of the Kandy Perahera, continuing from

China + Vietnam & Cambodia with Orient Odyssey and Travel Indochina
Tours in Review, March 2006 issue.
When the original agent with whom we worked at Orient Odyssey (1385 Gulf Rd., Ste.

Jewelry Shopping
Features, March 2006 issue.

Hotels in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Bali
Accommodations Worldwide, March 2006 issue.
During a 10-week trip to Asia, January to April ’05, we had the pleasure of staying in several excellent hotels.

Warwick Hotel near Hong Kong
Accommodations Worldwide, March 2006 issue.
We spent three days on Cheung Chau, CHINA, a small island that is a 40-minute ferry ride from Hong Kong Central, in early December ’05.

A semi-independent tour of China
Travelers' Intercom, March 2006 issue.
Over the last 20 years, China has built up its infrastructure so that it is quite reasonable for individual travelers to tour on their own. Still, there is some risk and one can have some trepidation in undertaking this adventure, especially outside of the big cities.

Château de Veauce
Travelers' Intercom, March 2006 issue.
Most travelers in France are familiar with the châteaux at Chenonceau and Chambord, but the Château de Veauce? Not likely.

Finland’s King’s Road West
, March 2006 issue.

Japanese Encephalitis hits Asia hard
Columns, March 2006 issue.
Heavy rains poured down upon most of the tropics this past year; we saw numerous hurricanes in the Caribbean while Asia suffered heavy monsoons and cyclones. There has been much human suffering as a result.