The untold technical challenges (including 2 digital cameras developing technical problems and Dell lapto died without warning – thanks to JC’s borrowed laptop [though slow, it serves the purpose which we are grateful for]) hindered our progress in blogging. A hosts of negative beginnings in Asia from the get go conspire to defeat our blogging, which dropped to a low priority. But for the encouragement of a fellow traveler, EA, this blog would have gone on the wayside.
This blog is a hodgepodge of quick note taking, housekeeping, correspondence and blogging. Eventually, it will be edited, updated and upgraded... so feel free to visit often given your welcome interest in our Summer 2008 in Asia and Beijing Olympics 2008.Countries covered : Singapore, W. Malaysia, Thailand and China. Wish list : India, Bali & Indonesia. If not now, some day… Low cost airlines in the last few years (thanks to Turner for buying a defunct Malaysian Airline resulting in the rippling effect of competitive budget flights).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_low-cost_airlines #Asiafor low cost airlines for
(airlines/ hub or based out of & year founded)
China (DragonAir*, Eastern*/ Shanghai, Lucky Air, Shenzhen, Okay /Tianjin hub & 2004)
India (Tiger Airway*, Deccan, Jet Airways, JetLite, SpiceJet)
Indonesia (AirAsia Indonesia, Lion Air: Citilink, Mandala Airlines, Batavia Air)
Malaysia (AirAsia*, Firefly)
Singapore (Tiger Airways*, Jetstar Asia Airways, Valuair)
Thailand (Air Asia. Nok Air, One-Two-GO Airlines (grounded), Thai AirAsia, Bangkok Airways)
And more airlines to add (see To Do List on right)
Korea
Japan
Philippines
*Flights I took summer of 2008
; airlines listed after semi-colon (;) may be somewhat obscure
^ In China, Book your tickets for Chinese domestic air travel on Okay Airways after you've arrived in China, using a Chinese travel agent. (In Beijing, Sha2‘s # of ____________ was very handy.) http://www.ehow.com/how_2024511_okay-airways.html
Links : http://www.concierge.com/images/cnt/pdf/map_SP_Asian_ChartA.pdf
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Only personal interest, not related to Summer 2008 : ignore this -
On New Year’s Day, 1993, the once original country called Czechoslovakia was peacefully split into two different countries : the Czech Republic and Slovakia. CR
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