Other activities in Asia
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Watarase Onsen
This onsen is built around a bend in the river directly between Yunomine Onsen and Kawa-yu Onsen. It's not as interesting as its neighbours, but does boast a nice collection of rotemburo. Baths get progressively cooler as you work your way out from the inside bath.
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Snorkelling
These trips include equipment and a boat ride to a reef.
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Parasailing
Iconic; you float above the water while towed by a speedboat.
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Oceans 5
Has a 25m training pool and freediving gear for rent.
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Jet-skiing
Go fast and belch smoke.
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Glass-bottomed boat trips
The non-wet way to see the denizens of the shallows.
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Benoa Marine Recreation
An established water-sports operator.
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Banana-boat rides
Wild rides for two as you try to maintain your grasp on the inflatable fruit over the waves.
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Wong Kei
Online resources.
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Windows to Japan
Offers private and group tours of all parts of Japan.
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Wild Animal Rescue Foundation
Operates the Phuket Gibbon Rehabilitation Centre and a conservation education centre in Ranong Province on the Andaman Coast. Job placements include assisting with the daily care of gibbons that are being rehabilitated for life in the wild or counting and monitoring sea-turtle nests.
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Waka Land Cruise
Luxurious tours deep into rice terraces and tiny villages.
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Volcano Breeze
Located in the cafe of the same name; offers many treks.
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Tours with Kasma Loha-Unchit
Thai cookbook author offers personalised 'cultural immersion' tours of Thailand.
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Tour de Thailand
Charity bike ride organiser covering touring routes throughout the country.
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Tiger Trails
Nature, culture and strenuous trekking tours around Chiang Mai and northern Thailand.
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Suta Tours
Standard tours but also arranges trips to cremation ceremonies and special temple festivals, market tours and other custom plans.
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Surf Goddess
Surf holidays for women that include lessons and lodging in a posh guesthouse in Seminyak.
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Spice Roads
Variety of regional cycling programs.
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Shùnjiāng Horse Treks
Shùnjiāng Horse Treks have been catering horse treks to tourists for years. The majority of travellers are happy, but now and again some report somewhat apathetic guides. On offer is anything from one- to 14-day treks and trips can be tailored to suit you.
One of the most popular treks is a three- or four-day trek to Ice Mountain (雪玉顶; Xuěyùdǐng), a spectacular trip through unspoilt scenery.
Rates are around Y220 per person per day, all-inclusive. The guides take care of everything: you won't touch a tent pole or a cooking pot unless you want to. The only additional charge is entrance to the different sites and national parks visited on some of the trips, but…
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Seminyak Language School
Popular with visitors, it is conveniently located down a footpath near the Bintang Supermarket.
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Royal Spa
A professional yet inexpensive spa with a tempting range of scrubs, massages (from 85,000Rp) and treatments. The lulur massage is a real treat and includes a body mask. It's always popular so book ahead.
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Rongphu Monastery & Everest Base Camp
Before heading to the Nepal border, or as part of a five-day excursion from Lhasa, many travellers make the diversion to iconic Everest Base Camp (EBC; 5150m). The clear vistas (if you are lucky) up a glacial valley to the sheer North Face are far superior to anything you'll see in Nepal. Everest is known locally as Chomolungma (sometimes spelt Qomolangma), or as Zhūfēng in Chinese.
Private vehicles can drive on a gravel road to Rongphu Monastery (the highest in the world), and then proceed just a few kilometres more to a small collection of nomad tents set near a China Post kiosk (the highest post office in the world). From here it's a one-hour walk or shuttle-bus ride…
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Redemptorist Foundation
Operates a variety of educational and outreach programs for disadvantaged people in Pattaya.
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Qambodja Spa
Gorgeous spa where you select your choice of oil (uplifting, harmony) depending on the effect and mood you require from your massage (from US$30), which includes Thai, Balinese and shiatsu. There's a huge Java stone tub for really luxuriant bath treatments.
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