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Travel Alternatives - from Tokyo
Here you are in Tokyo and want to go someplace to get away from the noise, polluted air, pressures of work, school, or whatever. Your travel agent will offer you his latest packages. Here we plan to offer links to destinations you may not have thought about. With luck these links will be useful, but be forewarned that these may be places that are difficult. Transportation may be poor or unreliable, or horribly expensive. There may be security problems, visa problems, food problems. There may not be much to see or do, and few things to buy. If you are one who loved Alex Kerr's LOST JAPAN or who is searching from the "real" something, you probably want to get away from Tokyo, Hong Kong, Manila, Bangkok and the like. We will populate this page with links suggesting destinations that offer something different. If you have suggestions or comments, tell us. 

Russian Far East - If only Japan and Russia would settle their arguements, this could be a wildly popular package tour destination. Instead it is wild. Frankly, I like the summer climate, but hesitate to trust Russian heating in frigid winter.

Vladivostok - http://www.in-russia.net/vlad/english.html
Russian Far East - travelling.netfirms.com
Asia - This is an offbeat source that contains some nuggets of real value if you have the time; and a lot of hard to navigate, out-of-date stuff, but it can be worth the effort.
Links to all Asia - www.gates96.com/cam/asia/index.html
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