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1. I am planning to visit Paris along with my wife in the first week of November. Now the problem that I face is that we both are vegetarian and for me it's hard to find any hotel in Paris where we could stay and enjoy Indian cuisine. Please advise me on some names of hotels in Paris which serve Indian cuisine.

Subhash Amte
Gandhidham, Gujarat

We are not aware of hotels in Paris that serve vegetarian Indian cuisine. However, some restaurants which are known for Indian food are as follows:

• Rama Restaurant, 30, Rue Bergere, F-75009, Paris, tel: 0148 240710
• Lal Quila Restaurant, 88 Avenue Emile Zola, 75015 Paris, tel: 01 4575 6840
• Indus Valley, 100 Rue Montreuil, 75011 Paris, tel: 01 4379 6652

2. I have four queries.

(a) Can you kindly indicate lowest-fare (taxes inclusive) with details of flights for the following itinerary:

Onward Journey:

October 16/17,2003 = Delhi/Kolkata to Wellington (New Zealand)

Return Journey (with stopovers as indicated):

November 2nd, 2003 = Wellington to Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane
November 6th/7th, 2003 = Sydney/ Melbourne/Brisbane to Singapore/Kuala Lumpur
November 9th, 2003 = Singapore/ Kuala Lumpur to Kolkata/Delhi

(b) Does Qantas (Australian Airline) fly to Singapore from Delhi/Kolkata/ Mumbai?

(c) Does Air New Zealand have any flight from Delhi/Kolkata/Mumbai to Singapore or Australia?

(d) Do you suggest any other flight/airlines for the above itinerary?

A Kalita by email

(a) The fares will vary if travel is from Delhi or Kolkata. From Delhi it will be necessary to use an excursion fare to Sydney with a separate ticket for the sectors Sydney / Wellington / Sydney.

Currently the lowest excursion fare to Wellington, using the above combination is available on Indian Airlines/Qantas. The fare Delhi /Sydney/Delhi is Rs 37,650 plus taxes Rs 4,600 approximately. The sector fare ticket Sydney / Wellington / Sydney is AUD 757 (Rs 23,735) plus taxes of Rs 2,900 approximately. A suggested routing is given below.

IC855/16OCT Delhi/Singapore 0050/1015
QF006/16OCT Singapore/Sydney 2000/0515 + 1
QF047/17OCT Sydney/Wellington 0930/1535
QF118/02NOV Wellington/Sydney 0605/0735
QF005/07NOV Sydney/Singapore 1700/2140
IC856/09NOV Singapore/Delhi 0750/2140

(b). No, Qantas does not operate ex India.

(c) No, Air New Zealand does not operate ex India.

(d) This itinerary could be planned on Thai Airways or using the same combination of Indian Airlines/Qantas depending of your choice of airline.

3. Can you give me the address / phone-fax number / e-mail ID of Century Club in Denmark/Norway/Sweden, where membership is offered to only those tourists/travellers who have travelled to more than 100 countries including Antarctica. I am entitled for membership.

Kiran Oza
Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Traveler’s Century Club
Address: P O Box 7050, Santa Monica, CA 90406 - 7050, email: tcclub3@gta.net
website: travelerscenturyclub.or

4. I wish to go to Sri Lanka. Please tell me which regions of the country are dangerous to go to. What are the safe zones?

Alok Mehta
Mumbai

The south of Sri Lanka is generally safe for tourists. This covers the cities of Colombo, Kandy, Negombo etc. The North East is still a troubled area.QUESTION 5

Is there a single visa for going across the world. If no, then how do people who cycle across the world or go on a race for peace across the world do it?

Bhaskar Pandit

Pune 5. There is no single visa which enables travellers even those going for peace missions to visit all countries. Once the travel plan is finalised you have to go through the process of filing visa application with requisite documents to each of the countries that you will enter during the travel.

The documentation required to process visa may be accessed from the embassy websites or from the embassy directly.