Weather: Southeast Asia	Asia/forecast_map
News: Southeast Asia	CNN/ASIA - Washington Post - New York Times
Malaysia Airways: Los Angeles area travel agents: GlobalNetworkTravel	Access Asia Pass: I fly to any or all of these cities for only $747* Bali (Denpasar) • Bandar Seri Begawan • Bangkok • Canton (Guangzhou) • Cebu • Hanoi • Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) • Hong Kong • Jakarta • Kaohsiung • Kota Kinabalu • Kuala Lumpur • Kuantan • Kuching • Langkawi • Manila • Medan • Penang • Phnom Penh • Phuket • Singapore • Surabaya • Yangon(Rangoon)
Asian Trails  travel agency	Bangkok to LAX flights: EVA Airvays to Los angeles, 395.00 USD, Booking Class, L; Fare Type, OW 316.00 USD, Booking Class, B; Fare Type, OW Routing: BKK - LAX Low Season
Transport between:  Big Bear & LAX	MARTA Schedule to San Bernardino. 909-878-5200 Metrolink Schedule to Los Angeles. FlyAway bus to LAX
Camera: Meade CaptureView	Available from RadioShack at $100, this combination camera and binoculars magnifies distant subject 8X. It takes 40 VGA (640X480) shots or 100 low (320X240) resolution pictures. Operating instructions here.

Camera: Aiptek Mini PenCam 1.3	I got mine from BestBuy for $100, though Aiptek offers refurbs for $50. It takes 40+ high resolution (1248 x 960) shots or up to 170 VGA (640X480) pictures. Memory is non-volatile.
My favorite search engine	GOOGLE Advanced Search
Holy books online	Qu'ran (Koran) for Indonesia and Malaysia Sayings of Buddha  for Burma, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Laos and Thailand Bible the King James version for The Philippines
Detailed maps of Southeast Asia.	World City Maps from the University of Texas. Detailed Country Maps from the Univ. of Texas. Orientation maps from Mapquest.com.
Foreign Embassies	Throughout Southeast Asia.
Digital Photo Processing.	Photos archived and albums displayed at ofoto.com. Download Ofotonow processing & uploading software.