{"id":140,"date":"2008-08-24T10:47:57","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T10:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/country-facts\/"},"modified":"2008-08-24T10:47:57","modified_gmt":"2008-08-24T10:47:57","slug":"country-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/country-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Country facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country<\/td>\nSafety rating<\/td>\nCurrency<\/td>\nMoney<\/td>\nMinimum cost per day<\/td>\nBudget hotel<\/td>\nMidrange  hotel<\/td>\nLitre of petrol<\/td>\nLitre of bottled water<\/td>\nBottle of beer<\/td>\nCigarettes (Marlboro)<\/td>\nPopulation (millions)<\/td>\nHuman Development Index<\/td>\nVisas<\/td>\nTime<\/td>\nInternet access<\/td>\nInternet Cafes<\/td>\nWiFi<\/td>\nElectricity<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nepal<\/td>\nResonably safe for tourists, currently a civil wall.<\/td>\nNepali rupees.  You may not import Nepali rupees, and only Nepal
\n and Indian national may import Indian currency.<\/td>\n		ATMs are avalable in Kathmandu and Pokhara, accepting most major
\n cards.  Banks will give cash advances.  Travelers cheques can be
\n exchanged.  Credit cards are accepted at larger stores, resturants
\n and hotels.  Cash is definatley best.<\/td>\n		US$7<\/td>\nUS$5<\/td>\nUS$20<\/td>\nNRs67<\/td>\nNRs15<\/td>\nNRs190s<\/td>\nNRs80<\/td>\n26.3<\/td>\n136<\/td>\n60 days upon arrival for US$30. Easy to extend within the country.<\/td>\n5:45 ahead of GMT – this is 15 minutes more than
\n India.<\/td>\n		Lots of places with cheap prices & moderate speed in Kathmandu and
\n Pokhara.  Most have USB access, CD burning and printing.  
\n Little elsewhere.  WiFi, and wired laptop stations in a few places in
\n Kathmandu and Pokhara.  Some better hotels offer WiFi.<\/td>\n		\n

Lots in Kathmandu and Pokhara.  Prices are cheap.  Speed is
\n moderate.  Some have wired laptop stations.  <\/p>\n

Bigger hotels will offer the same, more expensive service.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Kathmandu<\/td>\n220v\/50 cycles.  Sockets take round
\n three pin plugs, sometimes small (like India), sometimes large, and many
\n sockets take 2 pin continental plugs.  Get adapters locally
\n cheaply.  Power outages are common.<\/td>\n		\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India<\/td>\nSafe<\/td>\nIndian Rupees.  Only Nepali and Indian
\n citizens can take Indian rupees in or our of India.<\/td>\n		ATMs are widespread in any towns with
\n tourists.  Credit cards accepted in bigger stores.<\/td>\n		US$10.<\/td>\nUS$6<\/td>\nUS$20<\/td>\nINR50<\/td>\nINR13<\/td>\nINR60 – INR100<\/td>\nINR60<\/td>\n1 billion<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMust <\/strong>ge gained in advance. 
\n More difficult now than before.  Leave plenty of time to apply, and get before you leave home.<\/td>\n		5:30 ahead of GMT<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n

Lots in tourist areas.  Speeds vary, but are generally OK. 
\n Lots of slow, old computers around.  Morning is the best time.<\/p>\n

Bigger hotels offer reasonable service for a little extra cost.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Rare.<\/td>\n220v\/50 cycles.  Sockets take round
\n three pin plugs, sometimes small, sometimes large, and many sockets take 2
\n pin continental plugs.  Get adapters locally cheaply.  Power
\n outages are common.<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indonesia<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUS$4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUS$1.20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malaysia<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUS$2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIn some larger chain cafes.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thailand<\/td>\nSafe, some insurengce in  the south.<\/td>\nBaht<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUS$12<\/td>\nUS$6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n30Baht<\/td>\n130Baht<\/td>\n30Baht<\/td>\n60Baht<\/td>\n62 Million<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFree visa for 30 days on arrival.  Extendable by crossing border out, and then back into Thailand.<\/td>\n+7 GMT<\/td>\nLots of internet centres in touristy and metropolitan areas.
\n From 20 Baht per hour.  On islands expect to pay 2Baht per
\nminute.  Computers are generally new.<\/td>\n		<\/td>\nIn some larger chain cafes.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Country Safety rating Currency Money Minimum cost per day Budget hotel Midrange  hotel Litre of petrol Litre of bottled water Bottle of beer Cigarettes (Marlboro) Population (millions) Human Development Index Visas Time Internet access Internet Cafes WiFi Electricity Nepal Resonably safe for tourists, currently a civil wall. Nepali rupees.  You may not import Nepali rupees, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}