Archive for August, 2008

Cambodia – Angkor Wat

Best time to go: Cambodia has a tropical climate, with monsoons from June to October. Best time to go is in the dry season – November to May.

For more than 500 years, the city of Angkor in north-western Cambodia was the capital of the Khmer Empire, and Angkor Wat is the largest and the most [...]

Alaska

Best time to go: May to September offers mild weather.

It’s fr-fr-fr-freezing, but don’t let that put you off, just grab your thermals and head off to America’s Final Frontier.
Nothing can quite prepare you for the scale of Alaska. Covering 591,004 square miles, and more than twice the size of Texas, it makes up a fifth [...]

Paris

Best time to go: A vibrant city to visit year-round. Spring is probably the most beautiful, although a crisp winter day shows Paris in a different light.
Romantic and oh so chic, Paris has to be one of the most hyped and talked about cities in Europe, possibly with more landmarks than any city in the [...]

Iguassu Falls

Best time to go: The best time of year to visit the falls is August-November, when there is least risk of flood waters hindering the approach to the catwalks.

Cascading over the borders of Argentina and Brazil, Iguassu is a Guarani word, which translates as ‘big water’, which is a bit of an understatement as the [...]