Travel magazine
Six running series and hundreds of articles, written by the people who plan the trips.
When to go
Seasons, month by month, region by region
What it costs
Real budgets in dollars, with tables
Routes that work
Tested itineraries and combinations
Eating across Asia
What to order and where
On foot
Treks and long walks, described honestly
Before you book
Visas, permits, timing, practicalities
Uzbekistan month by month
The best time to visit Uzbekistan is a narrower answer than most countries, because the constraint is not rain or crowds. It…
Best time to visit Thailand: month by month, and which coast is working
The best time to visit Thailand is November to February, and February is the single best month. But the two coasts run…
Tibet month by month
The best time to visit Tibet is a shorter list than most destinations offer, and it is decided by three things rather…
Taiwan month by month, and why the two coasts disagree
The best time to visit Taiwan is October to December, with March and April as a second window, and November is our…
Best time to visit Sri Lanka: which month, and which coast
The best time to visit Sri Lanka depends on the coast: the west and south are at their best from December to…
Australia month by month, starting with the red centre
Australia does not have a season. It has at least three climates running on different calendars, and the reason we keep recommending…
The Philippines month by month, and which islands work when
The best time to visit the Philippines is February to April, and if that is all you need, you can stop reading.…
New Zealand month by month
Two calendars decide a New Zealand trip and only one of them is the weather.
Kyrgyzstan month by month, and the four-month season
Most countries have a best time to visit. Kyrgyzstan has an open season and a closed one, and the gap between them…
The Maldives month by month
The Maldives has no seasons in the way a visitor from a temperate country understands them. The temperature barely moves all year:…
Mongolia month by month: a season that lasts four months
Most destinations have a best time to go. Mongolia has a season, and outside it most of what you have read about…
Monsoon in Asia: which countries it actually ruins
"Monsoon" is one word doing far too much work. In southern Vietnam it means an intense hour in the late afternoon, after…
Myanmar month by month
Myanmar has three seasons and they are unusually clear cut. Cool and dry from November to February, hot and dry from March…
Nepal month by month
The best time to visit Nepal is October and November, then March and April, and the gap between those windows and the…
Kyoto in autumn, week by week
Autumn colour in Japan is treated as the quieter sibling of cherry blossom, and in Kyoto it is nothing of the kind.…
South Korea month by month
The best time to visit South Korea is mid-September to early November, with late April to early June a close second. Month…
Kazakhstan month by month
Most countries have a season. Kazakhstan has four regions that each have a different one, and the single most useful thing we…
India month by month, region by region
The most expensive planning mistake in India is treating it as one climate. It has at least four, they are not in…
Hong Kong month by month
The best time to visit Hong Kong is a narrower answer than most cities give you, because Hong Kong has four seasons…
Georgia month by month
The best time to visit Georgia is not one answer, because Georgia is two countries stacked on top of each other. There…
Dubai month by month
In most destinations the season is a matter of preference. Some people like the rain, some people like the crowds thinner, and…
Best time to visit China: month by month, and why the region matters more
The best time to visit China is April to May and September to October. Month by month and region by region, plus…
Cambodia month by month
The best time to visit Cambodia is a narrower question than it looks, because the country has two seasons rather than four…
Cherry blossom, region by region: when to actually be where
Cherry blossom in Japan is not a date. It is a wave, and it moves.
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