Honeymoon in Thailand and Best Time to Visit Thailand

A vacation in Thailand is an ideal way to use a holiday. Starting your holiday in Bangkok, you can travel around other regions in Thailand counting Pattaya, Phuket, Krabi and Koh Samui. 

The world's most romantic hideaways are to come in Thailand. Discover our luxury honeymoon options that encompass the stunning scenic and cultural delight of this unique country. 

 

Thailand has a natural asset in breath captivating scenery, feature spectacular green mountain, white sandy beaches, and sparking blue sea. 

Combine that with our world class range of complicated somewhere to live options, elegant dining and diversity of activites and you will experience Thailand at its greatest.

The peak months for tourism are August, November, December, February and March, with inferior peak months in January and July. 

You should consider traveling during the least packed out months (April, May, June, September and October) if your main purpose is to avoid holiday makers and to take advantage of inexpensive rooms and other low-season rates.




Honeymoon Hotels in Thailand

Thailand offer a wide range of globally acclaimed hotels and resorts for a contented accommodation. 

All hotels and resorts in Thailand from high-end to low end hold out an array of amenities to make your honeymoon the most brilliant event of your life. 

The Hotels in Thailand offer private honeymoon suites and wedding suites for a dream honeymoon.

Honeymoon Beaches in Thailand

Nature has bestowed this entire honeymoon beach in Thailand with all stunning hues and fragrance. 

Once to visit these honeymoon beaches in Thailand, you will certainly feel like coming here once more and again.

Most of honeymoon beaches in Thailand are located in the places like Pattaya. Some of the honeymoon beaches in Thailand can be name here. 

They are Ao Phang Nga Beach, Haad Rin, Hat Chaweng, Hat Mai Khao, Ko Pai, Pattaya Beach, Rawaii, Ao Phra-Ae, and many others. 

Apart from these beaches the beach like Ao Nang, Karon Beach, as well as the Railay Beach are also just right for the cause of honeymoon. 

Honeymoon Thailand Package

From the mountains in the north to the beaches in the south, there is no place in Asia that can offer such a diverse blend of top-notch experiences. 

Furthermore, the Thais are renowed for their graciousness and charm that makes every visitors feel at home. 

Our Amazing Thailand package is the result of 15 years of explorations and refinements and what you see is completely the best high-end Thailand route available.

Best Time to Visit Thailand

Looking for the best time to go to Thailand? Wherever you travel in the world, it is significant to get the time right. 

As far as Thailand is worried, there are no absolute extremes. If you can avoid the rainy season (July to October), it would almost surely be best, but if you can't, the rain isn't permanent - it comes in bursts and cools belongings down after it has gone!

The weather in Thailand is rational most times of year, although it certainly gets hot during the summer! November from end to end February is the coolest times of year and there is definitely less rain then than at other times in the year.


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A long week end in Dubai.
This is a very good place for a long week end just before winter time is upon us. The temperature is very nice and the sea water amazingly warm.
Where to stay: of course at Burj Al Arab. Treat yourself with a suite at the best hotel on the planet (7 stars) and immerse in the abundance of Ali Baba legends of the persian gulf. The smallest suite has two floors, and the decoration is very opulent  , in night blue and gold shades. You will have your own butler ane the bathroom offers a wealth of Hermes products.
The only weak point: we were not very impressed by the breakfast  and too many people being let in he hotel who are not staying, taking pictures.
Dubai is a gourmet paradise, all of the best chefs of the world have a restaurant here. Our favorites are: for Lunch Pierchic and one&only Mirage.
For diner: Nobu , Armani, AL Mahara, all have delicious fine food and amazing design.
Highlights not to miss: the water show in the new Burj Kalifa, shopping at the Dubai Mall . A must see at the same place is the water fountain with the diver sculpture and the aquarium.  The gold and spice souk for a persian feel , which is super very busy near the pier , with sailors smuggling products to Iran.

Of course, swimming in the bath temperature ,  Persian gulf and incredible skyscraper watching , rising out of the sand.

Beirut

There is one destination that is all over the travel and style magazines this year and its Beirut . So we decided to have a look and  fly over for a long week end.  To get a bit of sun and soak in the ambiance , just a couple of hours from Europe.
Some after "war" buildings are still there and despite the claims of new harmony you can see some UN and military troops hanging around . Most of the city has been cleaned up and rebuilt.
Massive investment has been made for reconstruction. You can feel a real desire to be back on the map with heavy reference back to the towns glory days of glitz and glamour . Beirut is putting all the effort to become the destination of the middle east.
Luxury shopping, luxury hotels and apartments, good restaurants, friendly people , safe and discreet banking system , are all part of a  good recipe.
Mosques and churches have been built next to each other. In the tourist district you don't feel any cultural tension and harmony of religions appears to exist

We stayed at the four seasons which opened few months before. We chose this hotel ,  for is location on the water front and for the roof  top swimming pool. Both very disappointing , as , all around the hotel  is a construction site and the roof top swimming pool is not yet open .
Anyway, if you  do not pay attention to that ,  and if you also do not pay attention to too much of the Chinese influence in the hotels decoration, which feels strange in this location ,  this is the best place to stay.
The service is immaculate. If you forget your sport shoes and go to the gym  , they will provide you with a brand new pair ...To compensate for the absence of swimming pool , you have access to the George Yacht club which is just next door. Despite the plastic chairs, you will meet there the "happy few" of Beirut in Bikinis smoking  Nargilé.
This is the place to be seen as are other beach clubs a taxi ride away
The other new hotel in town is the Gray , which is located downtown, in the new shopping district. There you will find all the luxury brands, nice cafés and restaurants.

Where to eat: Al sultan Brahim, Casa Blanca. Babel (if you like big busy places), Cocteau is an excellent chic French restaurant
Day trip : Byblos
Beach: Orchid Beach Club...white, clean..Nikki beach look alike, 30 mm from Beirut

Beirut is a smoking friendly city.

South Africa Safari Top Five National Parks and Game Reserves

A South Africa safari is the ideal wildlife trip to go on because the infrastructure and accommodation is superb in all the wildlife parks there and it is still highly affordable in comparison to other African countries.
But given a choice some of the national parks and game reserves are better than others.

Here is a top five list ranking them according to travel reports received at the African Safari Journals website, my safari experience of twenty plus years, industry forums, magazines and the general consensus of the experts.

1. Kruger NP
The Kruger National Park has to rank as one of the best South Africa safari destinations, only slightly behind the Masai Mara and Serengeti when it comes to wildlife viewing because the vegetation in Kruger can be dense and sometimes mars the ability to see longer distances.
But the variety of animals, birds and ecosystems that you can experience here are unparalleled anywhere else in Africa and the accommodation, roads and facilities are top notch and all at a very affordable price.
It's not unusual to see lion, leopard, cheetah, a pack of wild dog, rhino, elephant, buffalo and a whole host of antelope, crocodile and hippo in the course of a single trip including a variety of insects and reptiles.
On the bird front you will be spoiled with a seemingly never-ending supply of eagles, hawks, water birds and a host of migratory and indigenous species to the tune of about 510 different varieties.
You can easily do a self drive safari here and still see a decent amount of wildlife especially if you stick to the central and southern portions of this massive park (larger than Ireland). The north has fewer animals due to dryer conditions but also less tourists which makes for a more isolated and intimate wildlife experience.
If variety is the spice of life then a South Africa safari in the Kruger National Park is a rich dish indeed.

2. Sabi Sands GR
Sharing a fenceless border on the western side of the Kruger National Park is the Sabi Sands game reserve which has a number of world famous private concessions like Mala Mala, Sabi Sabi and Londelozi.
The removal of the fence between the two parks allows the animals to move around freely and the game viewing experience is just as in the Kruger National with one important difference. Because this reserve is privately held, off road game tracking is allowed which improves your chances of finding the elusive big cats, elephant, rhino, buffalo and wild dog to a large degree. They also make use of two way radios in each safari vehicle so that if one finds something noteworthy the others can be alerted.
The sand and sabi rivers which bisect the reserve provide the focal point which attracts the wildlife to the area especially in the dry season.
So viewing the big cats on a South Africa safari here is virtually guaranteed and the accommodation is some of the best in the world as illustrated by the Singita lodge which was the first and only accommodation in the history of the Conde Nast Gold List Reader Poll to get a perfect 100 score, an honour it has held for three years. There are about thirty different top class lodges situated in the reserve.
But this all comes at a price and unless you have reasonably deep pockets this fantastic reserve will be out of reach which is why it doesn't get the Nr one ranking for South Africa safari national parks and reserves.

3. Hluhluwe Umfolozi NP
If you want to see the endangered black and white rhinos in the wild then this is the park to head for because this is where the inexorable tide to extinction for the white rhino in Southern Africa was stemmed.
It now boasts the largest population of white rhino in the world numbering over 1600 and also a slowly increasing population of black rhino at just over 400.
on a South Africa safari here you will also be able to see lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant and cheetah in this park and more than 400 bird species have been recorded. Due to the large number of resident elephants you might have some close encounters with them on the roads as they cross in front of you.
You can go for a daily walk in the park in the company of an armed ranger or you can do a several day extended hike in the southern umfolozi portion.

4. Madikwe GR
This is a latter day Noah's ark story because most of the wildlife contained in this park was relocated here from other areas in 1991.
Twenty seven different species amounting to over 10 000 head of game were re-introduced into this area where they once thrived but had disappeared because of hunting and habitat destruction.
A huge advantage of taking a South Africa safari in this park is that it is not situated in a malaria area so you don't have to bother about taking malaria tablets as you do in most other reserves.
All of the big five are on view here as well as cheetah and the rare wild dog packs which are the stars of the show here being regularly sighted patrolling their huge territories. Your chances of seeing them seem to be better here than most other parks.
Rare antelope like the eland, gemsbok and sable put in an appearance here too and you will be able to enjoy your wildlife viewing in relative peace and isolation because not many tourists know about this excellent game reserve.

5. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
The locals know that this is an excellent game park and it falls into that "best kept secret" category that each country seems to have where for some unknown reason a reserve doesn't get the notice from tourists and safari companies that it deserves.
Maybe it's because this reserve is set in the Kalahari desert and people don't normally associate deserts with lots of wildlife but there are always exceptions to the rule and this South Africa safari park qualifies.
You can see some pretty specialised and very interesting game here such as the gemsbok antelope which can go for months without water, springbok, blue wildebeest, eland and red hartebeest.
And wherever there is a good supply of antelope, the predators are never far away such as the black maned lions which this area has a disproportionate supply off, leopard and cheetah which can make full use of the wide open spaces to chase their prey at top speed.
The meerkat (suricate) is also regularly seen here and bat eared foxes contribute to the scavenging duties.
This South Africa park is famous for birds of prey such as the pygmy falcon and the sociable weaver which builds nests which are the bird equivalent of apartment blocks that are sometimes so big they break the branches they rest on.

There are hundreds of companies offering safari trips to South Africa. This Top Three safari in South Africa operators list helps you choose effectively between them.
South Africa safari trip reports give you a great idea of what to expect from a trip like this by learning from other peoples travel experiences.

Breathtaking Lakes - pictures from all around the world!

There are many marvels of nature Mother Earth has in store for us. Let's take a look at some of the most beautiful lake landscapes - maybe you'll get inspired by those spectacular views and include those lakes in you future journeys?

Grinnell Lake by James Neeley

The Eden of that Dim Lake by Ben Heine

Yamdrok Tso (Turquoise) Lake, Tibet by Katarina 2353

Reflection in Saif-ul-Malook Lake by meansmuchtome

Mirror Lake… no, Kinney Lake! by Claude@Munich

The Baikal Lake

Lake Baikal, Russia

 Rush Lake (4700m) - Highest in Pakistan by windinhishair

Twin Lakes by tropicaLiving

 Wast Water by Ennor

Lake Michigan

 Black Lake, Pass of Dunloe by kaysare

 Sparks Lake, Oregon by David Gn Photography

 Mono Lake by janetfo747

And now - some facts about lakes on our planet Earth:

• The majority of lakes on Earth are fresh water, and most lie in the Northern Hemisphere at higher latitudes. 
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• More than 60 percent of the world's lakes are in Canada.
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• Finland is known as The Land of the Thousand Lakes, (actually there are 187,888 lakes in Finland, of which 60,000 are large).
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• the U.S. state of Minnesota is known as The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes.
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• The license plates of the Canadian province of Manitoba used to claim 100,000 lakes as one-upmanship on Minnesota, whose license plates boast of its 10,000 lakes.
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• Many lakes are artificial and are constructed for hydro-electric power generation, recreationalindustrial use, agricultural use or domestic water supply purposes. 
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• Large lakes contribute to the area of standing water with 122 large lakes of 1,000 square kilometres  or more representing about 29 percent of the total global area of standing inland water. 

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake

http://www.flickr.com

South America: Buenos Aires, José Ignacio, Rio

Argentina: Buenos Aires. A very clean and green city.

Hotel Faena, Stark designed. we are  big fans, he always mixes his particular style whilst keeping the atmosphere of the local place. Set in a completly new developpement in the city

Drink: Maté, herbal tea found in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, South Brazil. They drink it all day long, carrying they maté cup and thermos of hot water everywhere
Food: Dulce de Leche
Restaurant: Cabanas las Lilas, good Argentinan steakhouse with a nice outside terrace on the riverbank. Olsen for lunch, located in Palermo a very nice shopping district with a nice garden terrace.
Shopping: Dolphino, Etiquetta Negra (local brand)
What to do: take aTango lesson of course! Visit the museum of modern art, the best Andy Warhol exhibition I have ever seen.

Uruguay: José Ignacio

Amazing place, just love it. Great beaches, amazing houses, ultra safe, pretty and nice people, fantastic food. Nice landscape enormous Estancias with cows and horses. Overall very very cool. Make sure you go end of December beginning of January it is the high season.

Hotel: Casa Suaya. Great setting, lovely view, great room. The place to stay for the moment.

Drink : Maté

Food: Dulce de leche...also available in ice cream!

Shopping: La manaus del Uruguay in Punbta del Este, love their Ponchos!

What to do : rent a car. Running on the beach, horse back riding, Polo, kite surf, windsurf, surf or just watch them play . Birding (watching birds). Shopping in Punta del Este and Barra.

Where to eat: you have a lot of choice the place is just amazing , when it comes to food.
The master of all is Pueblo Garzon, own by the chef Francis Mallmann who has been the inspiration to the whole region. All the chefs around have been educated at this school.
The service is always great and people very friendly.

Best Restaurant: Pueblo Garzon, located in a small village Garzon 40mm from José Ignacio. To get there you will have to drive on a dirt road throught a fabulous landscape of pampas and wild horses. Nice road trip. There is two other restaurants in the village that we have not tried but suppose to be good also. The food is the best of the region.

La Huella, a beach restaurant always busy , from breakfast to late at night. it is what Club 55 in St Tropez should be .....great food excellent service overall very professional. Need to book if you want a table.Really one of the best beach clubs on the planet
Isla Fleura,Namm, Butia, Sarava and more are all great restaurants...

What to bring back: Dulce de leche of course, Maté and the maté cup and some Poncho  from la Manos del Uruguay in Punta del Este

Brazil: Rio

Hotel : Fasano (check last post on Rio)

What to do: shopping  in Ipanema and Leblon, look for Olsken and the local brands.

Visit the Botanic Gardens,
Bay watch helicopter rescue are like theatre. About 20 people are rescued per day by heli on Ipanema , quite amazing to watch them, they are excellent.
Exercise on the beach, run, walk , bike...everybody is there. Best time to go 7 am before its gets to hot (34°) midday. On Sunday they close one way of the  front beach road , so people can take over, great idea! They run , skate and bike or just walk 

Take a private car and do a tour of the city, visit a couple of the amazing churches and the famous oldest bakery in the city.
Where to eat: Rio is not a foodie city however you can find some good restaurants: Gero, Fasano El Mare...
What to drink: Aica berry juice (a berry coming from Amazonia), excellent. Coconut water. Caipirinha , Caipirinha , Caipirinha!

Dakar Rally 2010

This year's 31st running of the Dakar Rally is being held in South America for the second year, instead of the traditional African route. The reason is - growing issecurity and possible terrorist attack concerns. This year's race began and will end in Buenos Aires, covering a looping 9,000 kilometers between Argentina and Chile over 14 stages. 362 Teams began the race with 176 motorcycles and quad bikes, 134 cars, and 52 trucks. The race is just over halfway completed now, the winners expected to cross the finish line on January 16th.
Below - several photographs from the first half of the rally.

Spain's Gerard Farres Guell kicks up sand with his Aprilia during the 4th stage of the Dakar 2010 between Fiambala, Argentina, and Copiapo, Chile on January 5, 2010. Spain's Marc Coma won the stage, France's David Casteu took the second place and France's Cyril Despres the third. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) 

The Volkswagen Touareg of South African driver Giniel De Villers and co-driver Dirk Von Zitzewitz of Germany attends the symbolic start of the Dakar 2010 in Buenos Aires on January 1, 2010. (ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP/Getty Images)

Poland's Krzysztof Holowczyc in his Nissan passes race fans on a hillside during the Dakar 2010 between Colon and Cordoba, Argentina, on January 2, 2010. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Chile's Francisco Lopez Contardo guides his Aprilia through water during Stage 1 of the Dakar 2010 between Colon and Cordoba, Argentina, on January 2, 2010. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

People watch Nissan's Jean-Pierre Strugo and co-driver Yves Ferri, of France, splash their car through a river crossing during stage one of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 in Rio Cuarto, Argentina, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

France's Jean Claude Mazet falls from his KTM during the 2nd stage of the Dakar 2010 between Cordoba and La Rioja, Argentina, on January 3, 2010. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

 

Manuel Jamett of Chile climbs a rocky road on his Yamaha motorcycle during the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally 2010 from Antofagasta to Iquique January 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen)

 BMW's driver France's Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret cross a valley during the seventh stage of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 between Iquique and Antofagasta, Chile, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russia's Leonid Novitskiy crosses dunes in his BMW during the 7th stage of the Dakar 2010, between Iquique and Antofagasta, Chile, on January 8, 2010. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Volkswagen's Carlos Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz, of Spain, compete during stage six of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 between Antofagasta and Iquique, Chile, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Helder Rodriguez of Portugal rides his Yamaha motorcycle during the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally from Antofasgasta to Copiapo, January 10, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer/Pool)

  An aerial view shows the site where a Robinson 44 helicopter crashed in Fiambala, Catamarca province, January 4, 2010. The pilot, co-pilot and two reporters who were following the Dakar Rally sustained injuries when their helicopter crashed, local media reported. (REUTERS/Gendarmeria/Handout)

China's Wenmin Su rides his Jincheng past cheering onlookers during the 4th stage of the Dakar 2010 between Fiambala, Argentina, and Copiapo, Chile on January 5, 2010. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

The Dakar encampment is seen during stage five of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 in Antofagasta, Chile, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Frederic Le Floc'h)

Foggy clouds cover part of the area where the 5th stage of the Dakar 2010 between Copiapo and Antofagasta, Chile, is taking place on January 6, 2010. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Yamaha's rider Argentina's Alejandro Patronelli climbs a dune on his quad bike during the seventh stage of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 between Iquique and Antofagasta, Chile, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

South African Giniel De Villiers drives his Volkswagen during the 8th stage of the Dakar 2010, between Antofagasta and Copiapo, Chile, on January 10, 2010. (NATACHA PISARENKO/AFP/Getty Images)

Italy's Silvia Giannetti falls from her KTM during the 5th stage of the Dakar 2010 between Copiapo and Antofagasta, Chile, on January 6, 2010. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

 

France's Cyril Despres crosses a wide plain his KTM during the 8th stage of the Dakar 2010, between Antofagasta and Copiapo, Chile, on January 10, 2010. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

SOURCE:
The Dakar Rally Official Website
Dakar 2010 at Wikipedia

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