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I THOUGHT I’d come to Angkor Wat to see the sun rise, what I realised was that I went there to hear its story.

LONDON is one of the most popular capital cities on the planet yet it's a national hobby to dislike it.

WITH staycations the most reliable holiday this year, this the perfect time to visit London.

SO WOW: this is egg coffee. I’d dropped into the legendary Café Giang in Hanoi to try this iconic brew from where it was born.

YOUNG couple perform hip thrusts and arm dips oblivious to the fact their makeshift gym is a national war graves memorial.

YOU’D think we would’ve stepped off the bus in silence. But we didn’t. People were asking for the toilets. They wanted coffee.

I'LL have the sea spaghetti followed by the seaweed tartare, s’il vous plaît. This is superfood French gastronomy.

WRITTEN by Natalie Chalk, a UK journalist: Where to drink coffee in Zagreb? www.chasingthedonkey.com

DEMOLITION begins on a statue that's stood as a symbol of Bulgaria’s 1300-year history.

FOR more than a millennia these sandcastles have stood on the beaches under the burning Peruvian sun.