
I went to Cape Verde on scheduled airlines via Gambia and Senegal. I booked my accommodation online beforehand and got my air tickets in Gambia. The trip was fantastic and I really enjoyed the adventure - much more, I imagine, than I would have done if I'd taken a package.
If you're looking for weather information on any holiday destination around the world, I would recommend weather2travel.com.
They have detailed climate guides, current weather reports and quite cool tools like the holiday planner, which lets you search for a destination by the type of weather you want, and when to travel, which ranks each destination by month so you can see when the best weather is.
The holiday planner is www.weather2travel.com/holidayplanner/, when to travel is www.weather2travel.com/whentotravel/ and an example of a climate guide for Cancun, Mexico is www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/index.php?destination=cancun
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