Web City Travel

There are many holidays I have enjoyed from soaking up the sun in Spain, walking the mountains in Wales or braving the roller coasters in America.

I still have a few different adventures I would love to try. Top of my list is trying my hand at the fruit machines in Las Vegas. A friend of mine has just come back from there and she hasn’t stopped talking about it. It’s true that you can gamble 24 hours a day.   She said she lost quite a lot of money, but had set herself a daily limit, so didn’t really mind too much as she really enjoyed the whole thrill of the place.

I would really like to experience a safari holiday.

Safaris are meant to be absolutely fabulous. On a visit to Florida recently, I was lucky enough to visit their Animal Kingdom Park and got a little taster of what a safari holiday might be like.   However, as with everything in Disney it is all controlled and you know that the animals can’t get that close to you.   Imagine what it must be like on a real safari, being within a whiskers touch of a lion. I bet that must feel absolutely invigorating. 

Holidays to South Africa are certainly gaining in popularity and are a great holiday choice.

The problem is that keen as I am to book a safari break, the one thing that really stops me is the thought of all those spiders.   I honestly can’t stand the things. They scare me rigid.It’s stupid when you compare their size to mine. It’s the fact that they seem to be able to run so fast on their big fat hairy legs.   Unfortunately my fear has rubbed off on both my children and many a time my husband has had to get up in the middle of the night to get rid of spiders from bedrooms.

Be very careful though and whatever you do DO NOT hoover up a spider into a paper hoover bag. My husband’s mum did this once and a little while later she couldn’t figure out why the hoover bag was moving around.   The spider of course had had babies and so instead of one spider, there were hundreds of them.   It was absolutely hilarious and an experience never repeated.

Now if a travel company could somehow guarantee me a safari minus spiders, I would be there tomorrow. If not, then it looks like somehow I am going to have to work at overcoming my fear.   It’s strange a huge animal like a lion doesn’t worry me, just a tidily spider!!