Enjoy the Wonders of a Safari Holiday in South Africa
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.
However, I still have a few different experiences I would love to try. One of them is gambling in Las Vegas. One of my friends has just returned from there and so far I can’t get her to stop talking about it as she enjoyed it so much. It’s absolutely true that you can spend 24 hours a day gambling. 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.
Another experience I would love to try is going on a safari.
Safaris are meant to be absolutely fabulous. On a recent visit to Florida, I visited their Animal Kingdom Park and got a little taster of what a safari might be like. Of course as Disney is so well run, there is never going to be a chance of any of the animals actually getting 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 dread of spiders has rubbed off on the kids so my other half has spent many nights being woken by one of the kids screaming that there is a spider in their bedroom.
A word of warning though, whatever you do DO NOT hoover up a spider into a paper hoover bag. My mother in law did this once and couldn’t figure out why a little while later the hoover bag was moving around so much. The spider had decided that the warm hoover bag was a good place to have her babies and instead of one spider, there were hundreds of them. It was so funny and an experience she is keen not to repeat.
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. How weird that a huge animal like a lion doesn’t worry me in the slightest, just a stupid little spider!!
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