Kyoto is a city but steeped in japanese history and old japanese architecture If you cant be arsed to go far stay in some ryokens in the mountains in hakone which inciude some shady hot springs. Heard theres some proper old skool temple near nara which you can stay in. Not sure this stuff is outdoorsy enough for you though
No chance .theres a cabin and im going for it. Plus it was pretty cold when i went. And theres no way thr missus would camp anyway
Never been but i heard the waterparks are nice ... . Reckon i could have a lot of fun with my mates on those (i like to pretend im still young)
Did a weekend in Luxembourg a couple of weeks back Got a week off before I start a new job at the end of this month so thinking a few days in Rome then down to Sorrento for a few more, with a day in Naples Was going to do New Orleans that week but timing is a bit tight so didn't think we'd do it justice so that will have to wait until later this year Will probably do one more after those - thinking either Banff, Vancouver or Japan plus bound to be the odd weekend away in Europe Also going to be a weekend camping and a festival in there somewhere
Don’t mind the lack of culture. It’s no less cultured than other places swarming with Brits. Great weather, top notch service, hotels and food. I’m not a huge drinker but there’s great nightlife. The weekend brunches are pure gluttony. Good watersports and generally there’s always something to do if you get bored of the sun or it’s too hot. The ex-pats can be a bit lairy but you can avoid the chav types easily enough.
I thought it was utterly soulless when I went 20 years ago and have found it even worse on every subsequent visit. I did one of those brunches once. It was fun but I thought the disparate group of ex-pats we were with, who brunch every weekend, were quite sad, lonely folk. Oman is a different story. Fantastic country.
I’m not a fan of big group holidays in general now I’m past the week in Magaluf with the lads stage. It’s probably even worse when kids are involved. Actually the thought of having my own kids and having to spend my holiday keeping them alive sounds crap.
I'd rather nail my bollocks to a plank then go to Dubai, if I never go it'll be too soon. Would love to go to Morocco, a country I've never been to and should have (amongst loads of others of course). Can't see it happen for a while with three young kids, will have to wait unfortunately.
I was there on business when I did the brunch thing. My business partner at the time had an ex-colleague who lived there so we hooked up with him and his "friends" for brunch. Basically a group of ex-pats thrown together as they needed a friendship circle. They seemed to have little in common apart from the fact they all lived in Dubai and drank very heavily. I'm sure it was a beautiful country before it became a playground.
Marrakech is brilliant and plenty of all-inclusive resorts on the outskirts so you can have a bit of everything. Cheap too. I climbed Mount Toukbal which I’d recommend if you like that sort of thing. It’s meant to be quite easy in spring/summer but we got caught in the late winter and it was horrendous.
We can't decide where to go or what type of holiday we want this year. The kids have enjoyed the city breaks we've done so we should probably do another one of them but we're bored of the sitting by the hotel pool holidays. Maybe we could sit by a pool in a villa. I wouldn't want to do anything more strenuous than that. My missus did talk about doing some kind of inter railing thing during the Easter hols but that was a terrible idea that got shot down very quickly. I suspect we'll end up doing it.
