I have long had a weakness for high places and am always mentally lifted by standing at the highest point and looking out across a fantastic panoramic view. However, my love of a good view is matched only by the weakness of my stomach when faced with too long in the back of a car on a road full of hairpin bends.
We had left our hotel in Thimphu after a thankfully rather bland breakfast and had stupidly not thought about what lay ahead of us. Getting anywhere in Bhutan by road is an arduous business and within 30 minutes of leaving the city, I was starting to struggle to keep my breakfast down as we wound back and forth round rough bendy roads. By the time we reached the Dochu La (or Dochu Pass), the highest point on the road between Thimpu and Punakha, I was ready to curl up in a ball and die. I couldn't wait to leap out of the car ...
Advantages: LOTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO DO - CHEAP HOLIDAY TOO! Disadvantages: NOISY AT NIGHT - POOL ON THE COLD SIDE IN THE DAY - YOU WILL GAIN A STONE EATING THE FRENCH FOOD!
This is a camping site owned by Siblu (the French arm of Haven Holidays) and is situated on the coast of The South of France, near to Cap D'Agde. If you are lucky enough to fly from Bristol then you can fly into Beziers. There are 3 different grades of caravan that you can hire.
I went to La Carabasse with my two children aged 8 and 11. I booked flights separately through Ryanair and booked the holiday itself with Tesco Clubcard vouchers. If you don't have vouchers then it may be cheaper to book with a caravan owner onsite, than with Siblu direct.
I wasn't keen on driving, so the receptionist at La Carabasse gave me a number for someone living on site, who I paid to come and collect us from Nimes airport (1 hour away). On arrival they were very kind and used a golfing type buggy to take our luggage to our caravan.
The caravan ...
LAURALILIA 10.03.2009
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Advantages: great game, really gets you thinking Disadvantages: you can be made to look v.stupid!
I don't know about you lot, but it seems to me that every time we have family over for Christmas or New Year, after dinner we end up playing some sort of board game! This is ok to start with, but does tend to get rather dull after a while. On boxing day of the Christmas just gone, yes you've guessed it - we ended up playing a board game. A member of the family brought it round and it was called Pass the Bomb! Sounds ominous I know (don't worry its not a real bomb!). Well, it was great fun and very different to the usual type of games which go on for hours and people lose interest.
The game starts by drawing a card from the pack which is shown to all players. Each card has letters on it and can be two or more letters. A dice is then rolled which tells all players whether the letters shown by the card must be at the start, middle or end ...
beanie8844 07.04.2008
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