Terrific holiday,shame about the flight





Written September 2007
What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
You ask what was the most inspirational part of the trip? Well, we weren't after 'inspirational', we just wanted an 'adventure' or activity holiday that suited everybody in the family, including (or most particularly) that most demanding and unpredictable species of human being, a teenage boy. And yes, we all got what we wanted; in fact far more, and better, than we ever imagined.We each had high points. Personally, it was discovering I could scuba dive without my ears hurting - a revelation after those painful times retrieving black rubber bricks from the deep end in school swimming sessions. And once my wife and I stopped arguing who was most responsible for making the sea kayak wobble alarmingly (and we swapped positions) sea kayaking suddenly became a breeze. The sunken city was none too shabby either. You'd have to ask our teenage son what he really enjoyed most because he would never deign to tell us directly - but he was overheard telling someone it was his best holiday, ever. Despite never having met before, the families meshed together well, without getting in each others' faces. But for me the very best part was watching the seven kids, aged from 8 to 14, quickly hitting it off and becoming a self-sustaining, supportive and cheerful group during the activities, looking out for each other, spending boisterous hours in the hotel pool, disappearing en-masse into Kas (perfectly safe) for a look-see and general explore - absolutely content to be away from their parent(s), as we were from them for a while. I think we were really lucky to be with the people we were. Maybe it was just serendipity, or maybe it's always like that , or maybe not. Who knows? But this is the kind of holiday we definitely want to do again
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