Yikouku Travel

For me there is no greater feeling than flying through the air – no matter what craft you are in. That’s why, this year, I have booked myself a holiday to the wonderful city of Moscow in Russia. There is so much to do in this great city, and the architecture is simply stunning, but the main reason I am travelling there is because of all the wonderful activities that you can engage in over there. I am particularly looking forward to visiting the Russian Space village, home of a wonderful space training facility which is now open to the public. At this venue I will be able to feel the thrills and benefits of space travel with the help of their state of the art simulators. I can also enjoy the feeling of weightlessness in one of their specially designed chambers built for the purpose of training the great men who went up into space all those years ago.

There can be nothing more exciting than the thought of all of these experiences, but a real thrill is being able to do something like this for real. That’s why I have booked myself a ticket to fly a fighter Jet when I am over there! I had no idea this was possible, but once I came across a website advertising this very possibility there was no way that I was going to miss the opportunity to do something like this.

After all this excitement I will need to relax a little bit and just take in the sights and sounds of the city and it’s surrounding areas. To make the most of what there is to offer I have also booked one of the tours in moscow that are offered online. This will mean that I won’t miss out on anything that is really great to see. Why not leave the decisions about what to visit to the experts?

Although me and all of my friends have always been big fans of hitting popular party destinations on our holidays we had never visited Ayia Napa. We had spent a couple of holidays in Ibiza, but we just found that the prices there were becoming so prohibitive that you couldn’t really enjoy yourself when you were there unless you had thousands of pounds spending money! We would be lucky to have three hundred quid each on any trip, so we spent most of our time in our hotel room on the last holiday there! We had been to Rhodes a couple of times, and although that was great, we knew the place inside out now and we decided it would be nice this year to discover somewhere new.

A lot of our friends had been out to Ayia Napa before, and they all said what an amazing time they had had there. The photo’s from their holidays made it look like some sort of paradise on earth and we were all desperate to go.

Like every other year when we go on holiday, money was going to be an issue for some of us. I knew that I would do well to find anything that we could all afford, but I could only look so I jumped online to see if I could finds any late deals.

Luckily for all of us cheap holidays in Ayia Napa were available that made it just about affordable for us, and boy am I glad we went for it! Ayia Napa has to be the best place we have ever visited together! It is perfect for a group of lads like us but I have to say that think anyone would enjoy a holiday to a place like this.

There are loads of different holiday ideas for anyone planning a trip to the island of Lanzarote.   As this small Spanish rock in the Atlantic boasts a plethora of places to stay.  Along with wonderful weather and beautiful beaches.

The island has been a fixture in the brochures of the main holiday companies for decades.  And for a while became synonymous with some of the worst aspects of package tourism – thanks largely to the efforts of Monty Python’s Michael Palin, who once dubbed the island Lanza-grotty.  But in fairness this couldn’t be further from the truth – as Lanzarote remains much less touched by tourism than larger Canary Islands such as Tenerife. And is increasingly attracting a more middle class type of guest as a result.

Whilst Lanzarote certainly offers relatively cheap sunshine all year round and a host of great beaches it is also a surprisingly cultured spot.  Best epitomised by the main tourist attractions, which were all designed by an artist called César Manrique and which are a refreshing antidote to the water parks and golf courses offered in most other Spanish sunspots.

Manrique was born on the island in 1919 and dedicated much of his life to preserving Lanzarote´s incredible volcanic terrain.  Which was created by eruptions in the 18^th century.  He proved very successful in his campaign too – securing a ban on all high rise buildings and helping Lanzarote to earn UNESCO protected biosphere status in 1994.

So as a result visitors today can enjoy a holiday island that remains quite unspoiled – and which boasts some great accommodation.  With thousands of apartments and villas in Lanzarote to choose from, along with over 200 hotels.

One of the best places to stay on the island for those who like to be close to the action is Puerto del Carmen.  As this is the main resort and boasts plenty of nightlife.  There aren’t many hotels here but that is made up for by a decent range of villas in Puerto del Carmen which are available for rent by tourists.  Along with plenty of good value apartment complexes.

Puerto del Carmen is also very centrally located, making it a great base for exploring the island.  Visit one of the many Lanzarote car hire offices in the resort and get out to see sights such as the volcanic region, the green lagoon at El Golfo and the Valley of 1000 Palms.  You´ll never think of Lanzarote as grotty again!

Taking your team clay pigeon shooting, paintballing or quad biking is all well and good, but chances are they have been there, done that and got the t-shirt. What you really need to try if you want to inspire and motivate, is something fresh and new. An activity that will fire up their imagination and get them all excited about their next team building day. Here are just a few events and activities which are that little bit different that you may want to consider.

Where better to start than sheep dog handling with ducks. Yes, that’s right, sheep dog handling with ducks. Now, this has to be a million miles away from clay pigeon shooting. Available from Garlands Leisure in Warwickshire, as well as other places around the country, this is a rather strange version of one man and his dog, as the sheep are replaced by ducks.  Apparently to master this strange sport, you need a combination of skill, communication, team work and a sense of humour.

First for fun, has to be Alton Towers Resort which is famous as the UK’s largest theme park with groundbreaking rollercoasters and rides.  What you may not be aware of, is that it is also an award winning Midlands conference venue which offers an amazing range of unique team building activities. For example there is the new and improved Alton Towers Challenge. Here teams get to try the park’s rides and attraction while taking part in challenges to earn points and prizes. There is also the Extraordinary Golf tournament which are ideal for seasoned golfers and complete novices alike. Just grab a club and enjoy fun-packed golf based around the park’s signature rides and attractions.  On the other hand, you may prefer water based team building at Alton Towers Caribbean Water Park.

Last, and by no means least is hovercraft racing. Run by Wildcat Hovercraft in Berkshire, these racing machines don’t actually have any brakes. Instead you race around a 1KM circuit using a sense of balance to win. Although, a steady nerve is probably advantageous, as well as a little luck of course. A day’s jetting along in a one-person hovercraft is sure to be a teambuilding day that will have everyone talking.

My wife and I have been together for just over forty years now, and our last wedding anniversary was ruby – not the cheapest anniversary there is! Luckily for me, my wife has never been one for lavish gifts and jewellery. I knew that she probably wouldn’t even like to have a ruby necklace or ring, but I did want to do something nice for her. I really had to rack my brains to think of something that she might like.

I had only just retired about six months previously, so although we had all the time in the world, we had to be reasonably careful with our finances. I started to have a look around on the internet to see if I could find any suitably cheap holidays that might take her fancy. I didn’t want anything too strenuous, just somewhere that we could relax and take in a few sights, do a bit of shopping and catch some sun. After much disappointing searching, I eventually came across a cheap cruise deal which seemed great! It meant that we would get to see lots of different places, we could relax on the fantastic boat, and the sun bathing on the enormous sun deck would be bliss!

I went ahead and booked to cruise tickets, and it’s the best thing I have ever done. We had the most wonderful two weeks of our lives, and my wife was so shocked and thrilled when she found out we were celebrating our fortieth anniversary in such style! We both approached the trip with slight trepidation given our lack of experience out on the open sea, but we both found absolutely no problem being out on the ocean for such a long time. In fact, we had so much fun that we are heading off again next year to do it all over again!

When you find out that you are going to be the best man for your best friend, it can be a very proud moment. However, when the dust settles on the announcement, you will soon realise that there is actually a lot of things you need to do, not least organise the stag do. This might sound easy to you, but once you settle down and start to plan things out, you will realise that logistically speaking it can be a nightmare. You need to find out all of the people who need to go, you need to contact them all, you need to find out when people can go, where people can go, what they want to do, and above all, you need to make sure that the stag ends up happy with the whole event. That is a lot of people to keep happy, and it probably won’t surprise you that there are now people who professionally organise stag and hen weekends.

It really is in your best interests to let these people take care of the arrangements of your stag do. It is the most difficult thing to arrange and once you start to try and do things yourself things can start to unravel and go out of control very quickly. A company called Eclipseleisure.co.uk are particularly adept at organising these things, and they can even organise stag weekends in Europe if that’s what you want. Just remember that these people are professionals and they have years of experience making sure that you and your buddies have a great time.