I agree with the rest of 'em - go for the C152.. .My old instructor told me when learning you want the slowest cheapest thing you can find - if you are going somewhere on a pleasure flight then go for something with a bit of speed - especially if your passengers are contributing to the cost!
The C152 is good fun to fly although you will porbably find you are over the W&B calculations with a couple of reasonable sized blokes in it!. .Plus if the weather gets fun whilst you are up there its like riding a bucking bronco!!!!
Julian.