[big bill]

Hi Dunk like most have said here it depends on how much you have to spend,myself personally would go for a DSLR there are a lot of kits on the market at the moment from Canon and Nikon it just depends on your budget if you go the Dslr route once you become acustomed to to it and competant in your photography you can always go for a larger lens look for a kit with a twin lens kit the Canon 400D came with 18-55mm and 90-300mm lens which would get you started but it depends on yourself.
Shop around and ask to handle the camera to you get something your happy with best of luck but you will get plenty of help and advice here if you come across problems