With my swim coaching booked to start next week, I’ve been thinking about different places where it would be amazing to swim. I’ve been lucky enough to swim in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans already, the Mediterranean, Aegean and Carribean seas, but what about more obscure or adventerous swimming destinations?
A few years ago I cycled along the length of Loch Ness, and aside from the cold that would definitely be a cool plce to swim, but I think you have to look further afield to get really interesting swimming spot…
Bioluminescent Bay is a bay in Puerto Rico which contains massive numbers of bioluminescent micro-organisms which glow when the water is disturbed. Swimming at night creates a blue glowing “halo” effect around the swimmer’s body, so that sounds like an awesome place that should be added to my “places to see” list!
“Jellyfish Lake” also ticks all the boxes for being interesting and adventurous. The late is on one of the limestone islands of Palau, and since the lake is sealed off from the ocean with virtually no predators, the jellies there have evolved to be stingless.
The third amazing spot is known as “Devil’s Swimming Pool“, or “Devil’s Armchair” at the top of Victoria falls in Zambia – 420 feet above the river below! You can relax in the water right up to the edge (in the dry season) and look over the sheer drop – now THAT looks like an amazing place to swim!
Got any other ideas for AMAZING places to swim? Leave a comment below…
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July 19th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Update – here’s a list from The Telegraph of the “Top 50 Placed To Swim Outdoors In Britain” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3637639/Top-50-places-to-swim-outdoors.html
July 28th, 2010 at 11:28 am
There’s an amazing under water cave system on the Yacatan peninsula in Mexico – it looks amazing. The best part I believ called “Grande Cenote” and i’ve seen photos which just look amazing!