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Cool and Weird Places to Swim

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 19, 2009 5:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – If you love swimming but tire of the ordinary and the chlorine-scented, consider these "unusual or cool places" uncovered by WebUrbanist:

  • The Dead Sea: Lie back and read a good book in the world's saltiest body of water, which will likely keep you afloat while delivering "an awesome sensation."

  • "Bizarrely beautiful depths": Swim alongside monster jellyfish—some about 5 feet across—in places like the Black Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and Southeast Asia.
  • Devil's Pool: Tempt fate by leaning over "the Devil's Armchair" in this Zimbabwean lagoon, which sits on the edge of a 360-foot drop over Victoria Falls.
  • Glow-in-the-dark bay: Watch your arms and legs turn blue-green from the radiance of 720,000 phosphorescent organisms in Mosquito Bay, Puerto Rico.
  • Cave diving: Plunge into underwater caves like the Devil’s Eye Spring in northern Florida. The brave can even "leap-frog from air pocket to air pocket inside the cave."
To see the complete list, click the link below.

Taal Lake, the Philippines.
Taal Lake, the Philippines.   (Flickr)
Floating in the Dead Sea with a good book.
Floating in the Dead Sea with a good book.   (Shutterstock)
A jellyfish rises to the surface--and swimmers can follow.
A jellyfish rises to the surface--and swimmers can follow.   (Shutterstock)
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COMMENTS
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brawne
Sep 20, 2009 8:20 AM CDT
Oh my. I just realized that I wrote about not gagging and blow jobs in the same thread. How weird is that? I think that one idea just took me to the other
brawne
Sep 20, 2009 8:11 AM CDT
Well, that is a bit unkind. Isn't it odd that shit you think is just garbage is sorta interesting to someone else? I don't know you at all ham, but I'll say the same thing that I've said to every woman that I have known for the last thirty years or so--blow job. Personally, I think a lot of the world's problems could be solved with A CONSTANT BLOW JOB. Never met a man who could fuck something up or be stupid during a blow job. Really, women could rule the world. Dummies, as my friend Mary who taught me the perfect blow job would say. And you can learn a lot from a banana--with the right teacher. And a couple of kiwis. Mary always said that the kiwis were more important than the banana and she hasn't been wrong yet.
brawne
Sep 20, 2009 7:54 AM CDT
Dead Sea--my dream, cause you can float like a mother. More salt and more reason. That's why I like oceans over fresh water. Plus, and only I would think of this weird shit, it is easier to drown in salt water then fresh. Unless you have a wicked gag reflex and then, OMG it's hard to drown at all. Personally, I could shove a feather down my throat and not gag and that's why I swim a mile out and back. I don't mind dying but I don't want it to be really awful.
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