The 10 Best Places to Swim…?
I read a post the other day listing the 10 best places to swim around the world. Reading through them I realized that I hadn’t been to even one of them!
Poor me, but then I thought, wait…I’ve swum in some lovely places.
Let’s narrow them down to 3 in no particular order.
Ginnie Springs, High Springs, Northern Florida
If northern Florida wasn’t interesting enough in its own time travel way, these springs are perfect. It’s a surreal place to swim among the Spanish moss while the alligators patrol out in the warmer river that the springs flow into (the big toothy grins don’t like the cooler water).
Bir Ali, Yemen
Yemen never makes it onto the glossy Caribbean style travel brochures, but the emerald green of the Arabian Sea is a mighty match for hurricane alley. Just outside the town of Bir Ali you can camp on a deserted white sandy beach that seems to extend all the way down to Aden. Behind you the sands of the beach meet and mingle with those of the desert on the volcanic mountains beyond, looking like snow in Arabia. In front of you dolphins come by in the mornings to chase the big schools of fish. Not enough? Rumour has it one of the 3 wise men called from these parts.
Salto Angel, Canaima National Park, Venezuala
Fancy a swim under the world’s tallest waterfall. It’s possible at certain times of year, or at least it was when I was there. Before making its way to the Rio Gauya, the water forms in pools in the middle of the jungle and if the volume of water isn’t strong enough to flatten you, the swimming is divine.
Where’s your favourite place to swim?
