Best places to get naked

The scope for 'clothes-free' tourism is far (far!) broader than you might imagine.

Naked Jazz Festival, Kent

"You don't have to take your clothes off to have a good time." So opined the 1980s popster Jermaine Stewart, but many naturists would be inclined to disagree. From naked volleyball to the Spanish Running of the Nudes and naked scuba-diving to skiing without the ski suit, the scope for activities in your altogether is far broader than you might imagine. We investigate the ultimate in "nakations". No peeking!

Nudefest, Newquay

If Glastonbury is too clothed for your liking, try Nudefest instead. Taking place at Newperran Holiday Park, in Newquay, this annual event combines live music with activities such as juggling, bellydancing and, er, war-gaming. Facilities include a swimming pool, children's play areas, games room and an aviary. With tickets costing from £50 to £75 for three days, you can either take your own tent or hire a caravan for £69 a person (based on four sharing).

While only the audience has to be naked, at last year's event two performers got so into the vibe that they stripped off to play half their set au naturel, bringing a whole new meaning to the website's claim that, "If you don't know what swing is, you will after the Friday night." With a clothing-optional real ale tent and bar, plus a heated swimming pool and sauna, this is surely one of the classiest naturist events around. Tickets cost £70 per person, or £105 for a couple or family ticket (two adults, two children).

World Bodypainting Festival, Seeboden, Austria

The World Bodypainting Festival is a toe dipped in the water of naturism, if you like, because you can strip off while still covering your modesty with paint. The highlight of the annual event, being held from 12 to 18 July in Seeboden, Austria, this year, is a fantasy ball taking place at the mystical medieval castle Sommeregg. Music-synchronised fireworks, special-effects make-up galore and a night-time contest for UV bodypainting should create a visual delight not to be missed.

Naked bike riding, Bavaria

Known as Nacktradler, naked bike riding is all the rage in Bavaria. The Naktiv movement - for people who like being naked and active -was born in the 1900s, when a German youth group, the Wandervogel, starting skinnydipping while hiking around the countryside. The trend led to the creation of nudist beaches along the coast, and nudity soon spread to public parks. World Naked Bike Ride day came to Munich in 2005, inspiring Alex von der Tour to offer naked cross-country cycling tours. Now around 20 men and women enjoy his nude excursions most weekends in the summer.

Naked snowboarding and skiing

Just because it's freezing cold, doesn't mean you can't be nude. On 1st January each year, skiers in Glenshee, Scotland, are rewarded with a shot of whisky if they hit the slopes with nothing under their kilts. But if that's still too clothed for you, never fear: the Undie 500 race, at Mount Cheeseman in New Zealand, offers competitors the chance to wear "the minimum attire that decency allows".

And if you haven't gained your ski legs, the German town on of Braunlage hosted a naked sledding event this year; given that 14,000 people turned up to support it, there's every chance it'll happen next year, too.

Naked scuba diving and mass skinny-dipping

If watersports are more to your taste, why not give naked scuba diving a go? Sea lice can get trapped under clothes but are unable to hold on to naked skin, so it's safer than using a wetsuit but there are nonetheless a couple of safety issues to bear in mind. Body hair can be an issue so the hirsute should shave; more worryingly, fish cannot always tell the difference between a man's tackle and genuine fish food so wear trunks if you don't fancy baiting the aquatic inhabitants.

A host of resorts offer naked scuba diving including the Eden Bay Caliente Resort, in the Dominican Republic, and the Hidden Beach Resort, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Alternatively, if you prefer an even freer kind of diving, try the world record attempt on the largest ever skinny-dip.

Nude sailing

If a life on the ocean waves sounds even more appealing in the nude, why not charter a private yacht and enjoy a group holiday with a difference? Boats are available for up to four people fromNopockets.com and a booking includes your own chef. The company also offers a Caribbean Villa in the British Virgin Islands that's designed with naturists in mind.

International Naturist Sports Week, Sziksosfurdo, Hungary

The question, it seems, is not which sports can be played in the nude but which ones can't be. At International Naturist Sports Week, which took place in Hungary from 26 July till 1 August, you can actually compete at running, tug-of-war, volleyball and table tennis among other sports in what is, shall we say a completely unrestrained manner. There is even a children's sports day!

World Naked Gardening Day

The worrying economic climate has made holidays in Britain more appealing, and if you want to avoid the further expense of clothing you should consider taking part in World Naked Gardening Day. Sadly the event is over this year - it was held on 8 May - but there's nothing to stop you from indulging year-round. Just make sure you don't give your neighbours an eyeful - and be careful with that rake.

Naked Yoga

Another year-round pursuit, nude yoga has spread beyond its native India, where it is mainly practised by holy men. Practitioners say the unclothed pursuit helps to "achieve liberation of the self and actualisation of one's goals" . Doing it in the nude apparently helps "toxins in the body find an outlet leading to purification of body and soul". Just be careful who you stand behind during the downward-facing dog.

Running of the Nudes

Started by the animal-rights organisation PETA, the Running of the Nudes is a play upon and protest against the far more established Running of the Bulls. The event, which has taken place annually in Pamplona since 2002, involves around 1,000 people donning no more than a pair of plastic bull horns to run naked through the streets in a protest against the supposed cruelty of the similarly named event. PETA has recently decided to hold its demonstrations outside Pamplona to avoid bringing tourist money to a town that condones what the group regards as barbarism.

Just one thing i remember, one of my friend ask me, is there any place at Malaysia i can nude? LOL.. and my answer is yes we have. All you can do is find. Maybe it not expose to the public right? hahaha

FootNote ~ keep flashback the movie title "The Beach"! OMG this is my Devaju, writing about nude article ... awesome!!!

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9/11 sebuah tragedi

Kalau korang ada ingat hari ni adalah tanggal tragedi 9 september dimana serangan pengganas keatas US iaitu WTC yang di rempuh oleh pesawat yang menyebabkan banyak kematian orang awam dan tragedi ini lebih dikenali sebagai tragedi 9/11.

Kejadian ini menyebabkan kemusnahan yang teruk dan melumpuhkan ekonomi di sekitar Manhattan. Selain WTC, antara tempat lain yang dituju juga adalah Pentagon dan Washington DC (White House kalau tak silap). Bangunan WTC musnah keseluruhannya dalam tempoh 2 jam sahaja.

4 kapal terbang yang telah di ambil alih, 2 untuk WTC, satu untuk Pentagon dan satu lagi untuk White House di Washington DC dimana penumpang kapal terbang ke empat iaitu yang menuju ke White House sempat di ambil alih oleh penumpang-penumpang dalam kapal terbang tu daripada pengganas dan menyebabkannya kapal terbang tersebut telah terhempas. Di anggarkan 3000 orang mati.

Pemimpin Al-Qaeeda masa tu iaitu Osama bin Laden bertanggungjawab dalam siri serangan berani mati tersebut. Osama sekarang pon derang cakap dah mati, mayatnya di buang ke laut. Sadis je. Derang cakap janji nak buat dan tanam ikut adat dan agama. Janji tinggal janji heehehe

Dari kejadian ni jugak, orang dah kaitkan pengganas dengan islam. Kalau pegi ke US, UK dan sebagainya sebut Islam orang akan label pengganas. Memang tak patut pon. Tapi kalau aku pikir balik kan, Kalau negara kita ni dah jadi macam Palestin ke, Somalia ke kan kena tindas macam tu, tapi kita tak cukup senjata atau tak boleh nak melawan macam tu, so macam mana kita nak menetang? Memang dasyat kalau korang penah tengok video pasal pengganas ni. Salah satu contoh yang aku tengok pasal serangan Mumbai. Mesti lepas tengok korang akan terpikir akan sesuatu. Apa yang aku pikir, tak payah la aku bgtahu tapi kalau korang yang terpikir tu, korang rasa ape yang korang pikirkan?

Apa yang tak patut dalam serangan pengganas ni ialah ia melibatkan orang awam sekali. Nyawa orang yang tak berdosa pon terbabit sekali so kalau nak balas dendam kira A-Qaeeda dengan America tu dah macam 2x5 jelah. Sama-sama pakat bunuh orang yang tak berdosa. kan? Apa pon aku cuma berkongsi cerita pada tanggal 9/11 ni je sebab Malaysia ni takde lagi kena serang dengan Pengganas yang macam tu, yang nak serang Petronas Tower ke ape, setakat Al-Maunah je la kan kan. Alhamdulillah masih aman lagi Malaysia kita neh.

FootNote ~ Aku bukan pengganalisa politik, perang atau jenayah, aku cuma orang biasa yang ada akal dah cuba pikir sebaik mungkin sebagai seorang manusia. Terima Kasih.

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Kueh tiaw soppp satuu

 

Demam untuk hari ke berape? aku dah tak ingat dan takleh pikir. Tapi selera ni memang takde langsung dah. Panadol Active Fast telan 2 biji, ubat batuk pon dah telan, Hurix punya tu kendian Panadol Solubel pon sama telan juga sampai aku tertido dengan keadaan bilik yang panas, sebab aku tak bukak kipas. Nak bagi kebah demam ni memang aku kena tutup kipas la kalau tak memang lambat sembuh. Tapi perut lapar, so aku ingat memang kena makan jugak. Kuar pergi beli Kueh Tiaw sup. Memula ada la selera makan sikit pastu tak abis gak aku makan sebab tekak perit, dengan selesema dan batuk-batuk.

Tapau Nescafe ais.. hahah dah la batuk, pastu minum pulak minuman yang berais.. memang takleh tolak la neh. Ni la jadi kalau badan jenis imun, pastu jarang-jarang sakit dan bila dah sekali sakit, memang mengalahkan sakit yang teruk-teruk walhal demam je pon.Tapi bagi aku memang teruk pon sebab batuk demam dan selesema.

Sambil melepak kat ruang tamu, makan kueh tiaw sopp beserta nescafe ais, aku di temani patung ni. hahaha ada jugak yang nak tolong tengokkan aku gak ni. Malam semalam layan movie santau kat tv3, perghhh seram pulakkk tetiba je aku boleh rasa nak surf pasal santau-santau ni. adoiii mintak simpang la benda-benda syirik ni. Nasib baik patung yang teman ni tak bercakap hehehe

Bosan online, melayan lak novel Bravo Two Zero pon best gak. dah brape hari tak baca. Asyik duk baca sikit-sikit je. Untuk rangkuman terkini pasal keadaan semasa dunia, Singapore dah kalah dengan Iraq 2-0 pastu siap komplen cakap team Iraq banyak berlakon dan saje melengahkan masa, bila aku tengok balik dulu Singapore lawan Malaysia pon aku tengok derang main gitu jugak dengan team Malaysia. Selalu kerap sangat buat jatuh lagi-lagi kat kotak penalti tu. Nape tak jatuh kat tempat lain je. Pastu boleh pulak keeper dia pon join sekali siap g tendang bola keluar padang. So lepas ni untuk team Singapore, lain kali jangan buat kat orang, nanti orang buat kat kita baru la tahu macam mana kan. Tapi yang aku kesalkan bila ada pulak penonton Malaysia main laser gak. Tu tak patut la.

Cerita terbaru pasal talian komunikasi kita ni, cukai prepaid naik 6%, mmm naik? kalau jenis yang pakai prepaid, ada wat s.o.s topup macam aku ni, korang pon dah leh tahu lama benda ni, kalau wat sos topup, dapat pinjam rm2 tapi bila dia tolak kredit, kena tolak rm2.50. So 50sen tu dia dah mark up. Takde ke yang nak komplen dulu2? hehehe

Pasal Ops Sikap lak, angka kemalangan tahun ni lagi tinggi so kempen Ops Sikap ni nak kena buat lain la, nak kena check balik ape yang tak kena sampai angka kemalangan bukan makin kurang tapi makin tinggi. Rakyat malaysia dah tak pikir pasal keselamatan sendiri ke? Tapi kan bagi aku, kita ni bawak berhati-hati tapi orang yang tak berhati perut tu yang tak patut tu. Bawak keta laju ke, tak hati-hati kot kalau bawak keta atau moto sampai tak pikir pasal orang lain. Setakat ni dah banyak jugak aku tengok kemalangan depan mata. Memang takut tu memang takut sebab taknak la jadi kat aku nanti kesian kat orang tua aku, adik-adik aku tu. hehehe

FootNote ~ Kalau demam, g makan klinik ke hospital. baru cepat sembuh heheh

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Batmanning Takes On Planking

Baru bulan lepas rasanya aku ada tengok sorang blogger posting pasal Planking. Memang nak tergelak gak dan aku tak takde lak terpikir atau terbaca pasal Planking ni. Hari ni pulak bila baca surat khabar, aku terjumpa pasal Batmanning atau lebih kurang sama macam Planking jugak sebab Batmanning ni dah macam kelawar lak sebab tergantung dengan keadaan kepala ke bawah.

Selain Batmaning, Planking, Owling dan Horsemaning pon ada jugak. wahh dah berevolusi pulak yek orang sekarang. Ni aku tunjukkan contoh 

Horsemaning

Horsemaning ni atau kalau kita tafsirkan sebagai illusi fotografi Fake Beheaded, seolah-olah macam tubuh tanpa kepala ni mula ditemui pada tahun 1920 an gitu la tengok gambar lama kat bawah tu. scary and creepy kan? Kalau korang penah tengok movie The Legend of Sleepy Hollow dimana penunggang kuda yang tak berkepala atau Headless Horseman kan? Jadi dalam tahun 2011 ni ada la terma baru dalam Planking ni.

Objektif Horsemaning ni ialah macam mana kita nak wat illusi gamba badan tanpa kepala. Untuk wat illusi ni kena ada 2 orang la. Sorang kena jadi badan, sorang kena tunjuk kepala heheh..

Planking

Untuk Planking pulak, takde la mencabar mana pon sebab kena baring je tapi kalau nak mencabar, cuba la korang baring kat tangga ke, escalator ke kan pastu snap gambar tu. Kira mencabar sikit la kan. Sape yang cipta Planking ni? ada 2-3 orang jugak yang mengaku bahawa derang yang cipta Planking ni pada tahun 1994 dan 2000. Tak tahu la betol ke tak. Jom ushar gambar kat bawah

Owling

Owling pon lebih kepada aktiviti yang serupa macam Planking tapi tak brape nak mencabar sebab kita kena tiru gaya macam burung hantu, kena bertenggek kat tempat-tempat yang agak mencabar. Baru la leh panggil Owling. Korang nak cuba?

Macam mana? ada rasa korang leh buat? kalau aku, ada jugak rasa macam nak buat tapi tengok keadaan la haha kelakar gak kalau buat ni. Silap-silap Planking sampai patah tengkuk je. Ape pun yang baik tu kita ikut, yang tak baik, jangan ikut tau.

wassalam

FootNote ~ Dah Planking ke blom korang ni? huahahahahah

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