Jaunted - Tag: Beach

Malibu: Kate Hudson Falls into Malibu

markj — 2006-10-20T16:27:31-05:00

More than half way through October it is predictably cold and damp here in the east. However, out west, Kate Hudson shows us that the water is still perfectly fine in Malibu. Jealous, we have become.

More pics of Kate in the water.

[Photos: GossipRocks]

Related Stories:
· Malibu Beaches [Official Site]
· Malibu Beaches [Flickr]
· Malibu Coverage [Jaunted]

Croatian Summer: Take Care of Your Testicles

amandak — 2006-08-04T08:40:01-05:00

Pay attention: We have to add a warning to our recommendation that Croatia's a good summer vacation destination. One Croatian fellow this week had a pretty tricky time of it on the nudist beach Valalta, near Rovinj.

You guys can probably imagine the situation. Take a dip in the chilly sea (and remember it's a nudist beach). Sit down on your deck chair to soak up some rays. The physics here is relatively simple: this guy's family jewels had shriveled up in the cold water, hung down through one of the gaps in his wooden beach chair, then slowly returned to their normal size, until ... until he wanted to stand up.

His testicles had shrunk while in the cool sea and slipped through the wooden slats when he sat back down on his wooden deckchair.

But as he lay in the sun they expanded back to normal size and got stuck between the slats.

He was eventually freed after he called beach maintenance services on his mobile phone and they sent a member of staff to cut the deck chair in half.

Ouch.

[Image via Sapphic Nickel/Flickr]

Related stories:
Deckchair Trapped Testicles [Ananova]
Sweet Summer Rentals [Jaunted]

Karwar: India Update: Devbagh Island

johnrambow — 2006-04-11T10:15:05-05:00

The tiny town of Karwar, on the coast of the Arabian Sea and a two-hour drive from the Goa airport, isn't much of a tourist draw in itself, but from Karwar the island of Devbagh is just a five-minute boat ride away. The Devbagh Beach Resort there is kind of an anti-Goa -- there are no nightclubs or flashiness, and the guests are middle-class Indian families rather than backpackers from Nottingham or Tel Aviv.

What you have here in abundance are amazingly beautiful surroundings. You're likely to have the clean, extremely long beach almost to yourself -- there might be some locals from the fishing village nearby dragging their nets through the surf. The resort itself is wooded with casuarina trees, a kind of evergreen, keeping things shady and relatively cool.

Staying here isn't roughing it. The cabins and huts aren't fancy, but they are wired for electricity and therefore have the ceiling fans that become essential very early in the year. The meals, included in rates, were elaborate and good, with prawn curry and other seafood served at just about every meal. There's also a nightly bonfire on the beach, with fish grilled right there in front of you. If you want a break from Goa craziness, then Devbagh might be just the place to take it.

Pattaya: Bug Couple Tie the Knot

johnrambow — 2006-02-15T10:45:02-05:00

Meet Centipede King Boonthawee Seangwong and Scorpion Queen Kanjana Kaetkeow. The two Thais got married yesterday -- for Valentine's! -- at the Royal Garden Plaza, along with six other gross couples. It was all a publicicy stunt sponsored by the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Haunted House, which is at the resort. As the bride said, "We've done plenty of strange things before so a strange wedding sounded fun, and besides Ripley's is paying for it." Never underestimate the value of a good comp.

(Wondering how they came by their titles? Well, Kanjana spent 32 days in a glass cube with 3,400 scorpions, and Boonthawee spent 28 days with 1,000 centipedes.)

Related Stories:
· Creepy Couple Wed [Sydney Morning Herald]
· Ripley's Thailand [Official site]

Summer House Signs from Hell

johnrambow — 2005-09-07T16:41:06-05:00

We're digging these super-specific signs that some landlords hung in a vacation house they rented out. Sure, the signs are a little batty, but we can't help thinking that they're there because of the day the dryer once really did catch fire, the air conditioner froze, someone fell off the steps, someone else got locked out, and everyone met in court.

Related Stories:
· The vacation house signs from HELL! [Quirked via Boing-Boing]
· Letters to the Summer Tenants [Slate]

Suntans, the Cool New Addiction

johnrambow — 2005-08-29T15:32:59-05:00

As we head down the slippery slope toward the end of summer and the last of its hot dogs, beers, and sandy floors, take a second and consider your position toward suntans. Do you get cranky if you can't get one? Have you ever missed a social or work activity because of your tanning responsibilites? Well, if some researchers are right, you might just have an addiction to non-pasty flesh! In a study of 145 beachgoers, a quarter to one half of them qualified as tan-addicts, using the same sort of criteria that are used to tag alcoholics and others with substance-abuse disorders.

Related Stories:
· Up to half of beachgoers addicted to the sun? [MSNBC, via Hit & Run]

NY: Straights on Fire (Island)

johnrambow — 2005-07-25T15:07:19-05:00

After several recent articles about Fire Island's laid-back Cherry Grove and its increasing popularity with straights, Blaise (at Bazima.com) is starting to worry about it losing that special homo quality. An honorable gay herself ("I was conceived at a Diana Ross concert"), she has a little advice for those thinking about heading Grove-ward. For instance:

Be comfortable with public nudity. If you think you're comfortable with public nudity ask yourself this: Am I okay with seeing old, fat naked men building sand castles on the beach or topless lesbians with tits down to their knees?

Related Stories:

·   Defend The Grove [Bazima.com]
·   Cherry Grove [Blaise's Flickr photoset]
·   Tides of change at Cherry Grove [Newsday]
·   Gays flocked to community after 1938 storm [Newsday]
·   Weekender | Cherry Grove, N.Y [NYT]