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Watery Travel: Have Kayak, Will Travel

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie is not what you'll be singing, our mother warned us. "The gondolas in Venice are dirty and unromantic!" But the New York Times offers a sporting alternative: kayaking Venice, where you're your own gondolier.

Motorized boating for nonresidents is technically illegal, but as far as writer David Kocieniewski could tell, people-powered skiffs are free to cruise the canals even with a foreign tourist at the helm. (Given all the rules in Venice, we're sort of amazed.)

Sure, you have to check an inflatable boat (or rent one there) and spend a few days practicing on back canals, but exploring the city by kayak gives you a resident's glimpse of Venice. And after the gondolas are moored for the night, the waterways are all yours.

Related Stories:
· On Venice's Grand Canal in a Kayak [NYT]
· It's the Summer of the Kayak [Jaunted]
· Get Your Row on in Venice [Jaunted]
· Free and Fun in NYC: Kayak the Hudson [Jaunted]

[Photo: jehr]