Syria
Splashing around in water is fun. And no matter where you are on this grand planet of ours the rule is the same: if there is enough water people will find a way to have fun in it.
In his fly-fishing masterpiece The River Why, Oregon author David James Duncan claims that since human beings begin our lives in a watery womb, and since our bodies are made of 70 percent water, that it is our natural state to come back to it.
Unfortunately many water sources in developing countries are not clean enough to drink from, but that doesn’t always stop people from swimming in them (notice the photo of Pakistan, which features a group of children swimming in a pond so covered in garbage that you can’t even see the water).
There is a certain medicinal sensation to being immersed in water, regardless of the quality. But since you are reading this on the internet odds are you have access to clean water as well. So if you are able, what better way to kick off the new year than a nice, cleansing swim?
Close your eyes and plug your nose because this week we take you on a visual journey of Swimming, ‘Round the World.
If you like our ‘Round the World series, you might enjoy some of the previous themes: sweaters, mustaches, stairs, chess, foods, silhouettes, outhouses, cemeteries and donkeys.
Click on the thumbnails to view the images. If you’d like to see more work by any of the photographers featured here then follow the link that appears below each photo.
Enjoy.
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Guys, guys ! C’ommon ! You had such a great start – outhouses around the world, graveyeards…
But scrafs ? stairs ? and now swimming ?
Really ?