I don’t know about you, but I live where you can’t do much in summer except perhaps shed all your clothes, stretch yourself out tight in an air-conditioned room, and pant like a dog. When people have no alternatives, they resort to retiring as a punishment. Your very survival is at stake; activities are out of the question.
But since your summer vacation, you’d like to spend it doing something meaningful and fun. What are the most popular fun people worldwide do during summer vacations? In summer, people like to get in or near the water. They look for recreational activities involving water.
For example, there is whitewater rafting. What can match the thrill of paddling furiously as your inflatable rubber raft pitches and bobs dangerously, moving swiftly with the turbulent rush of water in the rapids?
You have trained and expert guides to take care of you in case you put yourself in any danger. Canoes and kayaks are waiting on the sidelines to pick you up if you can capsize.But still, you feel the delicious threat of living on the edge of safety. Your adrenaline pump works overtime. You feel alive like never before.
But this high-octane, unrelenting extreme sport is not everyone’s idea of good fun. What do you do if you are quiet, not particularly athletic, and dislike too much physical exertion? Well, there’s a popular water-based sport for you, too: fly fishing.
What’s more relaxing than watching the float minute after minute as you sit coolly by, perhaps reading a favorite book or chatting away to your heart’s content with like-minded friends or family members? No other sport can match the thrill of feeling the immense excitement when a substantial fish greedily devours your bait.
There are many more aquatic activities for your summer delight. If you’d like to get in closer contact with the waves, why not try scuba diving? There’s a whole new world waiting for you down there.
If you choose your scuba spot wisely, you’ll get rich glimpses of a wholly different level of existence in the world of fish, corals, mollusks, and other forms of marine life.
Water needs to be more for some who want to cool it off. They opt for snow and ice. Skiing, skating, and snowboarding are some of the most popular activities in the Western world. But how do you get snow in summer? The answer is costly.
There are places in Canada and Europe where it is possible to indulge in these activities all year round. But whether in the Rockies or the Alps, this will be much costlier than any other option. Of course, if your budget permits it, then what the heck?
My favorite activity during the summer suits my budget best. I take a collection of my favorite books and movies and hole up in an air-conditioned room for a few weeks.They push the food in through small hatches and clear the dishes at night. Try it sometime; you might even like it!
