Sep 24th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Apparently, nudity is big in Germany. The German Nudist Association organizes outings for naturalists to nude beaches and campgrounds and now, there's even a special path for naked hikers. Yeah, I said naked hikers.
The 11-mile long trail will run from Dankerode to the Wippertal dam and officially opens in May. The trail will be marked with signs warning hikers that nudists are in the area. "If ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Hikers on new trail in Germany may see more "nature" than they want
Sep 24th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Apparently, nudity is big in Germany. The German Nudist Association organizes outings for naturalists to nude beaches and campgrounds and now, there's even a special path for naked hikers. Yeah, I said naked hikers.
The 11-mile long trail will run from Dankerode to the Wippertal dam and officially opens in May. The trail will be marked with signs warning hikers that nudists are in the area. "If ...Hotel guests in New Zealand wake up with drunk Aussie in their bed
Aug 10th, 2009 at 4:30PM: In more naked news, a couple vacationing in a New Zealand resort town woke up to find an uninvited guest in their room. A 29-year old Australian had wandered in, climbed into their bed, and fallen asleep.
The Aussie had been out drinking with a woman and gone back with her to her hotel room. At some point in the night, he got out of bed - naked - and began wandering the halls until he found an ...Woman demands refund for vacation spoiled by naked girls
Jul 31st, 2009 at 1:00PM: digg_url = 'http://digg.com/travel_places/Woman_Demands_Refund_for_Vacation_Spoiled_by_Naked_Girls'; Yesterday, I wrote about the top reasons your vacation can be spoiled - today's news is something that most certainly was not in that lineup.
A Serbian woman is demanding a full refund of her Greek vacation, not because of bed bugs or a noisy room, but because their room was next to a room ...Five great ways to get naked around the world
Jul 24th, 2009 at 9:30AM: With Nude Recreation Week just behind us, TripAdvisor has announced the top five naked events in the country. So, whether you like to wet your willie while skinny dipping or prefer to bike in the buff, you have plenty of choices to hang your wang.
Biking in the Buff: World Naked Bike Ride – Worldwide, June and July This one just ended, but put it on your calendar for next year. Since 2004, ...Naked guy forces Albuquerque landing
Jul 2nd, 2009 at 12:00PM: Keith Wright, a New Yorker (damn!) felt restricted by more than just cramped airline seating today. On a flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles, he ditched his clothing and did not respond (vocally, at least) to flight attendant requests to put them back on. The mile-high nudist also wouldn't accept the cover of a blanket.
As a result of Wright's defiance, the US Airways flight was diverted to ...Swedish man + Singaporean woman = fine for naked walk
May 4th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Jan and Eng went through a bar, each sans stitch of clothes. Neither fell down, but they were fined A$1,840 (around US$1,350) each.
Jan Philip and Eng Kai Er walked into a bar in Singapore's Holland Village just for laughs after having a few drinks (big shock ... drunk naked people). This isn't exactly the best place for a thrill, however. Singapore doesn't appreciate the unadorned human form, ...Swiss say no to naked hikers in the Alps
Apr 27th, 2009 at 10:00AM: Voters in the Swiss Canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes got to have their say in a proposal put together to ban naked hikers in their region of the Alps. The (primarily German) hikers had been prancing through the Alps without any clothes, much to the chagrin of the residents. People caught in the buff will now receive a 200CHF fine (about $176). Residents of the Inner Rhodes area have described ...Clothing not optional at this German hotel
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 10:30AM: Guests arriving at Hotel Rosengarten better be prepared for their stay, this is not the kind of hotel where you show up at the very last minute, not knowing what to expect. The hotel in the German Black Forest has a strict "no clothing allowed" policy, and guests are expected to be naked in all common areas. Of course, nudity is still pretty much a taboo in the United States (unless it is on ...Vacation comfortably in (only) your own skin
Mar 31st, 2009 at 12:00PM: Lost your shirt in the market? Thankfully, some destinations will provide service absent one. You won't need shoes ... or pants ... either. Nude tourism is on the rise according to some estimates, and the industry is pegged at $400 million annually. Ready to throw your vacation fund into the mix? Packing, apparently, is easy. Maybe you'll need some sandals or bring a book, and sun block is ...Bare butt (flight) bargains in Britain
Mar 13th, 2009 at 2:00PM: You'll do anything for a free flight, right? You'll stand at the counter and yell and scream at some gate agent for half an hour while a line that stretches back to the next terminal wait with looks of increasing contempt. You'll get up in the middle of the night to enter every online contest you can find first. But, would you strip to your skin – in the company of 998 other non-professional ...Naked hiker vows to keep hiking in the buff honoring Germany's nudist roots
Sep 7th, 2008 at 11:00AM: There are some people who are determined to not wear clothes in the great outdoors. There are the people who do naked rock climbing, people who hang out on a nude beach (or play volleyball in the buff on a beach like those I saw once in Greece), people who sky dive nude, dance in the nude, go on cruises in the nude, and, like this German guy I read about, people who prefer to hike in nothing but a ...Galley Gossip: Naked on a plane - everything you ever wanted to know, and more...
Jul 22nd, 2008 at 10:30AM:
I can't remember the precise destination we were working, but what I do remember was the shocked look on my coworkers face when he came running up to the first class galley and exclaimed, "There's a naked woman in coach!"
"What!" two of us cried in unison.
Needless to say, the breakfast service was now on hold. How could we serve bagels when there was a nekkid lady aboard the flight? Into ...Passenger strips nude, tries to open an emergency exit door mid-flight
Jul 19th, 2008 at 1:30PM: It seems that we have been averaging about one crazy passenger a week lately. And those are just the ones who make it into the press! You typically read about the in-flight drunkards, angry folks, and people with out-of-control children. But I can't remember the last time we had a 'misbehaving nudist' story. The AP reports that an American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to ...Climbing Everest Naked
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Oct 11th, 2007 at 7:41AM: It sounds like something I'd be dumb enough to try; scale the top of Everest and strip naked at 29,000 feet to celebrate.
Damn it if someone has already beaten me to it.
Last year a Nepali climber did just that. While it sent some chuckles through the climbing community, others weren't so amused. Everest is, after all, the holiest mountain in the country and local Nepalese were shocked at the ...Glacial Shrinkage: Taking one for the Environment
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Aug 18th, 2007 at 3:07PM: What do glaciers and shrinkage have in common?
Two things when you combine glaciers with global warming and naked bodies.
Photographer Spencer Tunick, who has been making quite a name for himself by taking pictures of mass nudes, has recently turned his lens towards a good cause: global warming.
The photographer, who never seems to have a problem drumming up nude models, enlisted the help of ...One for the Road: The Naked Tourist
Jun 30th, 2007 at 10:18AM: I read Lawrence Osborne's The Naked Tourist last year when it was released. I noticed that it's now out in paperback -- just in time for you to throw in the summer beach bag! And since we have not mentioned it yet here at Gadling...no better time than now: Subtitled, In Search of Adventure And Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall, the book is a fascinating read, although dry at certain points. ...Best Nude Beaches
Jun 22nd, 2007 at 8:30AM: I visited one nude beach, once. Cape Town's secluded Sandy Bay is a wind-protected cove that our friend told us was great for letting it all hang out. After spending a few days at the gorgeous, trendy, topless-friendly (but ridiculously overcrowded) Clifton Beach, we decided to mix things up and head farther afield. Sandy Bay was, as promised, remote, quiet, and pristine. It was also filled with ...Do You Feel A Breeze? Yup, We're Skydiving In the Nude.
Naked Sightseeing Not Cool in Germany
Jun 4th, 2007 at 9:27AM: Though everyone knows Germans love getting naked in public, when an American visiting Germany recently stripped to the buff and began traipsing throughout the city, local officials got angry. "We have been having unusually hot weather here lately but, all the same, we can't have this," a spokesman for police said. (Ha ha, he said "butt.")
According to the unnamed 41-year-old traveler, he thought ...Naked Bungy Jumping Gives New Meaning to Term "Free Fall"
Apr 20th, 2007 at 1:20PM: Oops, looks like we missed this one for 2007, but that gives you plenty of time to make it to Vancouver Island, Canada in time for Wild Play's 2008 Naked Bungy Jumping event. Claiming it's a "very old and established tradition," Wild Play only allows naked Bungy Jumps one weekend every February to raise money for the BC Schizophrenia Society. The registration fee for naked bungy jumpers is ...
