by Hugo, aged 35, for everyone

Antarctica: Windsurfing, nude swimming and an ulterior motive...

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Hugo's experience was in Middle of nowhere (and cold), Antarctica. He went on 01 of August 2007 for 1 week. He went for get closer to nature. Hugo went with just me. He got there and around by hitchiking. Hugo's verdict is: maybe for some, not me.

Confession: I have never been to Antarctica. (Sorry to disappoint those of my friends who are avidly reading this thinking that I may have secretly nipped off last weekend.) Not so say I don't want to go but I'm afraid this is in many ways a fraudulent posting.

Ulterior motive: The fact is that no-one had posted any experiences for Antarctica. Despite a plea on the HoT blog; still no Antarctic travel experience and no Antarctica link showing on the homepage...time for action...time, in fact, to rustle up an Antarctic experience...

Imagine how suprised I was, when browsing YouTube, to find out that some nutters went wind surfing and skinny dipping when visiting the Antarctic...perhaps the perfect travel experience? Well, given that our naked travel experiences are strangely amongst some of the more popular travel experiences on the site I thought they may well be of interest....

Nude swimming in Antarctica (just a regular vacation)

Windsurfing amongst icebergs in Antarctica

Fun vids, I hope you agree. But are you keen to go here yet?

Well here is perhaps a more standard experience, where a tour group look like they are hitting a natural hot tub...

Natural Antarctic Hot Tub

All very amusing (I suppose) but perhaps still not enough to make me want to go there.

So, I'm keen to hear from anyone who has actually been to Antarctica, I hear there are some amazing cruises that take you into the thick of amazing wildlife and scenery.

Comments

RB says...

i'm also very keen to hear from people who've been there...

Posted 369 days ago.
jeaniekirk says...

i have a friend who went to antartica...she took a week or two long tour leaving from Ushuaia, Argentina. want me to get in touch with her and see if she'd be interested in writing a post?

someday i'll make it there myself...

Posted 358 days ago.
laughtears says...

I sailed to Antarctica, via the Falkland Islands, in Dec. 2002, ending up in Ushuaia, Argentina. I visited most of the places shown in the videos above and will post something soon. ~ Andrew, Sr. Editor + Producer, travel.latimes.com (Travel Cartel member)

Posted 317 days ago.
Alison says...

Cheeky! If you've been to Antarctica, then I've been to Dagestan, Djibouti and Burkhina Faso...come to think of it, HAS anyone been to Burkhina Faso? There, the challenge has been thrown down....

Posted 317 days ago.
marcus1234 says...

i want to go there. I would love to hear from someone who has been, LOL

Posted 304 days ago.
Denis says...

I once represented Burkhina Faso at an MUN...that's not going to cut it is it? Antarctica? National Geographic does crazy expensive trips there that look singularly amazing if you have 10,000 euro or so to spare.

Posted 282 days ago.
Samster says...

British Antartica Council...thats pretty much the only way to get there that i know of...but usually they only offer a 3 year contract to a heavily competed for post...that is when they are actually looking for someone!

Posted 241 days ago.