Need to take a breather and go some place where you can just float?
Short of taking a trip to the International Space Station, the Dead Sea (which is actually a lake bordering Israel, the West Bank and Jordan) is the best place in the world (but not outside it) to float. Youtuber Samara Benezra demonstrates just how easy it is to chill in the Dead Sea when she demonstrates the effects of the sea’s saltiness. Because the Dead Sea has a salinity that fluctuates around 31.5% and is made up of a complicated chemical concoction of naturally-occurring elements, it holds your body weight without you even having to try.
As a result, the Dead Sea has unparalleled buoyancy, which means floating in it is barely a challenge. You could easily sit up fairly straight in the Dead Sea while reading a newspaper or even watching a movie on your tablet (though I recommend you don’t tempt fate).
However, it’s often been said the Dead Sea is like death for any orifices on your body. Signs litter the surrounding area warning bathers to avoid dunking their heads or going in the water with cuts because that much salt sure does sting.
And it tastes like death too:
Watch just how easy it is to swim in the world’s most buoyant body of water:
[Featured Image Credit: L Church via Flickr]