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| Is is safe to swim in rivers, lakes and the sea? Does anyone have any bad experiences to describe? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dugllas07 Duglas Post Count: 5 Msg: #1 68 weeks ago, August 31st 2008 | don't try to swimm in the river in the south africa. The best place is the pool in the hotel. I thing in the ocean it's also safe but not sure. Anybody knows something? |  bryan chitty Bryan Chitty Post Count: 5 Msg: #2 67 weeks ago, September 5th 2008 | Swimming in the sea is safe in most places in South Africa most are patroled by live savers if you do what they request you will be ok however rivers are a different prospect and most are not recommended |  Lauren021 Lauren Post Count: 8 Msg: #3 64 weeks ago, October 1st 2008 | Sea is fine. near beach towns/cities they put up flags to show where the dangerous currents are. most places have shark nets too (just in case). |  Mell Mell Post Count: 14880 Msg: #4 62 weeks ago, October 13th 2008 | Hello Duglas :) | When I was on an island in Uganda I was sitting at the edge of the lake dangling my feet in the water. A Ugandan man came along and told me that I shouldnt do that there because he say a snake under the rock that was right beside my feet yesterday. So I suppose snakes as well as other things like picking up parasites has to be considered. I would avoid swimming where the locals wont. Mel scroosko scott mcgrory Post Count: 29 Msg: #5 62 weeks ago, October 16th 2008 | swim everywhere. your living life to the full, live it on the edge. crocodile infested waters are my favourite. | Number of Users: 5 | Number of Posts: 5 | |||||||||||||
