Trying to swim but cant

It was my first trip to the dead sea and it was a memorable event.

The sun was scourging hot at 38 deg C. The sand was perhaps closer to 80 deg C. And after sweating the whole morning under the sun visiting a sandy palace, we couldnt be more glad to see the beach.

Well sorta...

We arrived at the dead sea with plenty of expectation. Wanted to try the buoyancy of the water the lowest point on earth. It said that no one can sink there. And true enough. The heaviest of us found that he could just float away.

The mud is reputed for its natural minerals and health benefits. Which is why we decided to Camo ourselves from top to toe. PS. its quite odd for 3 guys to help each other rubbed one another backs with the mud.

Anyhow, an interesting and painful lesson was learned here. One of my party (not the 3) came to the beach without proper footwear. As such he bravely ran to the showering point to soak himself first. The distance from our bags to it was abt 20 metre.

As the sun was hot, he had a hell of a time walking there. And when he reached, he was happy to have met with the cold shower. However the walk to the sea was abt 40 metres. And he bravely (stupidly) ran all the way thru.

I wore my slippers and took it off just 2 steps before entering the water. The heat alone was unbearable and I literally jumped into the sea. Now can you imagine the distance he walked and the pain he bear.

Upon soaking into the cooling waters, he felt blistering pain on his feet. The next thing he knew, he found that his sores had blistered. With the highest salt content surrounding him, he was in another level of pain.

This drives him to run out of the water and back onto the teppanyaki sands.

I should have taken a pic of those feet. It was a bloody sight. Something I would always remember whenever I go to the beach.

Oh and here's a shout out to that cool dude with the DSLR whom took our pics. Appreciated you sending us the link.