Beach vacation: how to entertain yourself?
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Many people like beach holidays, but even they often suffer from what is boring at the beach ... To put it mildly, what can you do there?
Well, if you came to the beach with a group of friends, well, or at least together. Then you can, at least, traditionally play cards, checkers or mahjong, lying on deckchairs, and as a maximum - to arrange ball games, water polo or even Cossack robbers. The most important thing in beach rest is not to get burnt and do not forget to drink water often.
By the way, about the sun: keep in mind that even if the sunscreen is written on the package that it is "water resistant", this does not mean that it does not wash off sweat: alas, it will wash away! Therefore, playing on the beach in outdoor games, do not forget to update the layer of cream, at least once per hour. Better - right after swimming in the sea or river. Apply the cream only to dry skin, otherwise it will slip off the shoulders and shoulder blades in a matter of minutes.
Many inveterate players in beach volleyball often complain that at such leisure the face, shoulders, chest and arms burn strongly, but their feet do not sunbathe at all. Alas, ideally, the torso and legs should be "browned" separately. During a strong sun (about 11 to 15 hours) it is worth playing in a long sleeve T-shirt, while applying a cream with an average level of protection (8 - 12 SPF) to your feet. But in the morning or evening hours of beach rest you can substitute the upper body for the sun.
If you still prefer to lie down, then do not forget to "turn over" regularly, and from time to time creep into the dense shadow of the umbrella: otherwise, you can get a heat stroke. Also it is necessary to go swimming at least once every half-hour - cool water normalizes the vascular reaction. While lying down, play (if there is anyone) in cities, names or in very popular now home games-quizzes like Alias or Activity. Alone, you can, of course, just read, and you can collect nearby pebbles, shells and sticks and lay a mosaic near the chaise longue. You can dig a hole in the sand and make it a "refrigerator" for a bottle of water. You can sit by the water and, as in childhood, dig a "channel" with a chain of pools. And you can also make "installation" from sand and water piles and take pictures of them - well, at least on the phone. Those who have a child, it will be morally easier to settle by the water with a bucket and molds - borrow from your own child a couple and play in full.
This year there was a new fashionable beach entertainment that helps not only to get a good tan, but also make new acquaintances, and pull up the figure: beach races on the edge of the water. Where there are sandy long beaches, several teams gather and, at the signal of a volunteer judge, run along the very edge of the water. The winner is offered a cocktail, but the slowest one at the next race is a judge.