bate the material by pounding dung into the skin or soaking the skin in a

Option of animal brains. They'd also require cedar oil, alum, or tannin and

stretch the skin as it lost moisture and consumed the tanning agent. Left Over

leather would be turned into glue. Tanners would place bits of hides in a vat

of water and allow them to deteriorate for months. The mixture would then be set

over a fire to boil off the water to produce hide paste.

My Private Report

An article in todays New York Times

discusses the recently discovered differences between the human genome and

The two, as all of US know (and some dont like to acknowledge),

are very similar. But somewhere down in that twisting, kinked helix we call our

DNA there lies a gene that stopped us from growing hair on our bodies, that led

to the creation of garments, that made Ralph Lauren a billionaire. And some

Folks dont enjoy that.

Some folks, it appears, enjoy being naked. Even when they travel. This post is

about them.

Based on recent figures, naked travel is all the rage.

mammalian multitudes whoo appreciate a lively wind betwixt their privates, is a

group who favors sailing the open ocean with nothing but sunglasses and, well

OK, merely sunglasses. Yes, I am talking about nudie cruises. A business called

Bare Necessities offers ocean-going experiences for people who like to love their

persimmon sundown sans clothes. Its not the prettiest sight one can envision,

but the theory does bring to mind hordes of light, doughy people frolicking

flesh wind socks in the same direction. Could nude travel be for you? Well,

That's between you and your God. But if you think it might be worth a try, the

Business is offering in February 2006 a excursion aboard a 2,000 passenger ship that

excursion through the Panama Canal, a trip which will certainly make lots of

mosquitoes quite joyful.

Skeletal

Trippers Set Off on Nude Cruise

It's been charged as the

first nude tour of the Mediterranean, a week-long cruise for 450 people with

the wearing of garments largely discretionary and sometimes prohibited completely.

The first big-ship naturist cruise of the Mediterranean, on the 17,000-tonne

Flamenco, was hailed as the largest nude occasion in these waters since Aphrodite

appeared in her birthday suit floating on a scallop shell.

The cruise left Barcelona on Monday with a passenger list made up mostly of

Spaniards, but with Britons the second-largest group.

"It is just like a usual cruise, but for folks who like being bare," a

While the crew would remain clothed, passengers would be obliged to dress simply

for dinner, she clarified. Clothes of any type will be banned from the sun deck

and swimming pool.

"They are going to have towels, needless to say, for reasons of hygiene," the spokeswoman

Included. beach girl will remain optional at all other times and in all other areas,

except during trips on to dry land.

But

every stop additionally comprises an opportunity for passengers to take off their garments

at a awesome place, be it a French hillside nudist club or a beach in Ibiza.

Furthermore, passengers can do everything from gamble to disco dance in whatever

state of undress they want.

Not everything, however, will be about achieving all-over tans or loving nude

A string of conferences with titles such as Nudism and Parallel Sorts of

Discrimination will be available to those who take their nudity seriously.

click were due to be wed now by the Flamenco's captain, Joannis

Notarakis, though organisers didn't say whether it'd be a naked ceremony.

Strikingly beautiful with intense dark eyes, platinum blonde hair, and great

curves, Sandy gestures expansively. She giggles. As she speaks, a whimsical smile

plays merrily across her face.

Sandy instantly lets me know she does not have the perfect body. "Overly fat," she

says, with a whisper of a sigh, breaking into a large grin, "but it doesn't

Issue. That's what I enjoy about nude recreation. We are all equal. All of us look

Likewise. No one individual is any better than another."

"I look for the sun to shine now that I am a fkk," Sandy says.

Scarcely wait for it.

not."

Outdoors (soaking in read , playing shuffleboard, walking through the woods),

or inside (sharing a hot tub, eating a communal meal, conversing by the

You will find everything you're searching for in nude diversion -- easiness,

camaraderie and socialization; a legal, safe and secure environment; a family

children.