Open water swim vacations article in the 'New York Times'

The article has a 'swim vacation' slant to it discussing how swimmers are centering their vacations around open water swimming. (I'm thinking about it.)

"...In London, SwimTrek bills itself as the world’s only swimming vacation operator. Its most popular destinations are the Greek Islands and Croatia. The latest addition is a series of two-day swims along the Thames in June, July and August. Beginning in the village of Lechlade, in the Cotswolds, participants swim a little over four miles a day downriver, cruising from pub to pub (giving new meaning to the term “pub crawl”). The finish line is the Trout Inn near Oxford, where the stone Tadpole Bridge crosses the Thames. Most tourists to the area drive, walk, bike or boat along the country waterway. But who wants to join the masses? With a swim, the reward is a sense of place that’s uniquely memorable. ..."

Four links to various swim vaction sites are provided.

Swim-Trek: "Feries Are For Wimps" is there slogan

Here is a swim vacation site where instead of taking ferries from island to island as part of some grand tour; you swim from island to island instead. They have packages for Greece, Croatia, the Virgin Islands, the Isles of Scilly, Scotland, Malta, England, and all over creation actually. Here is a link. I get no commission or payment in any way [Link]