Sundaymail Editor
BELGIAN couple NICK and Lins De Corte are anything but ordinary.
They travel the world unclothed wherever possible, documenting their adventures on their now-famous blog “Naked Wanderings”, as well as on their other social media accounts.
The Belgian couple have to date scuba-dived butt-naked off the island of Utila, in Honduras, drunk beers in the buff in Portugal, hiked nude through the Amazon rainforest, camped nude in France, and played naked laser tag in California.
Now, the naturist couple, who have gone viral around the globe, say they are itching to go to South Africa to visit the country’s only official nude beach, Mpenjati beach.
The couple were set to come to South Africa in December last year; however, the lockdown as well as high costs have held them back.
“We are in contact with some naturists in South Africa and they keep asking when we are coming,” Nick told the Saturday Star.
“Because South Africa is the only country in Africa with options for naturists, it requires intercontinental flights to get there.
“Unfortunately, Covid-19 got in the way. We heard that SA opened its borders but as Europeans, we are not allowed to travel outside of the continent.”
But the couple are still dead set to travel here.
“South Africa has several naturist resorts. We wanted to visit Mpenjati beach and hoped to find some unofficial beaches as well.
“There is a tour company called Joxylox that organises tours for naturists, like a naturist safari. How cool is that? If that is not an amazing bucket list item, we don’t know what is.
“And then there’s the amazing nature. We figure there might be more unofficial opportunities for naturists too.”
The couple, who hail from Ghent in Belgium, share photos of their travels on their blog and social media. Their presence aim to showcase their fun adventures and provide information on the naturist lifestyle, and nude-friendly resorts across the world.
Nick and Lins quickly became aware they had pinpointed a gap in the market, so the couple decided to start “Naked Wanderings.”
“We really had no idea that this would happen,” says Nick.
“When we first started, we had no idea what we were doing. And we had no clue of how blogging or professional social media works.
“‘Naked Wanderings’ has been a hit from day one. Apparently, we were not the only ones looking for more information about nudists travelling in a fun way.
“Our readership grew month after month and after a year we realised how big it had become.”
The couple say they first got into naturalism after visiting a spa in Belgium where nudity was compulsory.
“We really believe (and know from experience) that all the cool things happen out of the comfort zone. But we can’t deny that it was intimidating,” said Nick.
“Only a few people had ever seen us naked. When we parked our car at the spa and we noticed all the other cars, we realised that within minutes, the number of people that have ever seen us naked would probably quadruple.
“Then lots of questions started firing through our heads. What do we have to expect? What if it’s really uncomfortable? What if we do something wrong? What if everyone stares at us? What if we end up in a sex club?”
“When we were in, we realised that all our worries were based on misconceptions. It definitely wasn’t a sex club, it was really comfortable and nobody stared at us. This was all very new.
“What we loved the most was the comfort. One thing nobody can deny is that skinny dipping is so much better than swimming with a bathing suit.”
After the spa visit, the couple began booking nakations around the globe.
Woman doesn’t stop builders
on wrong project
A homeowner on TikTok has documented the moment a group of builders turned up at her home and started renovating her back garden, despite the fact she did not request any work.
Chloe Fountainn was relaxing at home when the workmen showed up with a huge truck filled with rocks, but while you would expect her to run outside and put a stop to the unplanned renovations, she said nothing.
Taking to TikTok, Chloe shared a series of clips from the moment the workmen turned up to them ripping up decking, and maintains she has no idea what they were doing but she was up for the surprise.
“You have got the wrong house! You have the wrong house! Oh no, you have the wrong house,” Chloe can be heard saying from behind her closed door, as the workmen drop huge mounds of stone onto her back yard, adding: “This is a big mess-up.”
In a follow-up clip, Chloe added: “Well, they are at the wrong house, but I am not going to stop them because I would love to have free concrete — or a deck, whatever they are building. I will let you know in part three how it looks.”
In part three, the TikToker confessed she had no plans to tell the builders she had not ordered the work, until whatever they were doing was complete.
“Okay, so they are here now, but obviously they are not finished and there is no way I am telling them about it,” she said.
“I am going to tell them when they are done. I want whatever they are doing down, and then I am going to be, like, ‘wrong house!'”
However, not everyone on TikTok believed Chloe, and many people have pointed out that not paying for the work would constitute theft.
“Sorry to tell you that what you are doing is illegal because you could have stopped them before it happened,” one user commented.
In the comments section, Chloe later clarified that she was happy to pay for the work as she has wanted a new decking for so long. — Wires.
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