May 17, 2012 -- Vacation often means visits to pristine beaches and idyllic pastoral retreats. For a masochistic twist, tour some of nature’s most putrid, pungent places, nasty-to-the-nostrils nooks, and foul, fetid funky towns.
First stop, Seal Island, South Africa. Start with 60,000 seals plus their poop. Add rotting left-over fish and Seal Island equals one pungent smell. Sea captains and fishermen usually keep their boats upwind of the island, but sometimes a change in the winds can bring the overpowering aroma to the nostrils of seafarers and tourists.
Tourists brave the stench in order to see not just the pooping pinipeds, but also the great white sharks that feed on them. Sharks in the area are famous for attacking the seals from below. The great whites frequently launch themselves out of the water with the squirming seals clenched in its jaws. The airborne sharks are poster boy predators for the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.
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