As it was instructed, the alarm broke the prevailing silence at 6 am. Darkness was still deep, and the air piercing-cold. So I decided to rather hit the snooze button and enjoy my sleeping bag's warmth for a while longer. Better than the alarm, the first morning sun-rays, finding their way through the oaks' canopy, obliged me to get up and behold the beauty of this excellent … [Read more...]
Trekking the Picentini Mountains day #1 – From Pompei to Fisciano and to Pizzo San Michele
The weather had readopted its usual, sunny and warm mood, I witnessed as I got up this morning. The previous day, I had to delay my scheduled departure because of storms wandering over the Italian region of Campagna. But today was the day. It was the right time to leave Pompei and head to the Picentini Mountains in search of a new, great adventure.I spent the morning preparing. … [Read more...]
A Hike up to Mount Vesuvius off-trail without paying the ticket
After having walked 20 km in an unsuccessful attempt to climb Mount Vesuvius starting from Pompei, throughout the previous night; and another 10 km, at least, wandering around the extensive site of ancient Pompei, for the greatest part of the current day; having not slept at all for well over 30 hours... this late afternoon, I with three admirably crazy German friends, we were … [Read more...]
Pompei, an Ancient City Preserved in its Entirety
The advent of this new day found me at a hostel in the town of Pompei, Campania, South Italy. The reason I had ended up there; plus the reason that pretty much anyone ever ends up over there; plus the reason that brought this new town of Pompei to its very existence... is no other than the site of the ancient city of Pompei which is located there: the world's best example of … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Vesuvius from Pompei overnight
Half an hour past midnight, carrying water, snacks, a footer, and a torch in a small bag, I was leaving my lodging in downtown Pompei. I set out striding along the streets of the still rather lively town's centre. The restaurants were open, catering the town's visitors with food and the last drinks before making for bed. I was thinking of how different from all those people's … [Read more...]
A Day Trip to Ischia Island, one of Italy’s most Picturesque Islands in the Gulf of Naples
It was a hot August morning in Naples. I and a Chilean friend were ambling through the noisy and chaotic Neapolitan streets heading towards the port. We'd soon taken our place in the queue in front of the ticket counters of the ferry company; where we'd purchase our tickets to Ischia Island. The tickets cost us €36 per person both ways. Objectively, it was quite an insane price … [Read more...]
Leaving Blackmoon Festival 2017 and heading over to Rome – The Italy Cycling Trip day #13
A bulk of thick, gloomy clouds was amassed in the sky over the festival hill by the time we opened our eyes this day, hinting at possible showers. We spent an easy day in the tent waiting for the sky to adopt some merrier mood. And we packed slowly after that happened. It was already afternoon when we were departing from the Blackmoon Festival.Our destination on that day was no … [Read more...]
Trancing at Blackmoon Festival 2017 – The Italy Cycling Trip day #12
The Blackmoon Festival was quite a pleasant place to be for me. Large enough to be a proper festival, yet small in relation to huge festivals of the kind (like Ozora or Boom) where all sorts of irrelevant to the event people gather, making all too confusing.The event was set around that old, spooky farmhouse located on the very top of that remote hill. Inside a little yard of … [Read more...]
Getting to Blackmoon Festival 2017 – The Italy Cycling Trip day #11
The advent of this new day found us sleeping in the middle of that open field in the purlieu of Poggio San Marcello village. The fierce sun-beaming, being obstructed by nothing, made its way unhindered through the tent's fine fabric and started converting it into something resembling more of an oven, by the very moment of the sun's first appearance. We should get away as soon … [Read more...]
From Fossi Lake to Poggio San Marcello – The Italy Cycling Trip day #10
It was dawn time. The sun had risen. But that lofty, green mountain to the east was to keep blocking its radiation from streaming into that deep, narrow valley where Fossi Lake was located for quite some time to come. The sky above the little valley seemed, so, hesitant to manifest the advent of the new day. And the still gloomy lake's surface was garnished by a soft veil of … [Read more...]
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