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Trekking the Picentini Mountains day #3 & #4 – From the Sabato River Valley to Serino, Solofra, and back to Pompei
'Peaceful' is the adjective which duly describes that morning on the western bank of Sabato River in the Picentini Mountain ...
Trekking the Picentini Mountains day #2 – Climbing Pizzo San Michele and Monte Mai
As it was instructed, the alarm broke the prevailing silence at 6 am. Darkness was still deep, and the air ...
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 ...
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; ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Trancing at Blackmoon Festival 2017 – The Italy Cycling Trip day #12
The party is about to start. The Blackmoon Festival was quite a pleasant place to be for me. Large enough ...
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 ...
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 ...
To Sassoferrato and Parco Regionale di Frasassi e Gola della Rossa – The Italy Cycling Trip day #9
The sun rose over that field by the west foot of Monte Corvo we've made a home for the last ...
