Hotel Ile de Beaute Corte

Beautiful morning watching the sun rise over the water and lighting up the island of Corsica (Corse in French). An island I didn’t even know about until just a little while ago, and now I’m about to arrive (unintentional detour though it was).

Deciding that I needed to stay positive and make the best of things I greeted the...

Время подве 89;ти итоги.

Пишу это в небе где-то над Среди 79;ем&#...

Le Boziu, Castagniccia… Могут ли быть пейза 78;и прекр 72;снее?! За кажды 84; повор 86;т
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Day 185. Hitched for the first time on this tour 16/10/08 Setting of from Hut Asco I commenced the 40 km walk to Ponte Lecca to the sound of U2. It was a remote road descending gradually through forests with cows frequenting the tarmac more than cars. No buses on this route. After an 1.5 hrs without giving an indication for a hitch a driver stop...

Day 183. Let's get physical; Cirque de la Solitude, doppio! 14/10/08 Stage 4, 6hrs (suggested for 1way), 7kms So what's my endurance, physical & mental strength like? Well I know my back is weak and shoulder sore. So if take a light backpack and return back to Refuge de Tighjettu today I can just see what ground I cover. It's meant to take 6 hou...

Day 180. Road to Ota 11/10/08 6am start, ouch. Caught the 6.30am bus to Ajaccio that was running on Corsican time. While waiting I re-read the lonely planet on my days route. It was quite specific, no buses from Ajaccio to Porto from Oct 10, yesterday. Do I miss the West coast and attack the GR20 North from the East, or go West. Wing-it, I conti...

Day 173. Trip to Refuge d'Usciolu (1750m) 4/10/08 Stage 12, 5.5hrs, 9.5kms Freezing night. The Canadian girls were up early as usual thankfully worked out the problem with the fire. It was so windy the chimney outside bent over blocking the exit. They fixed it and got the fire going. Outside was only worse, now covered in frost and snow. The day...

Day 172. We are the l'champignons; Trip to Refuge de Prati (1820m) 3/10/08 Stage 11, 7hrs, 16kms The girls got up early, 5.30? What ever. We (3 Germans & I) got up at 7ish. But we dilly dallyied about. By the time we got moving at 9ish the storm had brewed and we all had to shelter from the rain and transform into wet weather gear. This was fine...