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1139. Back down the Mountain (Italy 116)
... dying of thirst, as I quickly chomp through handfuls of snow…
And then finally the fierce wind and the icy road is behind me, and I can simply enjoy the beauty of the sun setting over Napoli and its surrounding suburbs. Finally I can relax. I have reached my goal and returned to tell of it… Now my biggest concern is figuring out just the perfect moment to take my sunset photo of Napoli… looking so clean and beautiful from ...
1138. Reach Vesuvius—or Perish in the Undert
... thanks to Vesuvius). OK, so farm the land, that’s fine… but why not build your houses a safe distance away, and just commute to your farm plots? A Northern Italian tells me “it’s because of the lack of government control here—the government is simply unable to have a say in anything that happens here… In a sensible country, it would be flat out forbidden for people to build houses in the high risk zones”
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1137. The Start of a 17 Day Superhike (Italy 114)
... turned community building with a little park in front, a nice place to take a break and then a nicer plaza with a building that reminds me of Latin America a little further. Here I decide to stop following the coastal road for a while, and head uphill into the heart of Portici, with a snowcapped Vesuvius beckoning in ...
1136. A Shocking Welcome to the South (Italy 113)
... local fishermen mend their nets and get ready to go out to sea on their little skiffs. Here there’s a nice, sunny walkway that goes for a little ways along the coast to a statue of Jesus with arms outstretched as if to say “Yes, I do accept the city of Napoli, grime and all”
And with that, I head back up the alley to the main drag where I finally reach a graffiti covered sign marking the end of the city of Napoli…. For ...
Rambling around Pompeii
... In any event we elected not to hire a guide for €100 but instead find our own way around the ruin using a €2 site map. I am not sure if I have made it clear before now but we are not great map interpreters. We had fun, however, stumbling our way around the cobbled streets and lanes of the ancient city, and were sufficiently hip to be able to appreciate the extraordinary archeological work that had been carried out to remove up to 20 feet of volcanic ...
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