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Published: June 30th 2006
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Sorrento is pretty as a picture - we came around some huge cliffs to look down on this sea side town, just what we imaged it would look like.
We pulled into our campsite and started on a few beers in the sun. Next day was an early start to get down to the ferry and over to the Island of Capri to see the Blue Grotto. Once we arrived we caught a small boat around the island and to the entrance of the Blue Grotto for about an hour (we then had to get into even smaller boats - 4 to a dingy). Angie started to feel a bit ill at this stage so Niki went in to see what the fuss was all about. Quite hard to explain but you wait for the wave to go out then it's the only chance you get to push the boat under the rock while the water level is lower and you duck your head and suddenly you're in a pitch black cave with glowing blue water beneath you, quite bizarre but I think its got something to do with light reflecting on the rock from below. After a quick 5
Sorrento views!!!!
I wouldn't mind living here!! mins each in the cave, everyone was back on the other boat to continue around the island. We entered a little bay area which was the Green Grotto (glowing green water this time) and further around there are huge mansions where the 'very' rich would live and have their own boats for transport, very jealous of them! Capri is such a pretty island and a great holiday destination, but we only had a few hours there because we still wanted to see what Sorrento had to offer!
To catch the 2pm ferry back to Sorrento we had to que up to get our tickets - which was a challenge in itself.... because people don't que! We had to do as the locals did - push in front and yell at the ticket desk how many tickets you want then almost throw the money at them. It took us a few mins to pluck up the courage to be what we thought was rude - but to everyone else there it was normal. Then we had to run (so there was about 12 of us running down the platform to catch the huge boat) and luckily we all made it
otherwise we wouldn't have gone back until 6pm. Once we were seated on the ferry, we realised that it wasn't as full as on the way over so we got a whole cabin to ourselves. A group of men from the control room walked past and invited us up to the bridge of the boat. So all 12 of us went up and got to meet the captain - and being the typical tourists - took lots of photos.
Once we arrived in Sorrento we made the trek back up the big hill to the heart of the town. We all walked along the small alley ways where a lot of market stalls were and specialty shops of hand made jewellery and lemon stores. It's quite famous for its lemons, which are half the size of a football, and the trees grow everywhere around the city. Sorrento is a place you could spend hours walking around. The group we arrived from the ferry with quickly reduced in size as we all wanted to look at different things, so Niki and I went for a walk around the town looking for internet and supermarkets and had a nice little tour
on our own. The locals were really excited because a game (I think it was a soccer match) had just been won, so they were all out celebrating on the streets with flags out the windows and beeping their horns constantly - funny to watch.
We got a bit lost and needed some directions, but there was a bit of a language barrier, so we saw some police to help us. Niki was explaining where we wanted to find but all they wanted to know is where we were from. When she said Australia, they got quite excited and one of them said 'kangaroo' and started hopping around as if he was one!!! It was so funny! But they ended up helping us and we wandered around for a bit longer.
After some dinner, we were making our way to the bus stop when someone came running up to us yelling our names - it was John, and Mimi wasn't far away (our friends from Florence), so we went to the restaurant they were in and had a couple of drinks with them. It was great to bump into them again especially since we didn't expect it.
After that, we
had to run to catch the bus (which had moved up the road about 5 blocks because of an Easter fair in the main street) and made it back to the camp - exhausted.
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