Italy - Naples - Sorrentinian - Amalfi Coast - Gods Path - Capri
21-26 June 2017
Only a few days trip ended up being a quite productive and intense one. I arrived at Naples on Wednesday evening by British Airways (40£ flight tickets). A quite good value for flights to Naples from London. I met at the Gatwick airport my Brazilian friend Juliano. He used to come to my yoga classes at Third Space Tower Bridge while he was still employed as a lawyer at the corporates companies in London. Last year he helped me out with Edinburgh Fringe to promote my aerial dance production "Escape" LCP Dance Theatre. This year we met up in Brazil at the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro (Feb) and now we travelled together to Italy. He stayed with us (A and I) at Vico Equense for a couple of days. During that time we dragged him to the most beautiful beach in the world - Tordigliano.
Tordigliano (Vico Equense) - is facing the Gallipoli islands and is only accessible by the boat or by hike is secretly known by locals. Antonio (A) knows the most hidden places on the Amalfi coast. The bay is surrounded by the huge rocks reaching up to the sky. The sea is crystal transparent with beautiful fish and corals. You can swim and sunbathe naked especially out of the pick season when there is nobody. We swam and sunbathed that day and recharged the batteries for the following day. We were ready to do something the 4-hour hike of Gods Path - Sentiero Degli Dei. There are a few different routes and we choose the one from Santa Maria del Castello (Vico Equense) recommended by Antonio all the way down to Positano. After 1.30 hour walk with a mind-blowing view of the 800m high Rocky Mountains, we split. Juliano and I carried on all the way down to Positano for the next 2 and half hour while A came back to the starting point at Santa Maria del Castello, picked up the car and drove down to Positano to pick us up. Juliano and I took 1500 stairs to go down to Positano from the moment we left the red trail. After crossing the colourful and picturesque centre of Positano we hit the beach. I jumped into the water to release my calf muscles which were in the agony stage. I was dying from the pain. Half an hour swim regenerated my body and a quick half an hour sunbath put me back on my feet. We met up with A and went to Amalfi. In Amalfi, the catwalk was meant to start in an hour and a half. After wondering around the centre and having Yummy ice creams we decided to hit the road and go back to Vico. We were exhausted but happy after having done an enriching long walk of Golds Path and sightseeing two most visited places in the world Positano and Amalfi.
The next day the award was waiting for us. My dearest friend Roberto invited us to spend a weekend on his boat to sail to Capri. We took the train (Circumvesuviana) from Vico to Naples (1h/2€) and walked from Naples station for three-quarters of an hour to the harbour - Ovo Castel to get on board. In total, we were 8 on the boat. As soon as we arrived on the boat 11 am we took off and sailed to Capri. It took us a few hours (5) sailing with the wind in our favour, at least at some point...We ended up in one of my favourite islands in South Italy. Capri is a number one destination for tourists in Italy, and this makes it a less attractive. Especially out of season Capri is a great place to be. Juliano and I went for a couple of hours swim and some hiking all the way up. As we reached the top of the hill we were about to cross the road to see the sunset by Vesuvius on the other side of Capri facing the Napolitanian bay. As we both were in bathing costumes we were stopped by the police. We were told to come back from where we came from. Also that we should wear some shoes and shirts as we weren't allowed to walk in the middle of Capri in the swimming costumes. Italians can be very prudent and narrow-minded. When asked where we swam from I answered from Naples. I don't think the policemen realised I was joking. However, they indicated us the way to Naples. It would have probably taken us at least a week to swim from Capri to Naples. If anybody heard of the swimming competition Capri- Naples please get in touch by comments. We eventually came back by feet and swam to the boat for a dinner. The company of people who we didn't know before was very good. We all went on pretty well during the sailing weekend adventure. The next day after swimming and underwater filming we sailed back to Naples. We finalised our trip some delicious chocolate, pistachio, and nuts Italian Ice creams (I ate 4 cons).
Anyway, we've finally got back to Vico, ordered a meter of pizza and went to sleep (I didn't have any until the next day for lunch).
The next day on Monday we were ready to leave. Antonio and Juliano took me to the airport so I could fly back to London while Juliano was staying for a couple of days in Pompei. He was planning on staying in Italy for at least a month while sorting out his papers to become the Italian citizen. I'm on the plain now (by Monarch Airlines 40£) catching up with writing and not having any more stories to tell you for now. See you in a bit...during the next travelling adventure;)
