Italy III - Cala Gonone - Coffees and Pebble beaches

On our way from Stintino, we decided we'd head over to the East coast which is said to be much more rugged. We took our poor Lancia off the beaten track, exploring the mountains. The rental company would have had conniptions!







And I am really getting into the coffee here, especially when you only have to pay 1 euro for something like this!







We found this photo near a wharf, I think it's something to do with making sure you use your parking brake



I realised I am not a big fan of pebble beaches once the novelty wears off, they are just damn uncomfortable. At least the water was clear and there seemed to be a whole heap of younger, germanic and french tourist/rockclimbers all smoking dope at this particular beach we were at. Probably to take their minds off the discomfort of the pebbles.



Whilst we were in Cala Gonone we heard of a beautiful isolated beach that was only accessible by foot (1.5 hour hike across the ridges) or by boat. We rose close to sunrise the following day and set out to the beach on foot. When we got there it was pristine with not a soul on the beach.







1 hour later we were distressed that a boat laden with people was motoring towards the jetty at the beach... and it was packed with noise children we could hear well off shore! Sure enough they landed at our beach, apparently the local schools organise beach cleaning weekends for the kids in return for a free boat ride. Still not happy Jan! So we hiked back (for an hour) and headed south for our conference



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