Italian road trip 2000

May 31, 2020 by David Herd

Italian road trip

Italian road trip in march 2000 commenced after a few days in Florence & San Gimignano with my beautiful Italian friend Barbara Manelli, I left with 2 American friends Paul & Dan on a road trip south through Naples, the Amalfi coast & all the way to Reggio at the toe of the boot.

Spanish Steps in Rome

That’s Paul in the middle & Dan aka Scooter Boy on the right. Can’t remember the name of the guy on the left.

Here we are in Naples

The locals are playing a game on the beach.

Naples harbour

Dan & I checking out the boats.

More boats in Naples.

Getting the boat ready for some fishing.

Next stop Pompeii

Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Fairly gruesome

I guess they never really stood a chance.

Farewell to the streets of Pompeii

One of the most interesting places I have ever visited.

Sorrento

David, Paul & Dan.

The gorge

The gorge down to Marina Piccola from PiazzaTasso.

Next stop the Isle of Capri

Took a bus trip around the island, had lunch & checked out the Blue Grotto.

Capri

A narrow Capri street.

Capri was very interesting indeed.

Our guide to the Blue Grotto

It was nice without blowing your socks off. 🙂

Positano

The jewel in the crown on the Amalfi coast.

Fruit anyone?

The jewel in the crown on the Amalfi coast. Happy guy with lots of fresh fruit.

Lunch in Positano

A very quaint village clinging onto the side of a mountain, lots of stairs to climb.

Love on the rocks

Can’t be too comfortable. 🙂

Artist in Positano

My favourite shot from Positano.

Hotel Avagi

Credit to Sara Tononi Verlengieri for this delightful photo.

Salerno

A population of around 138,000.

Salerno Boulevarde

A very nice city, certainly worth a visit.

Salerno by the sea.

Salerno is a port city southeast of Naples with a population of 138,000 people.

Reggio

Reggio Calabria is a coastal city in southern Italy, separated from Sicily by the Strait of Messina.

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Author: David Herd

My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets. I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington. Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand. What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :) I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit. Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ???? Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia. Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.