Complimentary breakfast at the Atlantic Palace hotel, complete with Murano glass butterflies. Took the free shuttle bus to the Sorrento harbour after breakfast.
Bought our rather expensive ferry tickets to the rather expensive island of Capri!
When are smart cars coming to Singapore? I love them! (Especially, for parking =D)
Shimmering sand.. unfortch I was unable to capture the glimmer
This crazy guy was watching some show on his portable tv. pb went over to check it out and said it was, boxing or something.
Finally! Time to queue up.
Right after handing over our tickets, a lady handed us the above brochure. We didn't have much plans other than to explore the island.. But when we saw this brochure we were hooked. 'Sailing' around would be a fantastic way to enjoy our island escapade! Especially since it didn't require a boating licence!
We reach the very crowded and touristy island of Capri! This beautiful place has enticed even Roman kings, who came here for vacations.
Beach deprived Italians enjoying themselves on a crowded pebbly beach
Problem with the boating was that we weren't prepared for it so I didn't bring any appropriate clothing.. So we had to buy some extremely overpriced swimwear and towel. At least the towel says 'Capri'!
95 euros for 2 hours of private boat!
That's ours!
Ah, better learn properly
my sailor =D
A lazy dip in the cool waters of the Mediterranean sea
Beautiful.. It was a fantastic experience, if not for the time limits.. Despite what was written on the brochure that 2hours was more than enough to explore the island.. it was very rushed! We did not even manage to visit the Blue Grotto (a must visit actually) which is a cave in which you need to go in with some rowboats and it's a beautiful shade of blue in there due to the light reflecting in.
It was also extremely choppy.. I hated that. Even though the sea does not seem rough at all, when you're in a little boat that is more rubber dinghy than yacht.. It's no fun. Luckily I didn't have to drive (as usual).
It was also quite hard to figure out where we were and which limestone structures were which.. We almost had difficulty finding the area where we had rented the boats from, and luckily we did manage to get back without any penalty for overshooting the time a little.
It was also extremely choppy.. I hated that. Even though the sea does not seem rough at all, when you're in a little boat that is more rubber dinghy than yacht.. It's no fun. Luckily I didn't have to drive (as usual).
It was also quite hard to figure out where we were and which limestone structures were which.. We almost had difficulty finding the area where we had rented the boats from, and luckily we did manage to get back without any penalty for overshooting the time a little.
Back on land. That's the most disgusting pizza I've ever tasted, don't be fooled by my grin
The guy on the left is so cute!! I wanted a picture with him only, but when I approached him, the guy on the right was like looking at me expectantly so I couldn't bear to disappoint him and said we'd take the photo together. Well, with him in the photo there is a even better contrast and my Cute Carabinieri .. muahaha. Actually at least he's (the right guy) is quite hunky eh, like popeye! the cute one looks scrawny next to him.
Anyways.. they make me wonder if they're trained to pose that way. Hands on Hips!
Anyways.. they make me wonder if they're trained to pose that way. Hands on Hips!
green slush
We're queuing to go up the funicular.. some cable carriage thing which brings us up to the city of Capri.
I believe that's a picture of their patron saint
expensive atas shops
Just look at the crowds in this little town
This is the most famous views of Capri.. the Faraglioni limestone structure. We drove past that in our round the island boat just now..
Our daily Italian essentials. Red Bull and Gelato!
There was a bit of a jam/crowd/rush to catch funicular down.. probably to catch the last ferries back to Sorrento.
Back here.
another gelato for the greedy
we were buying a CD of Italian music when we noticed this lady bring up some stuff from the street using this little basket.. I was too late to capture her and she was nice enough to lower it again for a photo! The guy selling me the CD jokingly tried to charge me 5 Euros for the photo. =D
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