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Images 12 - Italy (south)
Head of research in our field near Palmi, planning the next leg
With Antonio, Emma and their son Luca - generous donors of fresh water, showers, shampoo, food and conversation. Proper hospitality.
Wearing a dress in a field - like Ascot, but different
Capo Vaticano - just too beautiful not to stop at
They really meant it when they said this tunnel was closed
Lunch in Capo Vaticano - Ralph's hair celebrating following its wash at Antonio and Emma's last night
Between Capo Vaticano and Tropea - a near untouched paradise
Looking out over the Tyrrhenian Sea beyond the Santa Maria dell'Isola, Tropea
In Tropea - apparently voted Italy's prettiest village - and still arsing about
The Santa Maria dell'Isola, Tropea
Calabrian 'Vino rosso locale' - excellent when drunk chilled
Leaving Tropea - rather regretfully
Driving through the Parco Nazionale della Sila - speed and beauty
Not a regular coffee drinker in the UK, Nina has fully embraced her mid-morning espresso
Camping near Marina di Pisticci - always fascinated by old tractors
More planning. Three euro plonk going down nicely.
Morning fishing, Marina di Pisticci. Not successful.
The town of Craco, abandoned between the 1960's & 1980's due to landslides caused by faulty pipework
The shadows of Craco's long abandoned windows
Chief photographer at work, despite the 41C heat
Arid hills, between Craco and Pisticci
Yep - it's hot
The hilltop town of Pisticci - amazingly, Nina found an open restaurant, despite it being Sunday
Modern art in Matera. We seem to have acquired a child.
Matera. It lays claim to being one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. It's certainly one of the most photogenic.
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