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Sicily2005-90 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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Approaching Isola Bella (pretty island) and its bay. Note
the sandy path linking the island to the mainland.
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Sicily2005-91 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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Photo of Isola bella from the other side facing the sun. |
Sicily2005-92 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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A fine building (looking more like a small castle) on the
road near Isola Bella.
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Sicily2005-93 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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Finally arrived at the Bay of isola Bella. Soon had to
warm up the camera to shoot this train passing along the
shore.
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Sicily2005-94 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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A path of sand/pebbles makes it possible to reach the island
by walk, hence possible to carry your personal belongings. |
Sicily2005-95 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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Still 8.00am and many tourists come early to have a good
place in this small bay that is really very beautiful.
Crystal clear shallow water and many pebbles. Marine life
is also rich here, since i spent my time noticing the different
types of fish rather than swimming. Well the water was
quite cold too, and that's perhaps the main reason of not
diving in!
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Sicily2005-96 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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Another photo from Isola Bella bay
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Sicily2005-97 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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Our last day of the vacation was the worst one. We left
Isola Bella early, against our heart's content, in order
to reach the train leaving Naxos to Siracusa. However it
happened that the train was delayed by 2 hours. We arrived
at Siracusa around 2:30 pm and there we had another small
delay in the hot , unventilated train cabin. This photo
is from the train station of Siracusa.
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Sicily2005-98 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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An old locomotive parked at the railway station of Siracusa.
I wonder if this train is still operative, or it is only
for admiration.
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Sicily2005-99 :
3 day Summer holiday in Catania, Taormina and Gardini Naxos in Sicily, Italy(Aug/05) |
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From Siracusa, it took us about an hour to reach our
final destination of Pozzallo. Once there, a taxi driver
convinced us to take us to the port. It wasn't much
a good idea because there was nothing interesting and
had to wait from 5pm to about 9pm when it would be time
to check in for the Catamaran trip to Malta.
To kill
time, I and Malin went to search for a restaurant in
Pozzallo, but the two we found opened at 8pm. We went
along this beach and found take away food. This beach
and building resembles a lot the beaches in Malta, in
particular Birzebbugia.
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