Wednesday, 14 August 2013
The August bank holiday was rapidly approaching therefore I will have to find whatever ride and public transport I could to get to my destination in Vulcano, among the Aeolian Islands. I was nowhere near my destination. I was not impressed with the bus therefore I was open to other options.
I hitched a ride (first time) after I learnt that they were sensible people heading towards Catania, shared a taxi with strangers (first time) but they were very pretty dutch girls. I reached Catania at lunch but unfortunately my next stop involved purchasing a bus ticket. Sicilians take their lunch time nap way too seriously for 3 hours. In hindsight, I should have waited. I decided to take the train instead.
Google IDed the potential next campsite along the coast to Messina and perhaps this was my first error that I was too conservative in estimating where I could go.
The campsite was in S. Alessio where the sea was the only attraction and on an island that is not that special at all. It was a totally Italian destination.
The transport away from this part of Sicily basically none existent. I lost about 4 hours.
Great if you have some terrible books that you want to read, for example Twilight Trilogy. The overall time penalty was about 2 hours exploring time in Messina plus 3 hours of waiting time. But I had to go there to not to go there again in the future.
Milazzo was the key port that provided the ferries to Aeolian Islands. It was critical to use the bus to arrive into Milazzo because of the long walk from the rail station to the port. I explored the old town and took the boat to Vulcano at sundown.
Adventures of Delboy 