The Amalfi coast is an amazingly rugged place where the mountains drop into an azure sea. Even more amazing is the insanity of driving up the road that hugs the cliffs and rocks. Before the road was built in the 1860's, the small towns of the coast were only accessible via boat or the trails consisting of thousands of stairs carved out of rock or laid with ancient volcanic flagstones. The trails are still very much a part of life here, but more of those later.
Our bus careened around the many, many hairpin turns, rolling the passengers from side to side. Many of the turns are so narrow that cars are forced to back up to allow the bus to clear the turn. Mix this logistical challenge with Saturday traffic, day trippers, buses, delivery trucks, and a horde of motociclisti weaving through the heavy traffic and you get an idea of the chaos amidst the beauty. And all of this for 2.20 Euro per person.
One of the tiny villages hugging the coast while the mountains rise out of the sea.
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