Once we left Salerno we were headed north again. Marina decided that it was worth an hour's investment to go past the island of Capri. I have heard of Capri but had no context about it. It's fairly close to the Italian shoreline and must be some type of basalt volcano or something because the towers that are standing would have been some type of igneous rock. The famous hole in the rock Jessie's looking at is one where a number of Italian powerboaters (including the Navy) photograph themselves tooling through at speed. We got within 2 boatlengths of the rock on the left in the photo and it was still 100 meters deep -- so the rocks are like mountains.
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| The rocks on the south side of Capri. Famous in Italy where many Coast Guard pictures are taken in front or going through here. |
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| Entering Porto D'Ischia on Isola Di Ischia...what a lovely, tiny port - where huge ferries would come in and out all day...and several times more than 3 or 4 in there! |
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| A few right across the port...we're standing on the west side of the tight entrance looking in at Tara, the sailboat just right of centre in the picture. |
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| One of the ferries passing through the entrance...you can see the other side just under the front of the ship. |
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