The
Road to Positano
Driving past the northern road to the Amalfi coast, we
instead chose to drive down to Salerno, and then head
north along the coast.
The
ocean front cliff sides
throughout much of the
Amalfi coast are covered
in old homes; built right
into the rock faces.
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The
Italians spent much
time and energy in
blasting the roads out
of otherwise steep to
sheer cliff faces...
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...but
did not blast enough
space for the large touristic
buses that constantly bring
people around. Here you
can see how the roads are
supported with many
thousands of stones beneath
them...
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The
coastline weaves in
and out like the fjords of
Scandinavia.
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The
locals grow their
huge Italian lemons
wherever enough soil exists
to grow them. The liquor,
"limoncello" is the tastiest
lemon liquor in the world!
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A
huge and ancient home
sits atop the rock
face coming up on our
north bound journey from
Salerno to Positano along
the coastline.
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A
closer shot of the house
above us on the cliff
face.
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Typical
houses straddle the
road on the mainland
side...often allowing only
inches for the cars to pass.
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What
a splendid place
to live these Italians
have made for
themselves.
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The
main road through
a typical Amalfi coast
town. Thin and generally
steep, often one way
loops throughout the
side of the cliff face
that the town has built
upon...
