Friday, July 22, 2011

Day 40 Mon 20/6 - Wild Camp under Highway Bridge with Mountain Stream

Today Disatnce :  78.3 km     Total :  1944.7 km
Today Temp : 21 - 32°c    Hot and Sunny
Today Spending : 5 euro    Total : 652.78 euro
Time on Bike : 4 hr  39 min
Today Ave Speed : 16.8 kmh      Max : 30.5  kmh
Trip Altitude : 189 m    Max : 16 m
Today Ave Climb : 2 %        Max : 5 %

The high cost of camping fee has me worried that I might cut short my days in southern Italy and quickly take a ferry across to Greece. There were quite a number of campings along the coastal roads and the high cost could be caused by the peak season as the beaches were full of people enjoying the sun bath. 3x enquiries at the camping receptions were disappointed at the fee of 20,43 and 25 euro just for a single person and a small tent. I would have consider if its in the range of 10-15 euro. So gave up to look for wild camping, the only problem is unable to charge my batteries for the Camera and GPS. Luckily I spotted this nice place when I was desperately looking for one. Under the bridge of a highway after Terracina, As i slowly wheel my bike into the empty space, what greet me were rubbish all over, venture further in, what surprise me is a very clear crystal mountain stream flowing and the source is from underground . I am not the only one knew of the "treasure" as I found out later that the locals came with their glass and plastic bottles to collect the icy water every now and then, which according to them is fit to drink without boiling.

Parking for boats


Anglers trying their luck


One of the beach


Wooden plank leading to the beach

Straight long and hot coastal road


Terracina town

expensive hotels facilities



Heading to Napoli 126 km

Perfect campsite with icy cool water

Water from underground

I am not the only one....

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