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Date:         Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:44:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From:         Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject:      Re: Trip Report:  Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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Great! Glad all was well. About as you were hoping. Looking forward to see the pictures with stories attached, hopefully. I was interested to know the prices of the ferry rides individually, because I would be hoping to go over to Corsica myself and Sardinia. As a side question; is it worth going over to Marokko for about a week? Zoltan

----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:39 AM Subject: Trip Report: Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily

> We have now safely returned from our 2 month trip through Corsica, > Sardinia, and > Sicily. > > > In short, we found Corsica to be wonderful with its mountains, small > villages > that look just the way old France 'should' look, and of course the great > beaches. > > > Sardinia was a bit of a let down, but then we spent more time on it's > touristy > coast, and less time inland in the hills. > > Sicily was a mixed bag: There is SO much obnoxious smoking, and they have > embraced the modern diet of ice cream, fries and pizza to such an extent > that > many of the people are obese. Sicilians are LOUD and boisterous people > who > throw their candy wrappers and drink containers in the street to the > extent > that the streets are filled with litter and dog owners let their dogs > defecate > on the sidewalks. Oh yes, graffiti on many walls. Having said that, > Sicilians > were helpful when asked, and the Cathedrals and archeological sites were > marvelous. > > We spend 8 weeks in all on the 3 islands, and then rather than drive back > up > through mainland Italy, we decided to take a ferry from Sicily up to > Genoa, and > we drove nearly straight north to Brussels where we left the van with > Mike > Plompen to be sold. Then after a few days visiting Jamila's brother in > Amsterdam, we flew back here to Rabat. > > Vanagon content: We had a wheel bearing go bad in Sicily, but other than > that > the van worked fine and the Bostig Ford Zetec engine is a dream to drive, > but > still underpowered for a Syncro camper. 4,000 kms in the islands, and > then > another 1,000 kms to Brussels. Total cost was about $6,500 plus about > $3,000 > for all of the ferries (Tangier to Genoa, Genoa to Bastia, Bonifacio to > Santa > Teresa, Calgari to Naples, Naples to Palermo, Palermo to Genoa) plus about > $500 > to fly back from Brussels to Rabat. All in all, about $10,000 give or > take. > Not all bad for 9 or so weeks. > > I'll work on the trip photos and when I get them posted, I'll send a note > to the > list. Malcolm & Jamila

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