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| Today was hiking day. Me, Desmond and Dina were going to hike through all 5 towns. It was supposed to be about 7 miles (which takes about 4-5 hours), but since one of the pathways were closed we took the alternative pathway. In the end we probably did about 12 miles total and it took us like 8 hours to finally get to Monterosso from Riomaggiore!!! Hahahah, so tiring but so worth it!!! |
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| From Riomaggiore - Manarola. Walking through the Pathway of Love again! |
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| Manarola's marina. Desmond and I waited for Dina here, so I took a quick swim! I could see little red fishies swimming underneath me! :) The water was salty, cold, and refreshing! |
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| It's too bright! Or I'm just too chinky. |
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| One of my partners in crime! Desmond from Singapore! |
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| Manarola! |
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| GRAPES!!! |
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| This was our lunch! Organic and healthy! We picked some grapes from someone's yard! Hahaa |
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| Then Desmond picked some apples off a tree for us because Dina was like, OH I WANT!! Hahahaha. Best apples I ever had! Right off a tree! YUMMY~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Desmond also picked some wild berries! Hahaha, he did all the picking! These were just eh, not so mature yet. But still somewhat tasty! |
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| So much grapes! |
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| Beautiful scenery! |
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| OM NOM NOM! |
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| Through our hiking we encountered some people hard at work picking grapes. It sure is tough to carry around such a heavy thing! |
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| We can finally see the next town - Corniglia!!! Taking the alternative path took us like an extra 2 hours!! |
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| Locals being crazy cause they said it was the end of the season so they wanted to do something fun and crazy! Hahah |
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| Then they also picked some grapes for us to eat!! |
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| These tasted alot better than the ones we picked before~!!! Juicy and sweet! |
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| Oh god....... so good! |
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| Finally arriving in Corniglia!! |
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| This one is named Corniglia! |
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| I don't know what to name this one. We saw this one through the hike. There are cats everywhere! Even like high up in the mountains/hills! |
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| Dina and Desmond! We have finally arrived in town #4 - Vernazza! |
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| Don't be fooled. It probably took another 20 minutes to actually reach the town center from here! |
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| Hahahahah, so cute! A kitty sleeping in a pot! :) |
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| Took a break in Vernazza and got some gelato and flatbread with pesto sauce!!! Nice treat after like 5 hours of hiking! |
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| Vernazza's Marina. Went for a little swim here. There was also a music festival going on! |
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| After our swim, we moved along. Leaving Vernazza behind and heading towards Monterosso! |
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| This was a really good hike. Full of ups and downs, narrow and wide roads. Different scenery all the way. |
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| FINALLY made it to Monterosso!!! When we arrived, I jumped up with a hip hip hooray!!! Also went for a quick swim here before taking a train back to Riomaggiore to hopefully catch a sunset. But we didn't quite make it in time... :( |
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| Cinque Terre Holidays. Shared a room with 7 other people basically. Mixed. At least it was pretty clean! And in a good location! |
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| Had their own kitchen and everything. |
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| Ate dinner with Dina and Desmond at a restaurant next to the marina in Riomaggiore. Yummm seafood! |
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| Desmond ordered Spaghetti with a whole lobster and he also ordered a bottle of white wine! |
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| Dina got fish filled ravioli! |
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| I got spaghetti with fresh anchovies from Monterosso! |
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| Vegemite! After Dina and Joseph left I got new Australian roommates. They told me to try this stuff. Usually you eat this with bread and butter... hahaha. It tasted like soy sauce. Heavily concentrated soy sauce! Blegh |
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