AMALFI DRIVE & POSITANO

Today’s itinerary is heading toward Sorrento to the South of Italy. We do our usual morning thing. Luggage outside the door, shower, dress and pack daily hand carry needs before rushing down to breakfast. As we rush out of our room we spot Camera Susan and her daughter in the room next to us. Shit! We spent half the night opening the room window screaming Susan. There’s only one way to avoid this – act dumb and head to breakfast.

We arrived to the breakfast hall to spot Good Old in a depressed out of this world mood. We don’t understand what is wrong with her until later. After breakfast we rushed back to our rooms to collect our hand luggage when we run into Good Old who some how manages to drop her hand luggage that pops open with pills falling out everywhere. Were in complete shock to discover Good Old is a pill popper. She has an entire suitcase filled to the max with random pills. No wonder she looks like she’s in a depression this morning. She probably hasn’t taken her random pills yet.

We storm onto the bus to plant ourselves down waiting for the rest of the group. We spot Kath & Spencer sitting in front of us. The back door is closed. Suddenly Kath decides to get up to do something. Next thing you know Kath does this massive 360 spin slash twist near the back stairs where she goes flying down the stairs smack into the back door that is shut. Everyone hits panic mode thinking she is injuried except for her husband Spenser who just sits there calmly watching his wife. Someone rushes over to give Kath a hand to pull her back up.

This is when Kath turns around and says “I’M FINE, I’M FINE, I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING…” Like WTF? Who knows what they are doing when they are falling LOL Kath manages to sit next to her husband and continue informing everyone that she knew what she was doing and she was aiming for the door. Right some people have major issues. Who in their right mind pre plans a fall like this to aim for the door. I reckon her hair saved her. Her hair was like a trampoline. It bounced back and supported her.

The worst part of this was that Lucy and I were sitting right behind Kath and Spencer. Hence we couldn’t have our laughing fit. We had to avoid looking at each other and continue biting our lips to avoid a major out burst. Something’s gotta give soon….

We spend a few hours on the bus until we hit an Auto grill. The worst of the worst Auto grills. Actually I don’t think it an Auto grill but some run down service station that had cheap sandwiches that looked like they had been sitting there since last week.

So picture this 30 people crammed into this tiny store trying to use the toilets, order food and actually pick up their food. The system was you had to order and pay for what you wanted and then present the person behind the counter with a docket to receive your sandwich. FFS this caused major problems. The entire tour group was all over the shop. Mind you there was no where to sit inside the service station and outside was like a sauna.

Eventually we solved the problem and everyone got their food. We jumped onto the bus for another long ride towards Sorrento.

We slowly start approaching bendy roads and soon it’s like a rollercoaster ride on the edge of the sea. The views are breathtaking. One can’t stop staring at the beauty this town has to offer. I don’t think I have ever been anywhere this nice. The Italian lakes were amazing as well but the Amalfi drive is unique! You can love a city if you close your eyes and feel it...

The below pictures are taken during the Amalfi drive...

We evenutally stop for a quick photo shoot:



Back onto the bus, Cabbage Patch announces that we will be making a minor stop to swap buses as our big Insight bus won’t fit in the narrow streets of Positano. We pull over to the side of the road where Cabbage Patch escorts us off the bus and across the street which seems like peak hour traffic on Parramatta Road.

We stand in front of this run down bar with a courtyard while Cabbage Patch informs the group that we can go in and use the toilets if we wish. As Cabbage Patch makes the announcement the owner storms over to her and tells her something. Cabbage Patch looking like she has been bitch slapped turns around to the group to inform us that the toilet is broken and they are trying to fix it. In the meantime we can wander in and grab a drink if we wish. The entire tour group looked totally disgusted and refused to enter the bar if the toilet is out of order. So they wander off to the side of the road to get some shade when the owner rushes over to inform the group the toilet is fixed. Fuck that was fast haha the toilet got fixed in less than a minute of us arriving here. By this stage our mini bus had arrived and Cabbage Patch escorted us onto it. Too bad the toilet was out of order the guy got no business due to it. Serves him right for not letting us use his toilet.


The entire tour group squeezes onto this mini bus. We are cramped to the max. It really makes us appreciate the insight bus with the extra leg room. To make it more cramp than what it is already, Cabbage Patch directs us to pull down the extra seats that cover the back door. Basically its 2 seats that get pulled down to the stair way of the back door. Hence this blocks access to the back door.

We eventually make a photo stop on the coastline where the entire tour group rushes off to capture photos. This causes a fuss on the bus as Maria who is sitting on the extra seats blocking the back door refuses to get up for us to pull the seats forward. Who the fuck refuses to let the others out of the bus? It’s already 60 degrees in this bus with no air con as it is. Eventually with random people screaming at Maria she manages to get her ass off the seats for us to gain access to the back door. The entire group storm through the doors to get off the mini bus.






Lucy decides to out do herself and get some fantastic shots of our fabulous tour group members:

Above - The 81 Year Olds soaking up the views...

Below - Kath alive after her fall this morning...

NV loving the views....

It’s stinking hot but no one complains with this amazing view in front of them.
I can write two pages here explaining to you how beautiful this place is but I think the pictures speak for themselves. I have traveled to many places but I must admit this one stands out by far.

The entire atmosphere is stunning. You can tell by the bendy roads, the cliffs and of course the views from the edge of the cliff. Now if I was a tree I would want to be planted here!

Feeling like we had a gym work out with sweat rolling down our bodies we stroll back onto the bus for round 2 of the extra seat fuss. We continue the short drive until we reach Positano town...

Welcome to POSITANO...

It is at this point that I close my eyes for a split second and realize I am in heaven….

Once again the views from here were amazing. We started our long stroll to the town of Positano. Of course I took my time breathing in the air and the views around me. Cabbage Patch gave us a briefing before setting us free at the top of the town.

Lucy and rushed over to the toilets before we started our long stroll downhill into the town centre. It was boiling hot and luckly I had brang a singlet with me. I quickly changed in the toilets before the long walk down. This felt much better now.

We start the stroll down towards the town centre and hence to the beach of Positano. It’s boiling hot and Lucy takes every chance of throwing herself into stores to cool down with the air con.

Eventually we reach the beach…

Artists @ Positano

Positano's Beach

Taking one look around the beach we spot half the tour group having their feet in the water. We figure who comes to Positano and doesn’t put their feet into the water. Next thing you know we kick off our shoes and socks. Lucy starts screaming like a mad woman because her feet are getting burnt by the pebbles.

We enter the water while holding our cameras, backpacks and everything else. This moment is GOLD. Standing in the water, feeling the cold water on your feet and taking random photos of the beauty surrounding us.

At one stage I noticed Camera Susan holding onto the edge of a railing during to get into the water. She looked like she was about to topple over any time. I quickly took pictures of this. She spotted me taking photos and asked if I can get one of her and her daughter Rachel. For fucks sake, topple over already woman so I can laugh!

No idea what the fuck Camera Susan is doing....

Lucy captures a thousand and one photos of a dog in the water...

Once we soaked up the sun we started heading back up the hill to the top of the centre. Unfortunately we didn’t get to spend the entire day here. This is what I hate about tours you never get enough time at the places you like. I suppose it just means you need to come back here some day!

Along the way I spot this painting. I tell Lucy I should pose like that with Christine in a painting...

We get to the top of the hill to race into stores for postcards and of course a Positano book. We all know how much I love buying books about the places I have been to.

It's time to go and Cabbage Patch leads us towards a bus stop to wait for our mini bus. Here we meet some random tourish from France who tries to jump onto our mini bus with us. Some how Good Old and Ron get caught up in this mess and Ron tries to explain to this chick in French not to jump on board with us. I don’t think she understands as Ron’s French is shit.

Meanwhile Cabbage Patch is screaming at the entire tour group to jump on as the bus cant stop here. Why the fuck get a bus to stop here if your going to rush us like lunatics. Mind you the 81 year olds are neatly seated before anyone else. I swear they have more energy than me.

Next stop - Sorrento...