Day-1 started with our group (1 guide, 3 Italians and ourselves) meeting at the hotel. We had day-packs and duffle bags with our overnight gear that would be ferried by boat to the beach where we would camp each evening.
The first day was to be a hike down a spectacular limestone gorge ending at the sea on a pebble beach. To get started we needed to travel by Landrover down some very bumpy and twisty roads just north of the town of Baunei.
The hiking was fantastic and the weather was warm and dry. We saw lots of native flowers (peonies and cyclamen growing in the wild) and quite a few goats too. The trails we were taking were ancient shepherd paths and they were steep, exposed and loose in many places. And they were also high up above the valley with precipitous drops below!
The day passed very quickly and soon we were at the beach, where we swam in the sea and picked up our overnight bags. From there it was a short walk to a primitive beach shelter where we would have dinner and spend the night. After a hearty Italian meal and lots of wine we headed to bed early.
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Wow - great time to not have vertigo given the drop offs on those hikes!!
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