01.20.07 Palermo, Sicily If you haven't read the lengthy Siracusa blog be sure and check it out and get a few laughs. Also since I had no wifi the pictures backed up so check out the 18th, 19th and 20th pictures...the 20 are really good of the little paradise What an incredible day yesterday.I left Marsala where I had spent the night after covering the southern coast of the island which really was not that interesting and decided to hit the very next host...

Marsala was a pretty bland waterfront town but a good place to lay my head down. No hostel here and I paid for it dearly. Horrible accomodations for too much money. I need to stick to HI hostels and you will see why when we get to the next blog entry.

Nothing to see on the south coast of Sicily except dirty beach after dirty beach. No big towns just fields and farmers. Agrigento has a valley filled with Greek ruins if you like that sort of thing. I actually stopped for lunch by them and took a peek around.

Ragusa and Modica both world heritage cities where cities hanging on the cliff much like Cucena in Spain. Very neat towns in the hills.

01.17.08 Siracusa, Italy Okay first things first Rome to Sicily…Holy Cow what an adventure.This is what you have to look forward to in this issue:dirty beaches, rain, trash piled as high as the Alps, lawless streets,rain, being rear ended on my bike, top of a volcano, rain, bottom of a volcano and what it looks like after it erupts, breath taking coastline and twisting road along the edge, rain, ferry boat ride, SICILY, rain, breaking down on the road, ...