Sardinia - Part 1

David and I took a late summer holiday to Sardinia, with some welcome sunshine and warmth. David wasn't very lucky with the wind - either it was blowing a gale or dead calm, so didn't get too much kiting done (and when he did, the wind was in the wrong direction!). So we headed off in the hirecar down the coast and explored many nooks and crannies of the North-West - sampling delicious gelati (handmade italian ice cream), and pasta and seafood and pizzas... for scientific purposes, of course! The island-studded coast was wild but beautiful, with hundreds of idyllic little turquoise bays, with small golden beaches surrounded by elaborate rock formations. An archaeological visit took us to a couple of Giants Tombs - ancient burial chambers with carved entrances and hundreds of friendly lizards! We also went down to the Costa Smeralda.. playground of the rich and famous, and up to Santa Theresa (with fine views of Corsica) and Capo Testa, with its amazing (very sharp!) rocks.

A stowaway is found just in time...	The ordered ranks of Italian Sunbathing...	David enjoys his first proper Italian pasta
Looking down from Castelsardo	Leaving Castelsardo	Castelsardo
Isola dei Gabbiani - view from the Hotel Dune, Porto Pollo	Windsurfers Paradise - Porto Pollo	Porto Pollo - looking back at our hotel from Isola dei Gabbiani
Pawprint in Concrete (next stop Hollywood)	View from behind the hotel	Jen on the ferry from Palau to La Maddalena
La Maddalena	Coast of La Maddalena	Fisherman, La Maddalena
Jen's Bench, La Maddalena	David's idea of heaven - TWO large home-made gelati!	Bear Rock, Palau (used for navigation for centuries, mentioned by Ptolemy)
It was a bit windy... the flags didn't stand a chance	Hotel Dune, Porto Pollo	Giants Tomb, Coddu E.
Giants Tomb, Coddu Vecchiu (Nuragic age, 1600-1200 BC)	Rear view of the Giants Tomb	Giants Tomb, Coddu Vecchiu - central 'stele'
Lantana	The lifestyle of the rich and famous..	Santa Theresa
Capo Testa, Santa Theresa	Capo Testa (vicious rocks... watch your toes!)	David's beach, Capo Testa
Sunset from our balcony, Hotel Dune (Porto Pollo)	Dead Calm at Porto Pollo	Palau from military fort viewpoint

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