Day 37: Mola di Bari to Monopoli

The Way today (30.62 km) really delivered. I turned inland to begin and then returned to the coastline, after only a few kilometers, for an amazing coast hugging walk along, firstly, the Ripagnola Coastal Path, which gave me a "proper" hike, only broken by visits to the towns of San Vito (quaint and pretty) and Polignano a Mare (a real tourist trap). The rest of the Way was again along the coastline through long grass and rocky trails right alongside the water. It was a difficult walk (I am exhausted), but such a refreshing change from what I have become used to. I took so many photos and chatted with a lovely English couple from Oxford, a local who had worked on cargo ships and had been to both Sydney and Brisbane, and a Swiss woman, living in the Netherlands, who has walked from Lucca to Rome.Read more