Bella Baia - Paestrum

I get a nice swim in the bay as boats with families lay anchor. Time to pack up and climb the 280 plus stairs. I asked a curious question of the owner whose name is Buenaventura. In a 1-hour conversation I find out 300 years of family history, about the lemon tree plantation, how he environmentally deals with insects and all the other projects he has going on. It really connected me to his location.

At the last little Amalfi town of Cetera I get curious and check it out. I connect with two cyclists from the Netherlands, Dik en Geesje, and we share coffee on a terrace, another great connection. I'm not making time but I'm having a great time. A great big dark plume of smoke rises over Salerno in the distance and in typical Dutch humor Dik says "there goes Decathlon!" Just as I'm thinking the same thing.

Back to the business of cycling, at the Decathlon the bike is put back to 95% and it's good enough to go all the way. I lost my top gear but the motto now is 'chill out Wout'.

The campground has a restaurant and I'm having a fantastic meal of roasted vegetables and aubergine pasta.Read more