Vulcano - 16-8-07

Just for the record, I got up at 5am for this trip to Volcano!

The Volcano is not high and we were able to climb the 300 meters quickly, this is at the top of the crater. You can see the sulphur vapours

You can see the base of the crater in this picture

Once we got the trick of standing behind (up wind of) the sulphur vapour we could get very close to the crystals on the crater

The vapour was extremely hot

Views from the top of the crater

More sulphur crystals

...and more

.......and more

Yep, thats me on the side of the crater absorbed by the sulphur emmissions!!!

The Island behind Vulcano is Lipari

Views from the highest point of the volcano towards Sicily

An interesting experience...a mud bath in bubbling sulphurous vapours. we smell like matches even today after much showering!

And here's the mud man!

This is how we got around the island...15km long

View of Lipari from Vulcano

This is the transport to the island. They are hydrofoils.

On the way back to Sicily, we are just coming back into the port of Milazzo