Sicily 1998

From Worldtraveller

A photo of Mt. Etna erupting on the front page of the paper was the cue for this trip. I saw the photo in the morning, and by the afternoon I'd booked my flight to Catania, at the foot of the mountain and persuaded two friends to come with me. We were young and naive and it's amazing we even got to the airport given the extreme lack of planning, but during our five day trip we managed to go on a couple of long hikes, reach an elevation of 2500m up the mountain, and see some spectacular lava fountains.

Sicily 1998: Journey to Zafferana / Long walk in filthy weather / Cable car to Montagnola / Another long walk