Long Way Island.. Our holidays in Corsica and Sardinia with our motorbike

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Travel through Corsica and Sardinia .... The Long Island Way!<br /><br />... First day of a hot August of 2009.<br />After spending the entire night trying to assemble all the equipment on the dear old "Julie" (our. Scooterone), it is time to turn on the engines and begin the adventure that awaits us!<br /><br />We start from Como to achieve as a first step <strong>Livornostrong>, where she awaits the ferry to Corsica.<br />All quiet until we stop to rest your buttocks towards Parma and we realize that the side bag has spent more than 200 km supported the muffler! result? burnt!<br />This slowed us down quite unexpectedly, the risk of losing the ferry, but in the end after a hundred miles in an emergency lane (for the long queue of cars) under the scorching sun, we arrive at your destination!<br />We will raise a half hour late (thankfully), and after having chatted with other bikers and the bike in the hold, we had lunch (good) and then we allowed ourselves a nap waiting to get to <strong>Bastiastrong> in the sea voyage that will last about 4 hours ... When you arrive at <strong>Bastiastrong> before us we had an unknown island, and without having booked any accommodation and without even knowing where to go, we go randomly to <strong>Calvistrong>. Unfortunately, the Corsica is not small as it seems ..... but the roads are really made for motorcyclists! Fine apart, with no holes, markings that we Italians can only dream of (as we shall see in Sardinia ...).<br />After km inland, finally we see the sea in the north-west of the island, and stopped in a small kiosk (favoloso!) to freshen up and enjoy the sunset go down, while a couple is intent to fix an old bike .. .. Let's continue our journey towards <strong>Calvistrong> but in contrast to our expectations, leads us in the small town in the late evening, forcing us to abandon the tent, but to look for a hotel. Full! Full! Full! No hotel room with only one free .... unfortunately the only one available was a 4-star hotel (can not remember the name) at € 140 for one night, breakfast not included ....( mostly with chamber bad ...). Without dinner, and tired as hell, we spend the first night to purr ....<br /><br />Day two completely different face!<br />Breakfast in a lovely square and immediately restart to <strong>Bonifaciostrong>!<br />Travel quietly under a scorching sun that showed us the various landscapes. When you arrive at your destination, and waiting for the ship to Sardinia, we take a walk around the small town and take the opportunity to have lunch. Particular avenue full of bars and shops on the port (full of yachts!). Sailed through it to find ourselves waiting for an hour in <strong>Santa Teresa Gallurastrong>.<br />From here we immediately recognize the signs that they understand the difference between the two nations. On the one hand we had the order and cleanliness, on this side the little "ordered" strip of asphalt.<br />Without wasting any unnecessary time, we head towards <strong>Arzachenastrong> (Olbia direction) must find a beautiful campsite Isuledda (really a wonderful village, where I had already spent 2 more summers as a kid) and promptly implemented to fit the good old tent! (Finally)<br /><br />They spend 3 / 4 days before leaving the village, passing the days to enjoy the relaxation, the beautiful sea of the most beautiful beaches (Caribbean Beach Capriccioli!) And a few night out on the streets of Porto Cervo.<br /><br />Time to leave!<br />Reassemble everything on the "Poderosa" (another nickname for my 2-wheel racing car!) And allocated to <strong>Algherostrong>.<br />After the spectacular roads in km ground (bividi folds!) We stopped for lunch in a kind of farmhouse in Tempio, where we are greeted with a great spirit of friendship and acceptance, and we decide to make one full Pacia pulled because the sun starts soon to disappear ....<br />Unfortunately the summer of 2009 had as its protagonist the summer fires that burned several acres, making the landscape hideous and sad ..... but once you get to the destination location look promising!<br />We find a great campsite (beautiful, apart from the invasion of locusts and grasshoppers, or what they are, in <strong>Algherostrong> is famous for!) And install everything. Let's here some day, to enjoy a bit 'of the sea and visit the fantastic caves of Neptune that are nothing short of a fairytale! made of long stairs overlooking the huge rocks and caves full of stalactites monstrous! and also to pay a visit to the village that even if the day does not make the idea, but at night it becomes quite beautiful, all lit by a yellow light, intense and full of narrow streets bordering the sea! fabulous!<br /><br />And now? What to do?<br />Despite the desire to grind km, the thought of not to go beyond that afflicts my partner is not entirely convinced that to reach <strong>Cagliaristrong>, Olbia, but to go where we can expect a dear friend.<br />Unfortunately I love the challenges and, as can sometimes hurt, this time I wanted to deal with those who with skepticism, he did not believe our journey. So the fate is sealed! you go to <strong>Cagliaristrong>!<br />A beautiful and hard roll to the south under the oppressive heat of 40 degrees which seems to awaken and in turn increase the enthusiasm "of going beyond"!<br />The arrival in town is quite disappointing <strong>Cagliaristrong> ..... I am not at all pleased, so much so that even without stopping deviate towards safer Villasimis reassuring.<br />Travel in August may have its good points (vacation, warm, little rain - which never caught the whole trip) but also the dark side of not finding accommodation and free pitches .....<br />Nothing daunting for us, with patience we are always riuasciti to find accommodation.<br />Village very nice, unfortunately the sun tent, coin-operated showers that lasted 30 seconds max to the beach horrible, but with a few km are beaches truly fabulous!<br />In the evening we go to the center and after a walk we also do a side trip to the outdoor cinema! cute!<br /><br />Besides us, the sea! So you're forced to go back!<br />Back to Olbia (our friend) seems a walk in the map view, but ... you guys! Meets!<br />Go up a lot in the mountains, and because of the new highway gas stations are scarce and have threatened to walk rimanede! got a hair lost in a gas station outside the town!<br />Even here, as are the country's remote mountains, it is really hard to find a hotel room! Just arrived in <strong>Dorgalistrong> we can find a comfortable accommodation.<br /><br />Just a quick stop, time to sleep at night and the day after we arrived in <strong>Pittulongustrong>, Olbia.<br />Our friend makes us a beautiful gift and lends us a room for one night! So we can afford a bit of relaxation and go dancing in the "zone cocktail" at a party on the beach.<br />negroni wrong and too many km on the day lead us to collapse in deepest sleep ....<br /><br />Time to go back ....<br />Greeted our friends back in Santa Teresa, and we embark to return to Corsica.<br />The sun goes down quite quickly and we must hurry to find accommodation!<br />Fast ride in <strong>Ajacciostrong> (we could not stop because of side bags and backpacks with a zipper) and then find a campsite around 23:00 ugly at that moment is a paradise!<br />€ 10 per night seems madness, but it is more (and opposite) after eating a square daisy from 20 €!