Life After Kimchi...: A Three Hour Tour, A Three Hour Tour

(Sung to theme from Gilligan's Island)

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of an awesome trip
That started from a tiny port, aboard a tiny skiff
The mate was a mighty sailor girl,
The skipper brave and sure
Two passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour, a three hour tour.....

We rented a boat yesterday! For our last full day in Capri we gave ourselves our own private tour around the whole island! The weather never got rough and our boat was never tossed....and we're still on an inhabited island so we didn't meet the same fate as Gilligan, don't worry. Rich was the captain and I was the first mate (and tour photographer)....but he did all the work, I just really laid on the bow and looked pretty. You can go around the island in about 80 minutes, but we took the three hour tour and at our leisure we got to experience the best part of the island -- the ocean that surrounds it and the natural beauty it has created. We got to drop anchor and swim whenever and wherever we wanted. We got to lay out on the front of the boat and pretend our boat was much bigger than it actually was. We got to see all of grottos that the island has to offer. We got to pass through the famous rocks that jut out of the ocean. We did everything and had we had more time we would have stopped for a meal at one of the many restaurants that are only accessible by boat. I can't even explain how much fun it was except that I took over 180 pictures in the three hours and could have easily taken more. The experience easily ranks within one of the most fun things I've ever done. Ever.

I can now see why people get boat fever and just go out buy big boats. Being out in open water is really amazing. It's even more amazing when you can just jump off the boat into it. It is a little scary though, I will admit. Especially when you know there are things in the water a whole lot bigger than you are. I probably would have enjoyed my plunge near one of the grottos a little more and it probably would have lasted longer had I not become such a fan of "Jaws".

P.S. - We're off to the mainland this afternoon, taking the ferry to Amalfi and then moving into another villa somewhere between Amalfi and Ravello for our final week of this Italian adventure! We'll be on the coast and will be visiting the vacation coastal towns of Sorrento, Positano and then will head a little north for a day trip to Pompeii at some point during the week.

There's our boat!

Looks like a natural boatman!

Does this thing have a radio? Just in case? Because it's a big ocean and we're a little boat.

The rock formations are incredible and the water was as blue here as in the Blue Grotto.

This is wear we dropped anchor and took a dip.
We're not sure if we were really anchored because we seamed to drift a bit...boating is a little nerve-wracking.
Also, the guy we rented the boat from said the biggest problem people have is "loss of anchor." Perfect.