Monday 12 June Costa del Sud: Porto Pino to Chia

The best cappuccino yet on the terrace before we head off, tops off, along the road through the lagoons. We buy home grown fruit from a stall before we get to St Anne Arressi, then head East along the road adjacent to a large military area, reminiscent of the UN area in Cyprus, and then pick up the Casta El Sud road. We detour for another coffee at Porto Tuelado. We can see the coastal road snaking along the cliffy coast, there are double chevrons a plenty on my map! Suitably fortified we head off and enjoy the gorgeous views of the mirror smooth turquoise water, and the double chevrons; just as we gain height we plunge downwards again.There are various places to stop and admire the views, and also swim, so we stop at a little sandy cove and wash the sweat off our bodies with salty sea water, and then get a nice lot of sand in our shorts before heading up hill again. The road continues for 20 km or so like this. We eat our fruit at a very packed sandy beach (Tuerredda), then find Aquadulci where we are staying. We finish the day with an Ichnusa on the local beach, a lovely sandy stretch flanked by another lagoon, then eat in the hotel ( I'm afraid we also had nigronis on the terrace before supper!).