Corsica Part II

After a week touring around the Cap Corse (the far north of Corsica) we set off to visit the rest of Corsica in several stages.
Via the mountains around Corte, and the fabulous canyon of Scala the Santa Regina. (Of which I will publish a 'road movie' in a later. ) We went back to the West Coast, to follow the coastal road past Porto/Piana and Ajaccio.







The south of Corsica is quite different than the North, one off the main differences were the more archeological sites, with the famous prehistoric menhirs (standing stones) From which it is not yet sure who they represent or were made by who.
Here to the right the statue number 9 from the site at Filitosa.
One of the theories is that they represent invading "sea people" who ended up in Corsica after a failed invasion of Egypt.
The stones where later used for building material so many where broken in the process.

In Ajaccio we found a small hotel in the centre of town, but after a afternoon and evening walking around, there was nothig really interesting, so we left the next morning towards Sartene, the Vendetta Capital of Corsica. This city still has his old charm, with narrow streets and corridors, inbetween the houses. Some streets are so narrow that you can only pass through them one at a time. And a lively atmoshpere on the central square.




After two nights which we set of north again through mountains.
Going over a couple off mountain passes,avoidig collisions ith pigs and cows and after a flying descend we suddenly where at sealevel in the eastern plains south of Bastia. Like falling out of the sky and landing in flatland Holland.