GOLE DI ALCANTARA by sangwann

GOLE DI ALCANTARA

From the 4rd day of our Sicily holiday - 22st September, 2015.
Having ended our ‘excursion’ around Etna, and as agreed with Fabio we went to the ‘Gole di Alcantara’ (Alcantara Gorge), a place worth visiting. Amazing to see was the rock formation, as if someone had built a wall of large bricks. I would love to see this in Winter when the river is carrying all the rain water.
Joke: Pietro and Marco stumbled into each other while visiting the Gole di Alcantara. Pietro lived in Catania while Marco lived an hour’s drive away at Acitrezza. They had not seen each other in many years. Now they had a long talk trying to fill in the gap of those years by telling about their lives. Finally Pietro invited Marco to visit him in his new apartment. "I got a wife and three kids now and I'd love to have you visit us."
"Great. Where do you live?"
"Here's the address. And there's plenty of parking behind the apartment. Park and come around to the front door, kick it open with your foot, go to the elevator and press the button with your left elbow, then enter! When you reach the sixth floor, go down the hall until you see my name on the door. Then press the doorbell with your right elbow and I'll let you in."
"Good. But tell me...what is all this business of kicking the front door open, then pressing elevator buttons with my right, then my left elbow?"
"Surely, you're not coming empty-handed!"
Many thanks for looking and for all the lovely comments, the fav's and for putting my shot of yesterday on tp and pp. Very much appreciated.
Looks like a magical place -- love the high cliffs.
November 26th, 2015  
This looks nice
November 26th, 2015  
wonderful place. We have some magnificent gorges in Australia
November 26th, 2015  
Sue
Looks lovely Dione.
November 26th, 2015  
Wonderful ,the small figures puts this vast gorge into perspective -- I am sure it is a stunning place to visit .
November 26th, 2015  
A beautiful place, quite majestic :)
November 26th, 2015  
Incredible location, beautifully captured. The immensity perfectly illustrated by the people.
November 26th, 2015  
Looks a wonderful place :)
November 26th, 2015  

A beautiful spot Dione the sound of the waterfall would be great. Is there a waterhole to swim in?
November 26th, 2015  
Looks spectacular!
November 26th, 2015  
Once again 365 allows me to see a place in the world I would never ever see. How cool!!
November 26th, 2015  
Great shot, great place, great joke!
November 26th, 2015  
Very interesting looking place and a great capture.
November 26th, 2015  
Fabulous shot of those dramatic cliffs
November 26th, 2015  
Love your POV and such a great capture.
November 26th, 2015  
Awesome nature scene. No wonder there are so many people tou watch and enjoy it . A great capture of it all.
November 26th, 2015  
What dram in those steep cliff faces and the people give a good sense of scale.
November 26th, 2015  
*drama
November 26th, 2015  
Super scenery, nicely captured in your photograph.
November 26th, 2015  
Lovely landscape shot
November 27th, 2015  
Gorgeous shot and textures
November 27th, 2015  
It looks like ancient rocks full of wrinkles.
November 27th, 2015  
Beautiful scene. Looks like a popular place. Love that your guides name is Fabio! He doesn't quite have the hair though to live up to the name! :) :)
November 27th, 2015  
What a beautiful gorge! More water might be pretty but you'd never get a shot like this if the river banks were full to the brim. Great shot.
November 27th, 2015  
I love the low pov you've used and the lead in lines of the water and the subtler one of the change in the texture of the shore reallly draw your eye into the shot. More views of that wonderful rock formation too!
November 27th, 2015  
impressive indeed
November 28th, 2015  
The rocks are fascinating.
November 28th, 2015  
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