Sunday, November 05, 2006

Valley of the Sun

Two weeks back we went for a hiking, the place chosen was Marileva, within the Trentino region. We went from the height of 900 m up to to 1400 m.

The place was fresh and green, with river flowing from the top of the mountain. Also it was pretty steep sometimes. On the 1400m height, we could see the cloud below us in the valley just between this mountain and the other mountain across.

We went from there and aim to go to the nearby lake, but apparently it was too far. So we went back. We went back through the same path and it so happened that some guy approach us and said that we entered private property. After a friendly chat with the carabinieri, we went through other direction.

This was more difficult as we didn't really know which way to go and the sign was not clear. Fortunately, we met someone and managed to find a way down.

The walk downhill is tougher because it was steep and we should hold our steps most of the time. Finally after around 8 km of downhill walk, we reached the Valley of the Sun or Val di Sole. The scenery was beautiful. Green grasslands, mountains and rivers, just felt peaceful.

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