The adjectives pour out riding along the Amalfi Coast road.
First, spectacular, amazing, thrilling (scenic is too tame). Second,
treacherous, dangerous, life-threatening, maddening. From Salerno west to
Positano, it winds up and down, around hundreds of bends and turns, hugging the
rock-cliff shore above the turquoise Mediterranean. It’s mostly little more
than one-lane. Buses (and there are many) have difficulty getting around most
of the turns without any on-coming traffic. With on-coming traffic, there’s a
humorous (if you’re watching from a safe distance) and frightening (if you’re a
bozo on the bus) dance of position and squeezing through the thin ribbon between
rock and sea. Cars take chances passing blindly on the few brief straights,
motorcycles just weave their way insanely through. But the view – the views –
are well worth the fear. Spectacular, amazing, thrilling . . .
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