Took an inter-bus from Siracusa to Noto which was about 55 minutes journey . Return trip by bus was €5.90 each. This part of Sicily seems better connected by buses and trains compared to western part of Sicily somehow. Inter-bus is a private bus company in Sicily . Checked on this because I am puzzled…

We had to drive the car from Masseria La Chuisa to Catania Airport to send the car . That was a 3 hr drive which was fine . Then we took a bus ( inter-bus , name of the company ) to Siracusa . The fare was €6.20  each for suppose to be 55 minutes…

We decided to visit CIDMA ( Center of International Documentation on the Mafia and the Anti Mafia Movement ).CIDMA is an international documentation center dedicated to the Mafia and the anti Mafia  movement. CIDMA is dedicated to perserving material regarding the Maxi Trial and the struggle against organized crime . This is fitting with Sicily…

We drove to Agrigento which is 155km away , around 2 hrs 30 minutes drive . Rahiyah drove, I did not . The valley ( it is not in a valley ) houses 3 remaining Greek temples bearing testimony that Sicily was Greek colony , 2,500 years ago . This was before Sicily was conquered…

The weather today was unpredictable . It was raining heavily last night which is good for the 1) vegetation 2) to douse forest fires . After breakfast , we decided to ask the manager at the front desk ( his family owns the Masseria La Chuisa )to see the old chapel in the Masseria. Talked…

Rahiyah drove to Partinico , another small town not very far from where we were staying at San Guisspe Jato . We parked the car & found out by asking a passer-by that there no parking charges as it was a Saturday . We walked to the town center and went to the local supermarket…

Today we drove to Montreale which is not too far . Montreale is like 19 km away from where we are staying but have to drive through kampung roads . The roads were quite narrow and hilly terrain. I look in this photo and think I have the look of the cat who swallowed the…

We got the car at Palermo Airport . Then we proceeded to drive to Masseria La Chuisa which is not really remote as it is a 45 minutes drive from Palermo .The lady at the rental car company was very cheerful haha . She asked me how far is Malaysia . After saying how many…

This church is stands opposite of Church of Santa Maria del Ammiraglio . This church is a UNESCO World Heritage site but it does not stand on its own but with 9 other component properties making up the UNESCO world Heritage Property . This is a much smaller church than the Church of Santa Maria…

Today we went to Ballero Market and bought sea bream ( quite expensive) , chicken ( much cheaper ) ,vegetables & some grapes and smallish sharon fruit. Jannet still not so well so she stayed in while we went to Piazza Bellini . Thank goodness, we are in a spacious apartment so that she has…