People always ask me where are my favourite destinations. Now, I will say my home, second is Sorrento and closely followed by Pompeii.
I can tell you very honestly that I didn't know where I was heading to and knew nothing about this ancient city before I went there.
Not sure how many of you have wached the movie Pompeii where Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) from GoT played the lead guy.
Wah look at his sick abs. Actually the movie wasn't very good. It was good up till the end where it got cheesy even for my level. I do like cheesy movies. And, I don't like the lead girl. She is the lead actress in Sucker Punch I think. At least she can fight in Sucker Punch. Here, she just fall over and pout most of the time.
Anyway, traveling there during summer gave me a mild heat stroke and a not so flattering tan but nonetheless enjoyable.
Outside the ancient city of Pompeii.
The map for the tour.
Yes, I was one of those irritating people who take photos of the description in case I forget what I read..and then I forgotten now this description is for which part now.
The grounds.
It is true when they said that prostitution is one of the oldest profession in the world. That is in fact what Pompeii was thriving on. Basically, sex was a big thing there. According to the documentary I watched about it, it is to prevent men from keeping mistresses. I'm sure there's more to it.
You can watch it here: Sex in the Ancient World Pompeii History Channel …: http://youtu.be/gMZ0ObQp02k
Okay la, show you a funny photo of me. I don't even know where I was looking when this photo was taken.
There were so many brothels and sexual carvings on the wall and floors of Pompeii. You can see the beds and rooms as well. It is pretty sad and also scary thinking about women or men who were prostituted against their will.
You can also tell which ones are the high class brothels and cheap brothels judging by the size of the rooms etc.
Outside the residential area.
This ancient city have been well preserved for centuries because of the lack of air and moisture. You can definitely see the detailed insight into the life of a city. The city was discovered around 1,650 years after the eruption that wiped out the entire city. It was a Spanish engineer who discovered it.
The crowd looking to get into the brothel to take photos.
The remains of the houses.
It felt strange knowing that people actually lived here and it was once a thriving city. And all that is gone when the volcano erupted.
Hahahaha sorry about all these touristy poses. These were taken when a good camera phone wasn't even a thing yet.
I look quite different from then as well. That was before I had my braces.
As you can see, the weather was lovely and I was about 10 shades darker wtf after this trip.
You can clearly see the mountains in the background. I can't imagine living near a volcano - I'd be living in fear all the time.
The House of Cornelius Rufus.
It was such a huge area to walk that day. All the ruins and relics were endless.
I wish I spent more time there now because I understand more now and would know what to look out for.
Ok last photo of me.
