Scared in Scari: trekking to the volcano on Stromboli

A travel piece based on my trekking in Stromboli, four months after the eruption and the consequent tsunami of 2003-2004 by Slawka G. Scarso. First published in Go World Travel Magazine - July 2004

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“Has this hydrofoil broken down?” asks the German tourist sitting next to me as the ferry stops. We are floating free off the minuscule village of Ginostra on the volcanic island of Stromboli, right in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, and the tourist can't figure out why we've stopped here.
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