As my odyssey through Italy comes to an end I have decided to come to Naples to visit Pompeii. My hotel is a 10 minute walk from the train station.  As you leave the relative safety of the station you will run a gauntlet of Black Businessmen and this time they are well organised and it looks like they run most of the business here.
I stepped into the road to make it easier to pull my case. I checked Google for the hotel location and then put my phone into my jacket pocket and then zipped the pocket up. Within seconds a white guy came up on my left, I never saw him right away but he tried to go for my phone in my pocket, luckily I had the sense to zip it up or my phone would have been long gone.  And he said “sorry ” and then walked on and then doubled back to stand on the street corner to look for his next victim. I mentioned this to the hotel reception and he shrugged his shoulders and said that’s Naples. He did also ask if I was ok and did he get anything.
Naples has a very unsafe feeling about it and I’ll be glad to leave here on Saturday.  I went for a walk to get my bearings after I checked in. I had a coffee and then went for a walk through the old quarter, found a supermarket and got supplies. I even saw two guys fighting and one was kicking and hitting the other with a large umbrella.

It began to rain and it was getting cold so I headed back to the hotel and all the while being very vigilant. I got back ok but another thing I noticed about Naples is how much of a shit hole it is. Walking down the streets you have to look out for the dog shit and as you do you also notice the amount of fag ends lying in the cracks of the pavements and gutters. I just hope that Pompeii is worth it tomorrow.