Marettimo Island

Kim writing: Marettimo is one of the Edagi Island that are off the western coast of Sicily. We can see the islands from my uncle's house. On Wednesday we went for a boat tour of the caves around Marettimo. To get to the island we took a ferry that turned out to be a large hydrofoil. For those of you like me who don't know what that is, the boat starts in the water then using jets, the boat lifts out of the water and rides on four large skis. It goes really fast!!!
Once on the island we got on two small boats and rode around looking at caves. We saw eight different caves and each one had a name like Camel Cave because there was a rock that looked like a camel head and Bomb Cave because when the sea got rough it sounded like a bomb inside. We were lucky to have Tatiana on this trip too because neither of the captains spoke any English and she was able to tell us about the caves as we went.
There was a Spanish castle on one of the outcroppings that was way up high and had only one small trail leading to it. It was amazing to think about how they lived way up there!!
We also stopped at two different spots to go swimming. The water was so clear and teal in color. It was beautiful!!! Unfortunately the jellies also like the clear warm water and we all got out when Sydney (my sister) and Bryan (my cousin) got stung at the second stop. Fortunately the captain had medicine to make it not sting as bad, so they were feeling better soon after.
After a nice lunch on the boats we finished traveling all the way around Marettimo and docked at a port on the other side of the one small town that was on the island. We had some really good lemon granitas (lemon flavored icee, but WAY better) and espresso then walked through the quaint little town that is mostly a tourist destination. There are only 200 people that live there in the winter, but many people from Trapani rent out apartments in August and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere. It was very fun, but we all came home a little crispy from the hot sun that went through our sunscreen!