Richard And Jo Demeester's photos with the keyword: Sardinia

This fantastic bright beetle was gorging itself on a discarded rotting banana.

Most of the climb through the canyon was very straightforward, however, a bit of extra effort was required for a few bits.

Looking along the Gola Su Gorropu.

Nicknamed the Grand Canyon of Europe, the spectacular gorge of Gola Su Gorropu was well worth the effort. To get here, we walked down from the nearest road for an hour and a half (nearly two to go back), about 650 metres descent. Then we walked through the accessible parts of the canyon, stopping every now and then to pick up our jaws. The walls are up to 400 metres high, and the gorge is under five metres wide at its narrowest point.

On the Altopiano di Golgo, amongst the sights, we love this face. All we know is that it is very old. Probably nuraghic.

One of the great joys of driving and camping is the self catering meals in great locations. A bottle of red, prosciutto, salami, gorgonzola. What more could you want for? Oh, dessert of muscat and biscotti.

A mural in Orgosolo illustrating the death of Mohammed el Dura, a 12 year old Palestinian boy, killed during a shoot-out in Gaza while hiding behind his father.

We encountered this great pair of buildings while driving. The church is old (centuries) but the tower much older (over 2,000 years). It is a nuraghic site. Nuraghic people inhabited Sardinia from around 3,000 BC through to around 850 BC. It makes the church quite new!

Many of the murals in Orgosolo have a political angle. Events that we saw depicted, in addition to this toppling of a Saddam Hussein statue, include the towers coming down in New York, the siege of Sarajevo, the shooting of a 12 year old Palestinian boy, US involvement in El Salvador, and reminders of major wars, particularly the World Wars.

One of the many dozens of murals that decorate buildings in the Sardinian village of Orgosolo.

The beautiful grotto beneath Capo Caccia, over 600 steps down from the road. Full of great formations, and a salt lake syphoned from the sea, it was named after the king of the sea when discovered by fishermen in the 15th century.

The coloured houses of Bosa's old town fill the hillside below its castle.

A lizard who is not ashamed of his colouring.

Flowers by the path, Capo Caccia, Sardinia.

Resembling a cartoon drawn by Leunig, this face has been formed by centuries of weathering.

Some extreme weather must pass through here at times, which these wind-eroded sand-blasted rocks attest to.

This is the northeastern cape of Sardinia. The wind and waves have weathered the rocks in to some great formations.