Ampelokipi Apartments Pissouri

... in a minimalist style, rather 1950's, mostly in black and white, not to my taste. The hotel has excellent facilities for children with a baby's crèche and children's club. Further round the bay is the ever popular Alexander the ...

... was very friendly and helpful. The local beer was very nice. Keo. The waiter showed us some other places on our map to go visit while we walked around. Had a look at a local fruit and vege market which was quite good but much the same as ours only with a few different products like dates, little fish etc. Headed back on the shuttle at 2pm which was long enough. Had a rest and then went to Oasis to watch sail out. Clocks back 1 hour and I don't know why.

... way out is to go to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and try and get a ferry to main land Turkey. We have tried asking people in the Republic about this, but this is taboo. No one in the Republic (except our drunk hostelier, who really doesn't give reliable information) will talk about Northern Cyprus let alone tell you how to get out of there.

OH! and by the way the rule is ...

Friday, July 3rd,
2009—Troodos and Limassol
On the drive to Limassol we decided to
take the detour through the Troodos mountains in hopes of seeing some
nice scenery and perhaps the painted churches of Troodos.
Unfortunately all we discovered were poorly signed roads and more
winding mountain highway. The ride was spectacular but a little
disappointed once we had reached Troodos. It ...

Thursday, July 2, 2009—Paphos
This morning we headed over to the Kato
Pafos Archaeological Park and checked out the local ruins. After
about forty minutes we were too hot and headed back to the car. We
proceeded to drive north to the Baths of Aphrodite and from there we
deduced that there would be some beautiful coast line in that area
and the quickest way would be to follow the inland roads that cut ...

... for the rental car. He
drove us to their main office where I signed a few papers (nobody
ever actually checked my license) and I was hand the keys to a car.
Its important to note that I have had only twenty minutes experience
driving on the left. Its also important to point out that the car
was running when I took possession of it. This will be relevant
later.

After saying a short prayer under my
breath, I took off ...

... Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka) the Caribbean Islands ( Antigua, Grenada, Nevis, St Kitts, St Lucia and Tobago In July 2008 I visited the island of Cyprus. The island is mountainous and dry, typically Mediterranean, the coastline can be attractive but not all. Some of the coastal towns such as Larnaca and Limassol are quite industrial whereas areas in the west of the island are less so. My favourite part of the island is around the town of Paphos which has been developed ...

... and citrus. In summer they have to close the airport (June-July) due to the extremely high humidity creating a fog that you can barely see your hand in front of your face. Busy little port lots of container ships and there seemed to be a fish farm of some discription. Leaving port and I have just counted 14 large cargo ships waiting to dock geez puts our little Napier Port to shame huh? Deb

Normally, we stay in hotels when we travel. We decided to try a self catering holiday in Cyprus and we weren't disappointed. Luxury villas in Cyprus at our fingertips meant we had a plethora of villas to chose from, the kids would alsways steer towards the lavish villas with plasma screens and xbox consoles, my wife and ...

... the night there, and drive all the way to our residence early the following morning.

Unbelievable what we could see. The fire had reached the last bushes down the sea.

And this trip ends here unexpectedly.

We spent 4 months working on the house, cleaning and having it painted again.

It was a nightmare, but we survived. This incident made us stronger.