Limanaki Beach Ayia Napa

... which is so near, has changed the whole picture. <br><br>About 200 metres at the back of the Church, there were cliffs and a beautiful little river - I used to call it (my little white river) because the rocks were really white and flat and it was so beautiful! Well nothing is here. It is just the highway below with so much noise and cars going by. <br>What a great disappointment indeed! <br><br><br><br>AN ATTACHMENT<br><br>Some ...

... today. <br> In Greece and Cyprus coach drivers can have lunch or dinner for free if they drive tourists to a restaurant - an agreement has already been made of course. I believe every driver has specific restaurants that takes the people.<br><br>The restaurant is really expensive. I am lucky not to order anything as I sense what is going on, but my friends (all 52flying to Athens) must eat something before their ...

... per Era, Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and Ottoman periods. It covers 9000 years of Cypriot art. <br><br>The rarest collections at the museum are the Neolithic times are pottery, the collection of Roman and Hellenistic glass and the Byzantine collection of ceramic utensils, which are decorated with the ...

... br>At this site, one can admire the migratory birds and the interesting plant life. It is here that the goddess Artemis &#8211; Diana and Aphrodite Astarte were worshipped. At this site one can admire the migratory birds life.<br><br><br><br>The close connection of the area with these Goddesses can be felt especially during the ultra-red sunsets you can enjoy walking the trail.<br><br>

THE HALA SULTAN TEKKE<br><br>Founded in 649 A.D.<br><br><br><br>This historic mosque is just 3 km west of Larnaca very near the airport terminal on the central salt lake.<br><br>Um Haram who was the Aunt of Prophet Mohamed died here as a result of an accident. <br><br>This mosque is now considered to be the fourth most important religious ...

... from the 1st arches (about 2-3 kms) you arrive at the 2nd arches, and after a walk of almost the same distance, (but having to pass the airport-by pass highway-) you arrive at the 3rd and lower arches. At this point you have to look for the old mill, which pumped the aqueduct's water.<br><br>Then for 9 kilometers up to the river, the water &#8211;channel goes underground ...

... love getting up early in the morning and jog.<br><br>Many find friends and jog together, and you can see the speedy pace people depending on the age here! There are people who just come to walk up and down and cover some miles, others who walk much slower with one or two friends chatting while waling, but there are those ones who are so concentrated on what they are doing that you can see all their passion here.<br ...

STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE -LARNACA<br><br><br><br><br><br>I am so excited that I am walking in the Traditional neighbourhoods of my hometown. With the camera in my hand I get pictures of older buildings that remind me of those years.<br><br><br><br><br><br>BRITISH COLONIAL STYLE<br><br><br>Many of the buildings in Larnaca are very old. <br>The ...

... The minaret is built on the foundation of the bell tower. Opposite this mosque there is an elegant stone built public water fountain of the Venetian period reused by the Ottoman aquaduct of 1747. <br><br><br><br>It survives in a very good condition and it is decorated with an engraved &#8211;clock in Latin characters. According to historical sources the Venetian governor ...

... and as I try to take pictures, I walk up the marina.<br><br>This walk brings nostalgic memories. I long back to those days when young, and the times I had been up here either with friends or my parents. Walking up and down as it is the custom even these days.