Mountain View Hotel Kyrenia

... river Karkotis, and the modern resort with shops, cafes, banks and even a public swimming pool. The population is about 2.000.

Because of its good vegetation, Kakopetria is known for the good quality of fruit like, pears, apricots, peaches cherry trees, and especially the fine quality of its apples.

There are numerous ancient churches in the area, one of which is Agios Nicolas tis Stegis ...

TRADITIONAL DANCERS

This will give you an idea of what happens at a traditional Cypriot dinner party.

After the festival, we have a dinner party, all the choirs together.
Cypriot traditional dancers open the programme, and finally we are all ...

... as well as four others who fell on the battlefield, would be buried in the area without any relatives or even a priest present. The nine men that were hunged, were buried immediately following their execution. Hydrochloric acid would be poured on the corpses so the exact place of burial is not known.

After Cyprus gained her independence, the area became a national monument where thousands visit. A sign ...

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I do however know how to admire my friends, and have fun.

Again I want to thank the people from the ATHK choir who did their very best to make our trip to Cyprus unforgettable.
It was fun, and indeed the Greek people left with the best impressions of Cypriot hospitality.

... some wait for the parade to start. We are all scattered here and there, and I am busy taking pictures, knocking on doors to see the inside of houses and gardens, taking photos of women working on their embroideries, and talk with the locals. Everywhere I see happy faces and hospitality. Women seeing me taking photos insist upon offering me a homemade dessert or a cup of coffee. Of course I have no time for such luxury! Men are sitting at ...

... were very polite and after we explained about our walk and showed them the pictures we had taken, all of them of us, they let us proceed and wished us luck. We arrived at the, what should have been the start point, to find the nearby picnic area packed with even more people all enjoying their day out. This will be the last report from the team for a while as the weather is hotting up. After summer we will pick up the trail from where we left off. C U then.

... to see what we had originally came for. Therefore we settled for wandering around each side of the city for a couple of hours trying to get a feel for the life style and endeavoring to understand what it was that had happened. We had withdrawn some Cypriot Pounds from an ATM on one side, only to walk a couple of klms across the "border" where we withdrew Turkish Pounds from an ATM there. The past three days could not have been of greater contrast, starting with visits to ancient ...

... say. now, heading out to Cyprus for the night. As long as Bank of America opens my account again, then i will be able to have a little cashola. They stopped my account when i specifically called them to let them know, that i would be away. So frustrating. I may be a cypriot panhandler by the time it's all over. well, that's all for now. i'll keep ya posted.

... calls on the other. He was trying to arrange a pickup while giving me a white knuckle ride at the same time. Dropped off in Limasol I located the office, took a deep breath and entered. I tracked down my contact in the partitions and once I introduced myself.. "Ahh, you are the cyclist from England who wants to go the Greece, yes?". The girl in the office had phoned ahead. From then on it was plain sailing ...

... a drink, which I was eager to do. Impressive as the city was, the jewel in Girne's crown, was the castle museum. Inside, prehistoric artifacts were on display but more impressively, the oldest recovered shipwreck was prominently shown. The shipwreck, an ancient boat dating back to 300bc had been found off the shore of Girne and the hull of the ship was modestly pieced back together. The cargo of coins and supplies, on display as well. Being bored of castles and churches, I ...