Southern Cyprus, Again

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

50 weeks ago, I did something that pissed Lucy off. I went one country in front of her, and for the last 50 weeks, I have had to listen to her, how she needed to catch up, I even threw new countries in her face, but that didn't help, all she wanted to do was get level, and as her birthday was coming up, she went and made the decision, bought the flights, and finally, she was going to Cyprus.
 
Now I'm not going to bore you all with a repeat of what I saw, well maybe a little, so here is a story of Cyprus, the real Cyprus, the Greek cyprus.
 
Day 1
 
Once again, we stayed in Limasol, same place, it was good. We had a quick run around there, seeing the fort and the mosque, but there is not much really there to see.
 
Day 2
 
First up was Kourion, it was good, but it amazed us that 8 coaches came and went whilst we were there. They only saw the villa and theatre, they missed the best mosaics !!! Pafos was quite horrid again, but the mosaics are good. This time we visited the fort, good views of the water !!! The Royal Tombs had not changed, actually I missed some last time, so it was good to return. We kept driving till we hit the far left corner, and there it was, Aphrodite's pool. Small, uninteresting, but there were two eels in it !!!
 
To get back we decided to go across the mountains. For over two hours, we drove, saw a beautiful sunset, watched the petrol guage go down, so I was a little worried. Eventually, as we neared Troodos, the snow was up to our knees, ice on the road, but our little shitter kept going. Once over the top, it was all down hill to a tavern with a meze for dinner
 
Day 3
 
It was a public holiday, so there was nobody on the road. Once parked, we walked the traditional way in, over the old Ledra Palace Road entrance, where we entered the part of Cyprus that believes it is another country, had a piece of paper stamped, and entered. Nicosia, Lefkosia, Lefkosa, really is special. The North is old, no Western decadence here, just churches, converted into mosques by the Ottomen, kind of special, especially St Sophia. So nice, sitting nearly in the centre, standing out like dogs balls !!! Lucy was interested more in the Green Line, so we followed it as much as possible. It was interesting looking through the cracks, seeing the old disused buildings. We tried to take many photos, but many a time, guns were thrust our ways.
 
A week after I left Cyprus, the two sides got together and opened up Lidras street. Its in the centre and goes from the North to the South. As we left the other side, and re-entered Cyprus, once again, we were back in Westyville. Starbucks, McDonalds and all that other shit. Had I missed it for a couple of minutes? God no !!! We followed the Green line on this side as well, just as impressive. We also went up a tower, to look from above, and as I said before, St Sopia the mosque stood out, above all.
 
Day 4
 
Back into the Troodos moutains we went. Once up the top, the snow was bucketing down, so Lucy ran around, celebrating her birthday. Once in, we drove down to Kykkos Monastery. Still the largest, quite new compared to the others, but still nice. The paintings are amazing, but I still don't understand them. The majority of churches are locked up, but there always is St Nikolaos. Simply beautiful the paintingss in there. I saw last year, and once again it reminded me of the churches in Romania. Lucy took a sneaky photo. Oh well, it was her birthday !!! As it got later, we ended up in a little town with another old church, but this time, somebody had rung the caretaker. The paintings were amazing. We were so lucky.
 
Back in town, the red wine flowed, like there was no tomorrow.
 
Day 8
 
The rest of the days are another story, but on the last day, we saw Larnaca. I took Lucy to the fort and then the mosque. A local came in and said no photos, but it was all to late !!! We went into Agios Lazaros, but old Lazarus still had not returned. Nice church though. On the way to the airport, we visited the church at Kiti which has an amazing old mosaic, and last but not least, the Hala Sultan Tekkesi mosque. I couldn't find it last time, and inside there is a nice shrine,
 
And then it was over, we were on our way back to the UK
 
And Finally
 
It was good to come back and see a few things in the normal Cyprus, but as I have said before, the wine, oh the wine, you just cannot beat the wine from a Med country !!!

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001 Fort, Limassol 001 Fort, Limassol 002 Minaret, Limassol 002 Minaret, Limassol 003 Ablution Pit, Limassol 003 Ablution Pit, Limassol 004 Koranic Script, Limassol 004 Koranic Script, Limassol
005 Statue, Limassol 005 Statue, Limassol 006 Sculpture, Limassol 006 Sculpture, Limassol 007 Big Bike, Limassol 007 Big Bike, Limassol 008 Lucy in Limassol 008 Lucy in Limassol
009 Mosaic, Kourion 009 Mosaic, Kourion 010 Theatre, Kourion 010 Theatre, Kourion 011 View at Kourion 011 View at Kourion 012 Lucy at Kourion 012 Lucy at Kourion
013 Mosaic, Kourion 013 Mosaic, Kourion 014 Mosaic, Kourion 014 Mosaic, Kourion 015 Mosaic, Pafos 015 Mosaic, Pafos 016 Mosaic, Pafos 016 Mosaic, Pafos
017 Mosaic, Pafos 017 Mosaic, Pafos 018 Mosaic, Pafos 018 Mosaic, Pafos 019 Sign, Pafos 019 Sign, Pafos 020 Pillars, Pafos 020 Pillars, Pafos
021 Mosaic, Pafos 021 Mosaic, Pafos 022 Mosaic, Pafos 022 Mosaic, Pafos 023 Mosaic, Pafos 023 Mosaic, Pafos 024 Mosaic, Pafos 024 Mosaic, Pafos
025 Mosaic, Pafos 025 Mosaic, Pafos 026 Mosaic, Pafos 026 Mosaic, Pafos 027 Mosaic, Pafos 027 Mosaic, Pafos 028 Mosaic, Pafos 028 Mosaic, Pafos
029 Theatre, Pafos 029 Theatre, Pafos 030 Two Arches, Pafos 030 Two Arches, Pafos 031 Olive Press, Pafos 031 Olive Press, Pafos 032 Fort, Pafos 032 Fort, Pafos
033 David in Pafos 033 David in Pafos 034 Pafos 034 Pafos 035 Lucy in Pafos 035 Lucy in Pafos 036 Burial Tomb, Pafos 036 Burial Tomb, Pafos
037 Lucy at the Burial Tombs, Pafos 037 Lucy at the Burial Tombs, Pafos 038 Lucy at the Burial Tombs, Pafos 038 Lucy at the Burial Tombs, Pafos 039 Burial Tomb, Pafos 039 Burial Tomb, Pafos 040 Burial Tomb, Pafos 040 Burial Tomb, Pafos
041 Burial Tomb, Pafos 041 Burial Tomb, Pafos 042 David at the Burial Tomb, Pafos 042 David at the Burial Tomb, Pafos 043 Burial Tomb, Pafos 043 Burial Tomb, Pafos 044 Burial Tomb, Pafos 044 Burial Tomb, Pafos
045 Lucy at the Burial Tomb, Pafos 045 Lucy at the Burial Tomb, Pafos 046 Burial Tomb, Pafos 046 Burial Tomb, Pafos 047 Lucy at Aphrodite's Pool 047 Lucy at Aphrodite's Pool 048 Aphrodite's Pool 048 Aphrodite's Pool
049 Sunset, Cyprus 049 Sunset, Cyprus 050 Sunset, Cyprus 050 Sunset, Cyprus 051 David in the Mountains, Cyprus 051 David in the Mountains, Cyprus 052 Lucy in the Mountains, Cyprus 052 Lucy in the Mountains, Cyprus
053 Sunset in the Mountains, Cyprus 053 Sunset in the Mountains, Cyprus 054 Lucy in Lefkosia 054 Lucy in Lefkosia 055 Sign, Lefkosia 055 Sign, Lefkosia 056 Mural, Lefkosia 056 Mural, Lefkosia
057 Church, Lefkosia 057 Church, Lefkosia 058 Mosque, Lefkosia 058 Mosque, Lefkosia 059 Ablution Pit, Lefkosia 059 Ablution Pit, Lefkosia 060 Hamam, Lefkosia 060 Hamam, Lefkosia
061 No Man's Land, Lefkosia 061 No Man's Land, Lefkosia 062 Mosque, Lefkosia 062 Mosque, Lefkosia 063 Minaret, Lefkosia 063 Minaret, Lefkosia 064 Ablution Pit, Lefkosia 064 Ablution Pit, Lefkosia
065 Minbar, Lefkosia 065 Minbar, Lefkosia 066 Mihrab, Lefkosia 066 Mihrab, Lefkosia 067 Mosque, Lefkosia 067 Mosque, Lefkosia 068 Lucy in a Mosque, Lefkosia 068 Lucy in a Mosque, Lefkosia
069 No Man's Land, Lefkosia 069 No Man's Land, Lefkosia 070 Lucy and a Sign, Lefkosia 070 Lucy and a Sign, Lefkosia 071 Mosque, Lefkosia 071 Mosque, Lefkosia 072 Caravanaserei, Lefkosia 072 Caravanaserei, Lefkosia
073 No Man's Land, Lefkosia 073 No Man's Land, Lefkosia 074 No Man's Land, Lefkosia 074 No Man's Land, Lefkosia 075 Building, Lefkosia 075 Building, Lefkosia 076 Bullet Holes, Lefkosia 076 Bullet Holes, Lefkosia
077 Building, Lefkosia 077 Building, Lefkosia 078 Building, Lefkosia 078 Building, Lefkosia 079 Building, Lefkosia 079 Building, Lefkosia 080 Sign, Lefkosia 080 Sign, Lefkosia
081 Sign, Lefkosia 081 Sign, Lefkosia 082 Building, Lefkosia 082 Building, Lefkosia 083 Building, Lefkosia 083 Building, Lefkosia 084 Building, Lefkosia 084 Building, Lefkosia
085 Building, Lefkosia 085 Building, Lefkosia 086 Sign, Lefkosia 086 Sign, Lefkosia 087 Mosque, Lefkosia 087 Mosque, Lefkosia 088 Mosque, Lefkosia 088 Mosque, Lefkosia
089 Mosque, Lefkosia 089 Mosque, Lefkosia 090 Mosque, Lefkosia 090 Mosque, Lefkosia 091 Minbar, Lefkosia 091 Minbar, Lefkosia 092 Sign, Lefkosia 092 Sign, Lefkosia
093 Barriers, Lefkosia 093 Barriers, Lefkosia 094 Lucy in the Snow, Troodos 094 Lucy in the Snow, Troodos 095 Igloo, Troodos 095 Igloo, Troodos 096 Snowman, Troodos 096 Snowman, Troodos
097 Snowman, Troodos 097 Snowman, Troodos 098 Painting, Kykkos 098 Painting, Kykkos 099 Painting, Kykkos 099 Painting, Kykkos 100 Painting, Kykkos 100 Painting, Kykkos
101 Church, Troodos Mountains 101 Church, Troodos Mountains 102 Painting, Troodos Mountains 102 Painting, Troodos Mountains 103 Church, Troodos Mountains 103 Church, Troodos Mountains 104 Church, Troodos Mountains 104 Church, Troodos Mountains
105 Church, Troodos Mountains 105 Church, Troodos Mountains 106 Our Car, Cyprus 106 Our Car, Cyprus 107 David in the Troodos Mountains 107 David in the Troodos Mountains 108 Lucy in the Troodos Mountains 108 Lucy in the Troodos Mountains
109 Lucy Drinking Wine, Limassol 109 Lucy Drinking Wine, Limassol 110 Dinner, Limassol 110 Dinner, Limassol 111 Dinner, Limassol 111 Dinner, Limassol 112 Dinner, Limassol 112 Dinner, Limassol
113 Dinner, Limassol 113 Dinner, Limassol 114 Hebrew Script, Larnaca 114 Hebrew Script, Larnaca 115 Koranic Script, Larnaca 115 Koranic Script, Larnaca 115 Koranic Script, Larnaca116 Minaret, Larna 115 Koranic Script, Larnaca116 Minaret, Larna
117 Lucy in the Fort, Larnaca 117 Lucy in the Fort, Larnaca 118 David in the Fort, Larnaca 118 David in the Fort, Larnaca 119 Ablution Pit, Larnaca 119 Ablution Pit, Larnaca 120 Mihrab, Larnaca 120 Mihrab, Larnaca
121 Minbar, Larnaca 121 Minbar, Larnaca 122 Mosque, Larnaca 122 Mosque, Larnaca 123 Mosque, Larnaca 123 Mosque, Larnaca 124 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 124 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca
125 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 125 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 126 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 126 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 127 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 127 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 128 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 128 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca
129 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 129 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 130 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 130 Agios Lazaros, Larnaca 131 Hamam, Larnaca 131 Hamam, Larnaca 132 Mosque, Larnaca 132 Mosque, Larnaca
133 Mosque, Larnaca 133 Mosque, Larnaca 134 Ablution Pit, Larnaca 134 Ablution Pit, Larnaca 135 Minaret, Larnaca 135 Minaret, Larnaca 136 Mihrab, Larnaca 136 Mihrab, Larnaca
137 Minbar, Larnaca 137 Minbar, Larnaca 138 Tomb, Larnaca 138 Tomb, Larnaca 139 Mosque, Larnaca 139 Mosque, Larnaca 140 Church, Kiti 140 Church, Kiti
141 Church, Kiti 141 Church, Kiti 142 Minbar, Menoyia 142 Minbar, Menoyia 143 Mihrab, Menoyia 143 Mihrab, Menoyia 144 Mosque, Menoyia 144 Mosque, Menoyia
145 Mosque, Menoyia 145 Mosque, Menoyia 146 Ablution Pit, Menoyia 146 Ablution Pit, Menoyia
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