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M56 motorway approaching
Manchester airport, and for once Manchester is displaying its (usually
undeserved) reputation
for rainfall
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Terminal 1 departure lounge
unusually deserted as war with Iraq looms large.
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KLM UK's inter-city shuttle
to Amsterdam. |
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All aboard and ready for
departure. |
Approaching Amsterdam and the
weather shows a little improvement. |
Schiphol and where's that
damned gate? |
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Today the Cyprus Airways gate
is at the opposite end of the airport and that means a 20 minute brisk
walk. |
Cyprus Airways' new A330
Airbus on the stand. |
On board the Airbus. Forget
charter cattle class, this aircraft is unusually comfortable. |
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Arrived in time for Paphos carnival and the
weather is kind this year. |
Kids in a cage?
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Green
Monday, an occasion for family picnics and kite flying.
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The road to Mt. Olympus 11th
March 2003 |
Near the summit of Mt.
Olympus and that snow is still 75 cm deep. |
There has not been this much
water in the Asprokremnos dam since it was built.
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Melt water fills
normally dry stream beds |
And on
downstream to Alassa |
At Alassa
even the roadways surrounding the Kouris Dam are under water. |
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Stormy seas roll
into Paphos harbour |
Cypriot
youngsters dodge waves breaking over the harbour wall.
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25th of
March and still no sign of Spring |
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The SODAP
winery occupies an area of prime real estate in the tourist area of Kato
Paphos and is overdue for development. |
Coral Bay,
arguably the best beach in the Paphos district - at least out of season
when you can see it. |
Coral Beach Hotel - the war and
that sky are the reasons why it is deserted in April!
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April 14th and the
rain is back with a vengeance. Where is Spring? |
Kato Pyrgos is surrounded by areas occupied by Turkey
and only accessible via a mountain road controlled by UN soldiers.. |
Eerily deserted the pretty harbour at Kato Pyrgos. |
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Kato Pyrgos again and we really do have it to
ourselves. |
Not only a newly built harbour at Kato Pyrgos, but an amphitheatre? |
Hark! What light through yonder window breaks. The acoustics at the centre circle are remarkable. |
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The pretty modern church of St. Raphael. |
The rare Moufflon - here in captivity at Stavros, but
they can occasionally be seen in the Paphos Forest. |
Orthodox Good Friday (25 April) and still the bad
weather continues. The air is full of dust and each shower brings it down
... like gravy. |
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Oops! |
Last year's Easter bonfire was big. This one's a
monster. |
It looks even worse close up. |
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Boom! |
No broken windows this year, but the 43% price increase
on the diesel fuel used as an accelerant could have been a factor. |
Health and safety? |
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Keep death off the roads? The spare was little better
and the road tax expired in '95! |
May 1st and the weather has improved ... at last. |
10th May and it is really warming up. |
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Mean and moody? |
Avdimou Bay looking East. |
Avdimou beach looking West. |
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Strange animals are
banned from Pissouri beach. |
Mid-September - Most of the nearby Episkopi Garrison
away in Iraq means a near deserted Curium beach. |
But high temperatures and good on-shore winds mean the
weather is great for kite and sail boarding. |
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Bay Watch? Lifeguards at Curium beach. |
One of Cyprus's two heavy Russian-built helicopters,
used for fire-fighting, moves in for a re-charge of sea water.
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Not a good time for Scuba diving
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