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The beach
- in February! |
Here's where we swim
- in September. (The swimming not the photo!) |
A new truck to drive around in - and no that's not our house in the background. |
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Paphos Harbour Fort |
Easter Poppy fields near Kathikkas |
My old pal Dimi the caricaturist from Greece - and
when you view the enlargement, that's my old truck by his head! |
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40 gallons of
diesel and this Easter bonfire went off like a bomb! Only
three of the church windows were broken
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Petra Tou Romiou - The legendary birthplace of
Aphrodite |
A closer look! |
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Palm trees at Kato Paphos |
But
look what they've done to them! |
A superb specimen of the Jacaranda
tree? |
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It's not
only the trees that get pruned - Before! |
After! |
Curium Beach |
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Coral Bay |
Corallia Bay |
Kato Paphos promenade towards the
harbour. |
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Another view of Kato Paphos towards the Harbour |
From the
Baths of Aphrodite looking towards Morphou Bay |
Kato Paphos promenade away from the
harbour. |
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Beach at
the Baths of Aphrodite. An endearing trait of Cypriots - find a
couple of metres of beauty spot and they'll fill it with sun loungers. |
Fishing
boats at Latchi |
All of
Latchi harbour in a five picture compilation. |
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Latchi Harbour |
Interesting
sunset? |
This
mess was the subject of a UK holiday nightmare TV show.
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now it's fixed. |
Off
the beaten track |
This
stunning bay may soon be turned into a marina.
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what are they going to do in winter when the sea is rough?
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Same
bay - same rough sea! |
Sunday
lunch with family and friends in a tiny restaurant. |
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Sunday, another lunch - same restaurant |
The
restored Panagia
Tou Sinti monastery |
The
church of Panagia
Tou Sinti monastery from courtyard |
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| Inside
the church of Panagia Tou Sinti monastery |
On
a clear day, you can see forever. Morphou Bay from Mt. Olympus |
Morphou
Bay from Makarios's Tomb |
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| Tomb
of Archbishop Makarios III - spot the camouflaged honour guard. |
The
view from the Tomb
of Archbishop Makarios III. |
Mount
Olympus from Makarios's Tomb |
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| The
fabulous Kykkos Monastery. |
Kykkos
Monastery entrance |
Inside
Kykkos Monastery. Sadly photography is not permitted in the remarkable
church, and is rigorously enforced. |
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| Inside
Kykkos Monastery. |
One
of Kykkos's covered galleries |
One
of many excellent Kykkos mosaics |
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| A
section of one of the larger Kykkos mosaics |
Kykkos
bell tower by the road above the monastery. |
Paphos
Fort |
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| View
from roof of Paphos Fort towards Chlorakas |
View
from roof of Paphos Fort across harbour |
View
from the road above Peyia towards Coral & Corallia Bays |
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| View
from trom road between Kathikkas and Theletra towards the Troodos
Mountains |
Autumnal
view from the picnic area above Panagia across the valley |
This
is the main Limassol Paphos motorway at 1.30pm! |
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out - it's getting busy! |
A
few clouds are all you need for another interesting sunset |
Evening
at Paphos harbour |
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And
just to show that it is not all sea and sunshine, you have to keep an
eye on the weather. |
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