A wild and windy day on the Karpas
ruins
more ruins
The cafe at the Arch Houses where we ate very well.
A ruined (and abandoned) greek church. The icons are fakes, the real ones have been removed for safe keeping.
The Mediterranean Sea
Today was my first day off after the conference. I woke up feeling like staying in bed, but dragged myself out to sort out my return ticket and accommodation. That done, the nice man from Pacific car rental dropped the car in and the day was underway. The car is a real bomb, a Nissan Sunny that is maybe 10 year sold, but it goes fine and I have no energy to fight for something better. I was joined on my travels by Malaysian woman from the conference who doesn’t leave until Saturday, Indriaty Ismail.
We decided that a day away from the hustle and bustle of tourist areas, so set off to the Karpas peninsula. This is supposedly a pristine area formed by the peninsula at the northern end of Cyprus, and I was excited to hear that it is the home of not only ancient ruins, but also wild donkeys.
We set off at about 10.30 am, the scenery is delightful but quickly being destroyed by the rampant development of holiday villas, which seem to be for English speakers.(read the English), Still we saw lots of ruins, had a delightful meal at The Arches restaurant in a tiny village and spent the entire day exploring the peninsula. The beaches are wild and wonderful. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.. There are few road signs and the ruins are seldom signed, so we had no idea what we were seeing most of the time, so we spent lots of time driving around getting lost. There is no protectionj fo the ancient ruins either, so they continue to fall down.
All up, it was a delightful day, but the wild donkeys were nowhere to b e seen. We did see two donkeys, but I suspect they were weren’t wild ones. They were awfully pretty, but a long way off, so no decent pictures.
We decided that a day away from the hustle and bustle of tourist areas, so set off to the Karpas peninsula. This is supposedly a pristine area formed by the peninsula at the northern end of Cyprus, and I was excited to hear that it is the home of not only ancient ruins, but also wild donkeys.
We set off at about 10.30 am, the scenery is delightful but quickly being destroyed by the rampant development of holiday villas, which seem to be for English speakers.(read the English), Still we saw lots of ruins, had a delightful meal at The Arches restaurant in a tiny village and spent the entire day exploring the peninsula. The beaches are wild and wonderful. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.. There are few road signs and the ruins are seldom signed, so we had no idea what we were seeing most of the time, so we spent lots of time driving around getting lost. There is no protectionj fo the ancient ruins either, so they continue to fall down.
All up, it was a delightful day, but the wild donkeys were nowhere to b e seen. We did see two donkeys, but I suspect they were weren’t wild ones. They were awfully pretty, but a long way off, so no decent pictures.
'The' donkey. See him? on the right, the dot in the background.
Dr Ma,
ReplyDeleteYou have a new shopping partner! I hear Tammy Wynette singing a song now.......
I am distressed! I think one has been dumped! LOL
Glad the conference went well. A little presentation to my Women and Public Health Students on the experience might be in order.
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Mein Gott, I had forgotten how women can shop, but you are my favourite still. Some bought 7 or 8 knock off designer handbags, which seem to be the main product of North Cyprus. But you would love the knock off shoes I think.
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