Cyprus

[ Apr.2015 ] We travelled by local bus from Paphos, in Cyprus, to Latchi, a small fishing village. Our guide book says “The most celebrated “fishing village” and has a distinctly tatty air” (I think…

[ Apr.2015 ] We took a local bus from Paphos bus station in Cyprus to go out of the town. Because we had some time before the bus started, we had a rest at the…

[ Apr.2015 ] We looked for the indoor market in Paphos in Cyprus, where we stayed. Our guide book says that it is in an early 20th century building. We did not expect too much…

[ Apr.2015 ] The rock in this photo is the reason for the name of the village, Kakopetria, in Cyprus, where we went during the tour. Kako means ‘bad’ and Petria means ‘rock’. Once upon…

[ Apr.2015 ] The next place we went to on the ‘Round Trip’ tour in Cyprus was Panagia Podithou Church in Galata village, which is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage. You can see it…

[ Apr.2015 ] There were two guides on our tour bus in Cyprus, one was for English speakers and the other for Russian and they gave us information alternately. When we got off the bus,…

[ Apr.2015 ] The next destination in the tour was Larnaca, a town in the south east of Cyprus. This place used to be called Kition. Here, there is St. Lazarus Church, which was built…

[ Apr.2015 ] During our holiday in Cyprus, we joined the tour which took us around the southern side of the island. The first destination was Larnaca Salt Lake. Here, we could see wild flamingos….

[ Mar.2015 ] In Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, we went into St. John’s Cathedral and saw the Archbishop’s Palace from outside. The Cathedral looks rather simple from the outside, but inside it was full of…