A Village Called “Bad Rock”
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…
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Simple Church Listed in the UNESCO World Heritage
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…
Purpose of Russian Tourists
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,…
St. Lazarus Church
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…
Salt Lake with Flamingos
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….
Seafood Meze
After enjoying the motorboat ride in Paphos in Cyprus, we went to a restaurant the boatman recommended. We chose Seafood Meze. Meze is a set of small dishes like Spanish Tapas and…
Motorboat
It was a very fine day the next day and we spent all day in Paphos in Cyprus without going anywhere. When we were walking along the harbour area, we found a…
St. John’s Cathedral and Archbishop’s Palace
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…
Checkpoint in Nicosia the Capital of Cyprus
This a photo is a cafe near the checkpoint in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus. As you may know, “Checkpoint Charlie” is the name of the checkpoint which used to be…
