First part of the trip to Cyprus, staying in the village of Platres. From here, we continued on to the Akamas peninsula for the remainder of the trip.
Edelweiss Hotel
Monday 9:37 AM
Setting off from Platres on the first day
Monday 9:59 AM
Looking out from Platres
Monday 10:02 AM
The spring at which we fiiled our bottles
Monday 10:05 AM
Chris at the first stream crossing
Monday 10:37 AM
Cascade
Monday 10:40 AM
The Kaledonia river
Monday 10:46 AM
Kaledonia Falls
Monday 10:54 AM
Chris at Kaledonia Falls
Monday 10:55 AM
The falls, again
Monday 11:00 AM
Plane tree bark
Monday 11:05 AM
The foot of the falls
Monday 11:07 AM
Looking up at the falling water
Monday 11:09 AM
Another crossing of the Kaledonia river
Monday 11:14 AM
Hairpin bends on the old road to Troodos
Monday 12:20 PM
Another view of the hairpins
Monday 12:29 PM
Walking on the old road
Monday 12:30 PM
Black Pine (pinus negra)
Monday 2:26 PM
Pine scrub
Monday 2:36 PM
More pines, and a hazy view
Monday 2:45 PM
Pine forest on Mount Olympos
Monday 2:48 PM
On the exposed mule-track down from Troodos
Monday 3:20 PM
Another view across the pines
Monday 3:36 PM
Tuesday was also in the Troodos pine woods
Tuesday 11:31 AM
On the track towards Mesa Potamos
Tuesday 11:38 AM
The entrance to Mesa Potamos monastery
Tuesday 12:23 PM
The village of Moniatis
Tuesday 2:12 PM
Moniatis
Tuesday 3:44 PM
Back in Platres, Chris and I wandered the village
Tuesday 3:56 PM
I'm glad we didn't stay in the Splendid!
Tuesday 4:06 PM
Wednesday's walk began with a view of the old hairpins, as seen on Monday
Wednesday 10:35 AM
View south over Koumandaria region
Wednesday 10:38 AM
Trees, alive and dead
Wednesday 11:06 AM
Dunite rock typically of the Atalanti Trail
Wednesday 11:27 AM
Disused copper mine
Wednesday 11:50 AM
More pine-covered ridges
Wednesday 12:15 PM
Walking through woods
Wednesday 12:35 PM
Flowers and their photographers
Wednesday 12:37 PM
Well-made path across the scree
Wednesday 12:40 PM
View south-west
Wednesday 12:41 PM
Crossing scree slopes
Wednesday 12:46 PM
The scree path again
Wednesday 12:49 PM
A bear in the trees?
Wednesday 12:53 PM
Walking in pinewoods
Wednesday 1:12 PM
Ski infrastructure awaiting next season
Wednesday 1:53 PM
500-year-old pine tree
Wednesday 1:57 PM
Day 4: Fini pots in Platres
Thursday 10:20 AM
Joan and Pat in a pot
Thursday 10:21 AM
Pots
Thursday 10:23 AM
St. Nikolas Church
Thursday 10:29 AM
Another church in Platres
Thursday 10:48 AM
Chris admires the view
Thursday 10:52 AM
Blossom
Thursday 11:13 AM
Another change
Thursday 11:21 AM
Church tower
Thursday 11:32 AM
Bridge on the path towards Myllomeris waterfall
Thursday 11:42 AM
The road into the village
Thursday 11:56 AM
Back in the pines again
Thursday 1:49 PM
We borrowed the hotel dog to lead the way!
Thursday 2:00 PM
Blue lake of the asbestos mine
Thursday 2:45 PM
Mount Olympos
Thursday 2:53 PM
Spoil heaps
Thursday 2:54 PM
Pathside rock with quartz vein
Thursday 3:32 PM
Vicky leads ahead of John's GPS
Thursday 4:17 PM
Vicky
Thursday 4:34 PM
Drink time
Thursday 4:35 PM
Final day - travelling to Drouesia
Friday 10:09 AM
Church in Pedoulas
Friday 10:10 AM
Typical picture-postcard hillside village (Kalopanagiotis)
Friday 10:27 AM
Entering the monastery of Agios Iannis Lampadistis
Friday 10:29 AM
Through the arch into a courtyard
Friday 10:30 AM
Bridges, old and less-old
Friday 10:48 AM
Grasshopper
Friday 10:59 AM
Swallows gathering mud for nest-building
Friday 11:05 AM
Orange tree
Friday 11:07 AM
The monastery again, from above
Friday 11:12 AM
View from the bus
Friday 11:26 AM
Last view of Olympos
Friday 11:56 AM
The entrance to Kykkou Monastery
Friday 12:14 PM
Mouflon and kid
Friday 2:22 PM
Mouflon
Friday 2:32 PM
Mouflon
Friday 2:33 PM