Lotus eating

For three weeks I have just chilled out, I have walked  3 times a week with the Larnaca, Amathus and Polygon Hashes and the occasional side trip of my own but other than that it has been reading in the sun and boxed sets on the DVD except for two Hash Xmas parties which included 4 hour John Travolta sessions that required huge amounts of Brufen the following day to get me ambulatory again. 

Natural stone bridge at Cape Greko

Looking West from Peyia - Nice place to build a house - see the for sale sign

So the lotus eating is over, and yesterday I headed West for a 3 day stay in Peyia, I avoided the motorway and it was worth it for the photo opportunities.

Petra Tou Romiou or Aphrodite's Rock

Today I revisited the Avakas Gorge which Jan and I walked a few years ago. It was eerily silent at midday but in a peaceful way and when I stood still the birds just carried on with their insect hunting within feet of me, I didn't feel as if I was on my own

Off the beaten track.

I went to the Mylos family restaurant the other night in the upper part of the village of Yialia and it lived up to its name, I was the only guest and I dined in one end of the large dining room - which in a previous life had been the village school - and the extended family ate with me next to a cosy log fire, an initially slightly daunting experience but I was treated like an old friend so was soon put at my ease. It was a lovely experience.

Jan and I used to enjoy the occasional bottle or two of Efes, a local Turkish beer when we went to Ali's Bar for a meal and to watch the belly dancers, unfortunately Ali's is no more. I have tried the canned Efes from Makro but it bears no resemblance to the real thing, you can imagine my delight to find that the local Turkish Cypriot shop here n Pyla sells bottled Efes and it tastes just as good as it used to, I now have a bottle or two in my fridge.