Sunday 29th April 2012

Another warm day although with no blue skies. Throughout the day there was 100% thin grey cloud cover making any distant viewing very hazy.

Sea Caves

 Yesterday, when wandering in Larnaca brother Kevin fancied a boat trip to the old ghost town of Farmagusta.  However they only run on Saturday and Wednesday from the marina.  Therefore we decided on a whim to travel to Agia Napa to see if anything was different from there.  A late and lazy start we drove through Larnaca taking the coast road to Dhekhelia which runs parallel and close to the sea, to the Sovereign base, which the road routes then through taking the last part of the journey on the main inland A road.  Don’t understand why this is so when we were not allowed in the base at Eposkipi.  However brother Kevin was interested in the regiments that were stationed there, saying that most would be in reserve for deployment to Afghanistan.

Fish in the harbour

Agia Napa Harbour

Once in Agia Napa we first visited the famous Nissi Beach which is white / yellow sand compared to the normal grey.  It looks beautiful on the calendar of Cyprus beaches which hangs in the kitchen but not so today.  The grey clouds made the water also look decidedly grey, with little blue colour although it looked crystal clear.  The beach had many holiday people on sun loungers and we wondered what it is like with wall to wall bodies come August.  From there we journeyed on to the old harbour of Agia Napa passing through the area of bars, clubs, tourist shops and of course restaurants.  

Spotting something of interest

The harbour at Agia napa is actually very pretty and we wandered looking at the boats.  No trips to Farmagusta from here today either but we all agreed on an 1.5 hour trip along the coast at €7 per head seemed reasonable.  A quick and expensive snack and we were away for what was an enjoyable trip, firstly riding close to the sea caves and then along the coast past Nissi Beach to an anchor point where the boat stopped for a while and a few brave soles jumped from the boat to swim.  Whilst the water was clear it looked fairly cold to me, but mach men shouted out it was lovely urging others to join.  Only one girl who followed her boyfriend screamed “Its freezing!”  The trip finshed ten minutes short of the 90 minutes but I don’t think anybody minded much.

The drive back was uneventful except for a stop at a roadside stall to but fresh strawberries, water melon and salad stuff.  After a welcome home drink it was time to eat and then two games of Yahtzee which was fun with Kevin winning both games.