Today was my third day in Larnaka. First, I planned to have a farniente day, but it was not really one farniente day.
But let me explain, I planned first to go to supermarket to buy something to eat. This was done in Carrefour Larnaca . I've bought what you buy if you make camping, mainly noodles and sauces, and of course bread and shampoo.
While I was preparing to stay in the swimming pool, I had the idea to go to Pyla, in the UNCYFIP buffer zone. First adventure: I missed the bus to Pyla from 25 meters, so I decided to walk, very bad idea on the Cypriot sun. After 5km, I felt quite bad, so I stopped in a place to drink frappe, then the barmaid found a friend of her who was from there and he drove me there. Surprisingly, he was Turkish Cypriot.
He let me in the center of the village which is unique: you have in your left 1 turkish cafe, on front: one greek cafe, on your right: a litle house for the UNCYFIP.
Walking aroung the village I noticed there are barriers everywhere. On the top of the mountain, the NCTR and Turkish flags. You have one orthodox church and one islamic mosquee.
The streets have no name, as I'm told, if the Greek would prefer "Makarios" for the main road, the Turks would prefer "Mustafa Kemal street".
Both schools, the Turkish and the Greeks are 100 meters away from each others.
This village was for me like all the mountain village, very peacefull. It's one cultural border between Europe and middle east, between christianity and islamic areas (but for the lebanon), and It's peacefull.
To come back to Larnaca, same issue, The 5.30PM bus did not arrive, so I decided to go to the big road and find a bus, and same guy, found me back and drove me back to Larnaka.
Going back my flat, I noticed that I get quite tanny, I must take care next days not to get really burned.
But really, it's good vacations until now
In this picture taken from Pyla, you can see the mosquee tower and in the right, over the roofs , the roof of the orthodox church
But let me explain, I planned first to go to supermarket to buy something to eat. This was done in Carrefour Larnaca . I've bought what you buy if you make camping, mainly noodles and sauces, and of course bread and shampoo.
While I was preparing to stay in the swimming pool, I had the idea to go to Pyla, in the UNCYFIP buffer zone. First adventure: I missed the bus to Pyla from 25 meters, so I decided to walk, very bad idea on the Cypriot sun. After 5km, I felt quite bad, so I stopped in a place to drink frappe, then the barmaid found a friend of her who was from there and he drove me there. Surprisingly, he was Turkish Cypriot.
He let me in the center of the village which is unique: you have in your left 1 turkish cafe, on front: one greek cafe, on your right: a litle house for the UNCYFIP.
Walking aroung the village I noticed there are barriers everywhere. On the top of the mountain, the NCTR and Turkish flags. You have one orthodox church and one islamic mosquee.
The streets have no name, as I'm told, if the Greek would prefer "Makarios" for the main road, the Turks would prefer "Mustafa Kemal street".
Both schools, the Turkish and the Greeks are 100 meters away from each others.
This village was for me like all the mountain village, very peacefull. It's one cultural border between Europe and middle east, between christianity and islamic areas (but for the lebanon), and It's peacefull.
To come back to Larnaca, same issue, The 5.30PM bus did not arrive, so I decided to go to the big road and find a bus, and same guy, found me back and drove me back to Larnaka.
Going back my flat, I noticed that I get quite tanny, I must take care next days not to get really burned.
But really, it's good vacations until now
In this picture taken from Pyla, you can see the mosquee tower and in the right, over the roofs , the roof of the orthodox church
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