Jan 30
Yesterday, there was a small hailstorm and today, there was snowfall in Limassol. This is how winter should be. In the 6+ years before, i have seen it snow in limassol for only one or two times and that too for a few seconds. But, today it lasted much longer. Long enough for Harish to come out and take a photograph.
I didn’t bring my camera to work on the two days it rained/snowed. But, i found this lovely picture of snow-covered troodos taken by Rob and Mandy from Pissouri.
written by Rajaram S
Dec 07
Just as always, I was browsing around for something new and interesting to do in Cyprus. I came across a website which advertised pleasure flights over Cyprus. Looked interesting! So, i sent over an email to the contact address asking for more details. I didn’t expect an answer, as my many previous attempts to contact websites advertising sea kayaking around Cyprus or Hot Air Ballooning over Cyprus didn’t get any replies.
But, I got a reply within a day. The website “
Flying in Cyprus” was not an amateur attempt at a website, but a full fledged one giving lot of information. They have sightseeing trips as well as planes for rent and even flight training programmes.
Some details on the sightseeing trips they offer
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The flight lasts for around 45 minutes
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The flight starts from Larnaca, goes towards Limassol, then towards Troodos and then back to Larnaca
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The price is 85 CYP + VAT per person
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The plane can accommodate two passengers at a time
They also have helicopter trips, but they are more expensive at 250 CYP per person. I would love to go for this flight trip, especially since there is snow on troodos now. I have always wanted to have a better look at the dense Paphos forests just to the west of troodos, but Vidhya isnot very interested in this. If i convince her, you can see lot of photos here!
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written by Rajaram S
Nov 26
UPDATE(JAN 30th 2008): There is LOT of snow on troodos, to the extent that the sun-facing side of troodos (towards limassol) is full of snow. It is even visible from Limassol. Btw, it also
snowed in limassol, something of a rarity!
at least, that is what the pictures of the
Ski Cam on Zeus slope on Troodos are showing. But, it is too early in the winter for heavy snow and in all probability, you should be seeing only dirty snow now on troodos.
But, these are good signs for things to come. The amount of snow falling troodos has been steadily reducing over the past few years and the duration for which there is snow is also reducing. So, if we have early snow this time, lets hope that we have snow on troodos during Christmas.
written by Rajaram S
Jul 20
Kelefos Bridge is the most famous of the still remaining medieval bridges in Cyprus. The other two in the same area are the
Elia and Roudia bridges. I have been to this numerous times in various seasons and it had always been a nice visit.
To go to Kelefos bridge, this is the route to take:
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From the highway, take the troodos exit and go towards troodos.
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After around 20 kms, you will come to the village of
trimlikini.
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Immediately after
Trimlikini, you will come across a junction where there are roads going to various other villages to the right and left. You have to take left where the signs point towards Mandria and Omodos Monastery.
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Proceed towards Mandria on the same road. Just after Mandria, you will see many exits. Don’t go towards Omodos/Platres. Take the turn towards Ayios Nikolas/Pafos.
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After this turn, the road is pretty narrow and single-laned. You have to drive for at least 15-20 minutes to reach Ayios Nikolas.
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Just when you enter Ayios Nikolas, you will see a brown board pointing the turn towards the right for Kelefos Bridge.
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You have to travel for around 6 kms on this earthen road to reach the bridge.
I had always wanted to take decent photographs of the crabs in this river. This time, i took my 70-300 lens and got some pretty ok shots. This place is also good for a picnic with few seats available at the banks of the river. We also did a river-walk, i.e. we walked on the river (as it is just over a feet deep) upstream for more than 1.5 hours. This was a very interesting trip. More about that in a later post. Enjoy the photos.
The photo below was very challenging to take as the insect was skipping around very fast on the water and it was difficult to get a proper focus on the insect. The one below is the best from almost a dozen attempts.
I am very happy with the photos of the crab below, considering the fact that the water was pretty murky and the crab was at least 10-15 cms inside the water. Had to use manual focus with a flash for these shots.
I tried to take a “different” shot of the bridge and as can be seen below, i failed 
You can also visit Elia Bridge which is just 2-3 kms from Kelefos Bridge.
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written by Rajaram S
