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Stroll In Larnaca

Up at 7.30 and to Startour's service center at nine. We book a trip to Paphos on Wednesday and a wine trip on Saturday. We leave for home Saturday evening and going on a day trip is much better than killing time in Larnaca without a home base from the moment you check out of the hotel.

Cyprus - part II.

Eric
2005-12-08 19:45:30

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Stroll In Larnaca

Up at 7.30 and to Startour's service center at nine. We book a trip to Paphos on Wednesday and a wine trip on Saturday. We leave for home Saturday evening and going on a day trip is much better than killing time in Larnaca without a home base from the moment you check out of the hotel.

We walk the avenue, Grigoris Afxention Ave, to the municipal park, which houses the theatre and the small natural history museum. There isn't much to look at on the way, but I do notice another Internet café. I'll try that the next time - the connection yesterday was very slow. The traffic and the smog are pretty dense, but the park is an oasis.

Here are volieres with various birds: hens, turkeys, ducks, peacocks, a big pelican, faded flamingos and even gulls. In a separate cage are some sorrowful small hawks transmitting confined depression. How sad. We rest a while on a bench. In front of us is a telephone booth with a solar panel on top. A school class in uniforms arrives with sketch books, and some of the pupils really do make an effort to draw birds.

White peacock Solar panel on phone booth Pupils

Towards the city centre we pass through a residential area. There is much construction work in Cyprus. It seems they don't use pre-cast elements. Concrete pillars and floors are made on site and walls are made with large red bricks in the holes of the concrete skeletons. It looks pretty solid with adequate iron in the concrete, but one must keep in mind that earthquakes are frequent in this part of the world. I think cement consumption in Cyprus is as high as 1400 kg per capita. In Denmark it is less than 400 kg and that gives you an impression of the building activity. I'm sure much of it is speculation in tourism and the future EU membership: hotels, bungalows and flats. Everywhere you see signs, banners and adds luring you to buy a house or a flat. Real estate is a booming ...