As it is Halloween and the spirits of the departed are set to walk the Earth, placated only by sweets and small denomination coins, we thought it the perfect time to pay a visit to some spooky Akamas sites. So sit back and enjoy our trip to a pre-Christian Burial Ground and a spooky old mine, with not a janitor in sight.
Read the article and chat about it below...
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
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Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Re: Happy Halloween!
Didn't feel the peace you referred to when you switched of the torch Dominic!!!
Definitely not a trip for the faint hearted, some of the rocks show signs of an imminent collapse.
Definitely not a trip for the faint hearted, some of the rocks show signs of an imminent collapse.
Re: Happy Halloween!
Another amazing blog thanks, Dominic!
I've walked the Smigies nature trail twice, once hauling Smudger (Jacs) alongside me. I thought I had a keen eye for local detail, but never spotted this sort of ancient history that you found.
Had I spotted those caves, and not carrying a decent torch, there is NO way I would have ventured inside... You never know wotz living in there. A nest of BNVs? A rabies infected fox? Giant terantulas? Large rats? OMG, nightmares now...
AL
I've walked the Smigies nature trail twice, once hauling Smudger (Jacs) alongside me. I thought I had a keen eye for local detail, but never spotted this sort of ancient history that you found.
Had I spotted those caves, and not carrying a decent torch, there is NO way I would have ventured inside... You never know wotz living in there. A nest of BNVs? A rabies infected fox? Giant terantulas? Large rats? OMG, nightmares now...
AL

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Nice blog again Dominic and this within a few hours after returning from your trip. It would take me 2 days for the text and upload photos... 
How many meters the drift went in? I was there in this area back in the 80th and there was a gate blocking the entrance from entering. I wonder if there was any bad smell?
Max

How many meters the drift went in? I was there in this area back in the 80th and there was a gate blocking the entrance from entering. I wonder if there was any bad smell?
Max
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As an added bit of fun, can anybody find the five spooky skulls I superimposed on some of the pictures?
I was pleasantly surprised to note that the mines didn't smell of wee at all. There was still a gate on the main cave there, but it had no lock. The multi-level cave had no such gate.
I was pleasantly surprised to note that the mines didn't smell of wee at all. There was still a gate on the main cave there, but it had no lock. The multi-level cave had no such gate.
Web Designer / Developer. Currently working on Paphos Life.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.