Winter Water Features
Published 4th of January, 2020
Trozena Reflections
Autumn leaves can make ordinary places seem strangely beautiful. You can see more of the clearing I referred to behind this tree.
Crossing The Xeros
Anyway, having viewed Trozena Waterfall, we thought we would head to our old friend Sinti Monastery, on the far banks of the Xeros Valley. To get there we drove a recently discovered route that takes us from Trozena to Salamiou. Had I been feeling foolhardy I would have continued from Salamiou to Ayios Ioannis and down the valley that way. We did this route a few weeks ago.
Instead, we turned left and headed back towards Paphos, before turning right at the Sinti signpost. This led us to the following view.
Distant Sinti
The little bridge still appeared to be intact, but we were unsure whether the route from the bridge to Sinti, shown centre, was still open.
Taped Off
When we reached the base of the valley though, the opposite side of the river appeared to be taped off. This was odd.
Bridge Intact
We could certainly drive over this bridge, and we did so. We didn't drive through the tape though, we carefully drove round it.
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