Paphos Life

Out of curiosity why do you want to use a VPN to access your banking app? You may find that the banking app doesn't like being used with a VPN. Most people use VPNs to view location-specific content (ie you must be in a specific country) or to mask the fact that they are using a service (eg torrents...

It's been a week since we had our site visit, so this morning I went down to see what progress had been made in the interim. The vast majority of the road seems to be finished now. The workers appeared to be finishing the tiles by brushing cement dust between them. That's what it looked like to me a...

Vretsia is an abandoned village at the top end of the Xeros River. If you are going on a jeep safari through Paphos Forest you will no doubt travel through here along your way to the Venetian Bridges. It is a beautiful place tinged with sadness. Cyprus has more than it's fair share of abandoned vill...

This is the 360 version of the film we published a few days ago. It was recently announced that the old route to Last Castle (and Avakas Gorge) had re-opened. So we went for a drive to see if the claims were true. They were. In this extended 360 version of our previous film with commentary, we start...

You can ask Jim but I think they are pretty much retired now. They had a long service though!

Latsi, on the North Coast of Paphos, is one of the region's hidden gems. Indeed, the same could be said for the entire North Coast of Paphos. In this film we fly the drone over the harbour before gliding past the beach. From here you can get numerous boat tours, or just take a seat at one of the ama...

Universal is a residential area, sandwiched between Kato and Central Paphos. Comprising of apartments and complexes it provides a convenient location for anybody seeking easy access to city amenities, while remaining just outside the main tourist strip. When we first moved to Cyprus, we rented an ap...

Those are beyond my control!

I cleaned the lens too!

In this film we take a nice quiet drive through a big chunk of Paphos City. We start up at the Post Office Roundabout, then head down Butcher Boy Road. We turn left at the Immigration Centre, then cross the B7 into Old Town. We take a slightly unusual trip from there to Kings Avenue Mall. Along the ...

Ok, I have just done some tests. It seems that gmail and yahoo are now requiring a security feature that is not yet implemented by everywhere. The setting in question is DMARC. I have no idea what that is yet, but will investigate as it looks fairly widespread. You can check hotmail here: https://mx...

Basically, the person sending you the books has been identified as a spammer, and your mail host is rejecting their emails.

Whether they are a spammer or not I couldn't tell you. Is this a legit service? If not, then this is hardly surprising.

In order to drive to Lara Bay, the safest way has always been the route from Ineia. It was much less bumpy than the main coast trail past Avakas Gorge. However, as part of the Akamas Plan the road network is being improved. In order to do this, part of it had to be closed for renovation work. The pa...

He will be looking at it when he gets time.

May has arrived, and with it another site visit to the Coral Bay Strip. During my tour I put all your questions to the Supervising Engineers. Find out how the renovations have progressed, and when the strip will be open again. Let's jump right in... Read the article and chat about it below...   cora...

I think you are using it wrong.

All I do is click on the P button, then enter the number I have parked in.

What happens when you try?

On Friday we had a site visit to Coral Bay and were given a tour by the lead Engineers on the project. We will be posting that film in a day or two, once the corresponding article has been finished. In the meantime, here is the drone footage we made on the day. It is only a few days now until it re-...

Nice to see you posting again anyway. Now get back to the wife.

They've been improving the road network in the Akamas over the last few years. For a good while, the only way to get to the very popular Last Castle Restaurant was via a bumpy alternate route. Today though, word came through that the main coast road was open again, so we went down to check it out. h...