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Max's Crystal Road Trip

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Today Max takes us on a road trip around the Paphos district, to look at some of the fine crystal formations you can find by the roadside. He also shows you a nice vineyard where you can stop for a break and sample their wares...

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Enjoyed that. Thank you Max and Dominic.
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Many thanks they are excellent photos.
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Thank you Max lovely to see the pictures of where I used to live (Kathikas) and my favourite winery too ( Tsangarides) and the lovely Angelos!
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Thank you Max for a great blog very interesting........
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Thank you for a great blog. I might try this in April. Can it be done without a 4x4?
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Yes, it is a road trip. The "dodgiest" bit is getting to site #1, but even that is fine for all vehicles.

We were on the hills behind Site #1 a few days ago, photographing orchids. We passed through it, an took a couple of shots.

The first one shows an idyllic scene. There is even a nature information board, in Greek, so that the locals can appreciate what they are viewing.
 
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The second one is the same view, taking 30 paces backwards.
 
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Fortunately, Max's crystals are before all this crap. You won't have to walk through this.
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OMG. Thanks for the info.
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A smashing blog thanks, Max (and Dom). Beautiful photos and scenery, as always.

A shame about the fly-tipping found... As for the safari tours, they should be be teaching the Country Code! Take only photos and leave only footprints...

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brengreen wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:01 pm Thank you for a great blog. I might try this in April. Can it be done without a 4x4?
It is quite important that it is a nice day as without sunshine the crystals don't look as nice. All roads are tarmac or concrete, but sometimes tricky to find....

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Thanks Max
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Dominic wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:37 pm Yes, it is a road trip. The "dodgiest" bit is getting to site #1, but even that is fine for all vehicles.

We were on the hills behind Site #1 a few days ago, photographing orchids. We passed through it, an took a couple of shots.

The first one shows an idyllic scene. There is even a nature information board, in Greek, so that the locals can appreciate what they are viewing.
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The second one is the same view, taking 30 paces backwards.
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Fortunately, Max's crystals are before all this crap. You won't have to walk through this.
Dominic, Could you enlarge the pic with the nature information board that one can read it? Please

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Here you go:

The Sign
 
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Right Hand Side
 
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Thank you so much Max, and Dominic. Very interesting, and I will be doing that road trip when I am next out.
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Thank you Dominic for the enlarged sign. Translating the Greek text I could not find anything that these Gypsum crystal formations were mentioned there, but perhaps I missed that part. It's more about the Mavrokolympos dam area and vegetation etc...and not geology which is a shame as I believe that many people are interested in that as well when discovering the nice countrysides of Cyprus.

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Thanks also for the winery recommendation - I use to buy white wine from Fikardos as they seem to win lots of prices, taste well and are very reasonably priced. I will now definitely give the Tsangarides Winery a try very soon though.

Such a shame that I cannot take bottles back to Qatar (they are more strict than Bahrain or Oman are when it comes to bacon and booze...).

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