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Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:16 am
by Dominic
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...
Read the article and chat about it below...
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Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:35 am
by LouiseCastricum
Enjoyed that. Thank you Max and Dominic.
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:57 am
by Boxsterann
Many thanks they are excellent photos.
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:57 am
by Poppy
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!
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:27 am
by Yioula
Thank you Max for a great blog very interesting........
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:01 pm
by brengreen
Thank you for a great blog. I might try this in April. Can it be done without a 4x4?
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:37 pm
by Dominic
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.
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 3:22 pm
by brengreen
OMG. Thanks for the info.
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 5:04 pm
by PaphosAL
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...
AL
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:07 pm
by cyprusmax47
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....
Max
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:52 pm
by brengreen
Thanks Max
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:21 am
by cyprusmax47
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.
postscript_01.jpg
The second one is the same view, taking 30 paces backwards.
postscript_02.jpg
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
Max
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:37 am
by Dominic
Here you go:
The Sign
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Left Hand Side
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Right Hand Side
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Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:04 pm
by Bograt
Thank you so much Max, and Dominic. Very interesting, and I will be doing that road trip when I am next out.
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:27 am
by cyprusmax47
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.
Max
Re: Max's Crystal Road Trip
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:32 pm
by Lofos-5
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...).
A.