The Xeros River In Winter
Published 11th of January, 2019
Snow-Capped Mountains
In the distance, you can see the snow-capped Troodos Mountains. Who knows? Perhaps the hill where I took this will get a covering of snow in the near future too? It was certainly feeling cold enough.
To The Sea
There are some weird colours going on in this photograph. It doesn't do the scene justice though.
The Road to Sinti Monastery
Now, I needed to get back down to the river. Well, I didn't need to. I needed to buy some bread in Paphos. However, I wanted to see what the river looked like by Sinti Monastery.
Getting There...
The road to Sinti is pretty good. This isn't it. I took a wrong turn at one point, but stopped when I got here as I wasn't sure where it led, and it was getting very muddy.
Another Wrong Turn
I could have gone down that track too, but I had no idea where it went. I will save exploring that for a drier time of year.
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