This Sunday’s road trip ended up proving the wealth of natural beauty that Cyprus has to offer. Our goal was to make it to the northwestern tip of the island, called Cape Kormakitis. We headed north of the Buffer Zone from Nicosia in the direction of the massive Turkish/”Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” land flags toward Kyrenia. On our way we found acre after acre of rolling hills, the valleys of which were being farmed.
After driving down the coastal road along the north edge of the island, we made a stop in the lush city of Lapta in the foothills of the Pentadaktylos Mountains, where we again had an opportunity to photograph goats.
The sea was a wonderful shade of blue on this clear day, so we stopped in “Horseshoe Bay” for lunch and some backgammon.
For the final few kilometers to the cape we drove along a dirt road that was lined with fields of yellow flowers.
Not far past these fields we found two abandoned buildings that had an eerie presence overlooking the sea. Both buildings were abandoned and empty so we spent some time filming a pilot episode for a future reality tv show that combines features of Man vs. Wild and Locked Up Abroad.
At the northwest tip of the island there is a small islet that would have been easily reachable if the water was warmer and the weather had not turned windy and rainy. However, this is another area on the island where the beach is not a very pleasant area to sit and enjoy. The sea-worn rocks that make up the shore are extremely jagged as you can see below.
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