Cyprus - Wednesday 12th May 2010.

The morning today began by an enormous amount of eating. We had to work through as much leftover food as we could before we had to leave at 10am. There was no option to take anything from the refrigerator with us as anything that required cooling would be at a million degrees well within the six hours it took us to book into Villa Klouni for our second week.

The melon (named Tara as she was unable to come) was swiftly eaten, and I even managed some more ice cream. Most of the food was binned to be fair.

We were ready, packed and out of the house for 0955hrs, winner.

Gaz and Janey were due at the airport for about 1630hrs so we had almost a full day’s worth of last minute sight seeing to do.

The plan was to stop off at the Limni Jetty (just down the road from the house). It was out most elusive cache and we had failed to find it about three times over the week. With a little help from the cache owner (via Goldy) we found it within minutes, genius hiding place!

The day passed quite quickly. We took in Kourion, the chariot race track and the Sanctuary of Apollo with a spot of expensive (and beige) lunch at Avdimou Beach at the Malanda restaurant. I love this beach so much. It is typically our ‘last day’ beach and is really still and relaxed. If there was a place that I could go, live in a hut and sit about all day in my pants, this would be it.

We drove back towards the airport and stopped of at the Birthplace of Aphrodite, a giant rock on the beach which is said to be one of Zeus’s balls from which Aphrodite burst. In reality it looks like a headland which had been made into a small island by the tides and waves of the Mediterranean or and erratic rock.

After this stop we said goodbye to Gaz and Janey. They are excellent travelling companions and would love them to stay for a second week! Also, Gaz seems to be good at this writing lark