Cyprus part two

Here's some more images from the holiday...

Cyprus

The first lot of images from our recent sojourn in Cyprus - sea swimming, Troodos, Kolossi castle and street scenes in Phoini.

back

I'm back - I've been sunning myself in Cyprus for the past week. In truth I thought I'd accomplish a lot of great things alongside the sunbathing, drinking and swimming in crystal clear water but other than taking a lot of photographs I didn't do much.

To be honest, I'm not sure if I'd go back to Cyprus, there's too many British ex-pats and the beaches don't match the beauty of those in Sardinia. They also have no idea what a truly dry white wine tastes like!

On the plus side some bits of the Island are incredibly beautiful - one day we went on an off road expedition to the Akamas peninsula, the land rover took us up uneven roads on the ledge of perilously high mountains, we walked a gorge, saw wild goats and drove through a village so high in the Trodoos mountains that clouds blew across the road.

Still, whilst I'm glad to be back in some ways the weather has turned distinctly autumnal, and work looms large.

Once I've edited I'll share some pictures, and I have plenty planned for the next few weeks. For today, since we flew in over night, I'm snuggling down with Mr LROC and catching up on all the TV we've missed.

He has vowed to set up a somewhat less charming sounding blog called London Review of Toilets - I'm hoping it's not an indication of how he feels about this one!

In the meantime here's some Hipstamatic joy from Cyprus.

the perfect getaway

By the time you read this, I may, or may not have booked a last minute holiday. Due to budgetary limitations it will probably be cheap and cheerful but in a perfect world I'd take off to the Perivolas hotel in Oia, Santorini and chill out in their infinity pool overlooking the Caldera and drink fine Santorinian wines.

Unfortunately a week in these this boutique hotel, formed out of Oia's traditional cave houses will set me back more than a fortnight in the Maldives. Still one can dream...

Check out their website for more travel porn at http://www.perivolassuites.gr/

verana

Whilst I'm on the subject of Mexico, the extremely gloomy British 'Summer' weather has reminded me on one of my ultimate getaway destinations. I considered going there as part of our honeymoon but whilst the inside/outside aesthetic looks beautiful it also means that a slightly stronger resistance to creepy crawlies is needed than the average English girl has. Their website is certainly quick to point out the risk of Scorpions!








The hotel, which bills itself as luxury camping, is based on a hill overlooking Yelapa. A village which until recently had no electricity and which can only be accessed by a 30 minute boat ride from nearby Puerto Vallarta. Their starlit scented couples bath sounds divine, now if only they issued a stun gun along with the room key....