Thursday 17th May

d*** was expecting an easy day but after breakfast, we walked towards the tourism centre & found a remarkable private archeological museum housing items from 2000Bc until the middle ages. Some of the ancient ceramics were quite extraordinary in there design & state of preservation & a lot of work had gone into curating the collection.

From there we visited the tourism centre as planned & secured a bus timetable for tomorrow as the local bus goes to the airport right past our door.

After a coffee & a rest we set out again to catch a bus to Agia Napa about 45 k east of here. The ride was through new country but much of it was through high rise hotels & apartments on the beach front. The town was very ho hum but at the bus stop was a lovely little monastery which house an icon which was hidden in a cave when the Arabs raided in the 8th century.

Leaving the monastery we walked down towards the little harbour had a beer then visited a Museum of the Sea. The highlight here was a reconstruction of a ship sunk in 302BC where about 70% of the structure was visible. This single masted merchant vessel had been built in the early 20th century & had sailed in the Aegean for several years before being put in the museum. The rest of the exhibits weren't too special but the ship was a true gem.

We caught the next bus back to Larnaca & had a more interesting dinner before retiring.