Drove
out mid morning and visited the small village of Kaleburnu which has
a cave tomb (Kastros necropolis). Very tight corners through the
village and out to the end of the road.
Crops are grown on most flat area's
A short walk and down some
much overgrown steps to the cave. The cliff above has collapsed
covering most of the entrance.
We
were very surprised at how big the tomb was. About 21m long and 2.5m
high with 3 niches on either side of 7-8 meters where the dead were
laid to rest.
As
well as 3 wells.
Next
as John only slowed at a stop sign ( the stop signs are a good 10m
from the actual corner and one cannot see the cross roads) a police
car lit up it’s lights.
John
pulled over and the first question was "Where is your camera?". Very
surprising?
John
took ours out and was told that we had been taking photos of a navel
ship. John showed the camp photos and navel ship in background. Next
he asked for passports and made us follow him to police station.
Here
we had to wait for the spooks to come. Finally we found out that
someone had phoned the police and told them we were taking photos of
the navel ship. The
photos were taken last night so about 20 hours previous. Any
way the spooks turned up and had a look and said we could go.
Got
to the border by Famagusta to be told that we needed to cross at the
Nicosia border. A quick drive there on red. 70km. A bit slow going
through Nicosia but had too.
When
we went to relinquish our visa form for the car we were told that we
could only get a one day visa as we already had a transit visa. I
explained that we had a 10day visa not transit. So we were told to
keep the form and when we cross back in then we will need to go to
port and extend the expired visa. Does not make sense so will see
when we go back across the border.
Next
customs at the border for Republic of Cyprus border. They asked how
long we were staying and I said 6 weeks, they laughed and said not
possible so I got out with my letter from customs and said yes I can.
After
a bit of reading one guy took over and filled out the P5 form we
needed. All good. Took a little while but got there. Also our green
card insurance works here too.
The official gave us permission to have the car in until Feb 10th.
Started
pouring with rain.
Drove
down to the southern coast and then along towards Larnaca to find a
camp. Bought a punnet of strawberries on side of road. Quite
expensive at €5
John
found us a lovely spot right on the ocean and on solid concrete…….
A
very blustery stormy night.