dizzyblonde
04-02-10, 03:35 PM
Kykkos is situated in a very challenging to get to place in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus. Troodos itself is around the height of Ben Nevis, with Kykkos being on another peak within mountains a couple of hundred feet lower.
The roads are very very good for bikes:D with the odd fallen clump of rocks to avoid I reckon its a deserted place to go play, if you can deal with heights and actually find the roads that get you there safely on.....goood job I had a chauffeur who is a Cypriot Scot then innit!
Photos don't do the roads justice, nor the view from the window of a car
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/084.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/170.jpg
It takes around 2 hrs of steepness to find the place, weaving in and out of small villages scarily built into the hillsides, and beautiful views for miles over forests and the odd tip of snow.
You grow impatient as the altitude gets to you, but the effort of getting there is lost when you find yourself in the most peacful and tranquil place in the world.
And a sigh of relief when you climb out of a 1.4 Seat Cordoba saloon thats undercarriage nearly got ripped off dodging giant boulders in the road:shock:..the most ugliest naffest car for offroading(another story) but happens to be far too reliable for its own good
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/186.jpg
We had the feeling that when the hire woman picked it up after we'd killed it, that the wheels and doors would fall off when the key was put in the lock!!
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/146.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/090.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/092.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/093.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/094.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/096.jpg
The roads are very very good for bikes:D with the odd fallen clump of rocks to avoid I reckon its a deserted place to go play, if you can deal with heights and actually find the roads that get you there safely on.....goood job I had a chauffeur who is a Cypriot Scot then innit!
Photos don't do the roads justice, nor the view from the window of a car
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/084.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/170.jpg
It takes around 2 hrs of steepness to find the place, weaving in and out of small villages scarily built into the hillsides, and beautiful views for miles over forests and the odd tip of snow.
You grow impatient as the altitude gets to you, but the effort of getting there is lost when you find yourself in the most peacful and tranquil place in the world.
And a sigh of relief when you climb out of a 1.4 Seat Cordoba saloon thats undercarriage nearly got ripped off dodging giant boulders in the road:shock:..the most ugliest naffest car for offroading(another story) but happens to be far too reliable for its own good
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/186.jpg
We had the feeling that when the hire woman picked it up after we'd killed it, that the wheels and doors would fall off when the key was put in the lock!!
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/146.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/090.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/092.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/093.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/094.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/Kykkos%20Monastary%202010/096.jpg