Meditation on rocks, Capo Greco, Cyprus
A busy year, a lot of obligations and a big rush at work - are reason enough to plan a short spring break.
We only had one wish.
To find a destination near the sea, where it is warm and has a point where we can indulge in mediation.
The choice fell on Cyprus and the Cape Greco National Park near Aiya Napa.
The fact that this location is located in the immediate vicinity of a large tourist place meant that a large crowd of tourists could be expected, and that's why I decided to visit Cape Greco by car, and not by tourist yachts and ships that do mass tourism.
A large number of tourists come on boats with loud music, jump off the boats and yachts and swim in the immediate vicinity of the rocks.
Unskilled tourists climb onto the rocks and jump from them into the sea...
I had no intention of swimming on this shore, nor of challenging fate and climbing on slippery rocks.
I was just looking for that one point where I could sink into my thoughts, without noise, shouting and loud music.
On these beautiful rocks, such a position could not be found.
The most interesting thing I found near the very visited rocks were the remains of small ponds, in which, due to the high temperature, the sea water evaporated and salt remained in the depressions.
After we took a couple of photos near the rocks (one of them, with a scarf, could be placed in a photography community), we decided to climb to the highest point of Cape Greko and if we didn't find that one point for meditation, we will take some pictures and go back to the hotel.
Luckily for us, when we got to the top, it wasn't too crowded.
There were several free benches where we took a break and enjoyed the wonderful panoramic view.
When I overheated in the strong spring sun, I took a scarf and made a shade over my head.
The photo that was taken then is my favorite from Cape Greco.
As the wind carried the scarf over my head and made it seem light and fluffy, so from my head, when I sat down on the edge of the rock and my gaze was lost on the horizon, all my heavy thoughts flew away and I gave myself up to enjoying the view of open sea.
Boats full of tourists stop at another place, to the miraculous Ayioi Anargiroi church, which has a miraculous source of healing water in the rocks on which it was built.
Tourists, like on the Capo Greco rocks, come to this church by boat. They jump off the rocks and bathe, but we took the opportunity to pray and visit the spring in the rock.
This spring dries up in the summer, but clear traces of healing water can be seen on the rock in the cave.
Here, too, I found a lot of salt from evaporated seawater in the hollows in the rocks.
When it was time for us to return, I found another spot for a short break (more out of a desire to observe the sea, than a need to rest 🙂).
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We travelled across Cyprus two years ago. And when I say across, I mean it - we climbed the highest peak, sneaking to the Turkish zone and stayed in like 5 different places. It was great, I'm considering to come back once :)
I have been to Cyprus twice.
The second time I rented a car (a bit tense because of the steering wheel on the right, but I managed).
Apart from Cape Greco, I didn't visit the mountains (although I know there are interesting places), I focused more on the beaches.
And I peeked into the Turkish part only in Nicosia, where I made a day trip.
The UN buffer zone in Nicósia is quite spooky :)
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It’s amazing how you’re able to avoid the tourists. It’s not so much fun if you don’t have the same energy/vibe as them - like if you want the laidback, quiet and relax time at these rocks but they want to be loud, it’s hard.
And amazing those salt has really formed there!
I tried the taste of salt, better than store-bought 🙂
The view of the open sea from the Cape Greco lookout was the most pleasant to me without the noise. I enjoyed.
Later that evening, in Ayia Napa, I drowned in a crowd in one of the clubs...
You could have took the salt home 😅
Quiet time is over 🤣
It is. So that they arrest me at customs for smuggling 🙂
HAHaa oopss!! nevermind 😂
The sea is so blue! The last time Is aw sea that blue was when I was in the Caribbean. It looks so beautiful, I could see people spending hours sitting on a bench just admiring the view. I've never seen sea water evaporated and leaving the salt in pools, that's a really cool sight.
The Caribbean is too far for me 😕
If the color of the sea in Cyprus is blue like in the Caribbean, then I should not think about such a trip 🙂
I know for sure that the water is salty, probably the same as in the Caribbean (by the amount of salt from the hollows on the rock).
Maybe sometime in my life I will decide on that trip, but it will be exclusively by cruise ship, to visit as many locations as possible in a few days...