The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Last sunset on Cyprus

The author looking into a Neolithic dwelling

Monk of Kykkos Monastery

With the children of taxi driver Manoris

Grilled octopus

Ayia Napa Night Beach Umbrella

Ayia Napa Cave

Ayia Napa beach left Shigeko right Kotetsu

Salamis ruins with daisy flowers in full bloom

Sister looking at the ruins (Shigeko Hayashi)

Salamis Ruins

Aquarium slideshow--Cyprus Island Aquarium

March 18-29, 2007

I enjoyed the last dinner with the family
of the taxi driver (Manoris 41).

The long-awaited seafood "Meze"
was crowded with the Mediterranean dining table.
The shy Manoris children also spoke in Japanese
they had just learned.

It's a good encounter.

You should go on a trip while you are fine.
Go to the next Island tour
before the expiration.

 I walk barefoot on the beach, but the cold sandy beach feels very good.

Kotetsu and her younger sister frolic at the beach.
Kotetsu (my wife) celebrated her 60th birthday on this Island of Cyprus (March 21st).

I reached my 60th birthday on Shikinejima in the Izu Islands.
The day when the spring of true peace will come to the divided northern and southern countries may be near.

 It is said that the green color of beautiful flowers
that continues to the horizon in spring
turns into a dead grass color in midsummer.

It seems that ordinary households can only use
water for one day every three days due to lack of water.

This may also be due to global warming.
At restaurants and souvenir shops that are crowded
with tourists soon,
they are rushing to remake their makeup at a rapid pace.

A land of myths and ruins, flowers and the sun. Visiting the Islands of "Cyprus".

 Studying world history from the Neolithic era was a little too difficult for me, but I enjoyed fantasizing about what is left in the world 9000 years from now, if not an introduction to archeology.

Kotetsu's one word

Spring season when flowers are in full bloom. A trip to a Mediterranean Island surrounded by archaeological sites and flowers, overwhelmed by the blooming scenery of mimosa. Celebrating my 60th birthday on this Island, which peeked into the unknown world of history, became a page of memorable Island tours.

Epilogue