The Clock is Ticking - 18th July 2007

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35372284.post-24236596017948626242007-07-18T11:53:00.000+03:002007-07-18T14:38:53.314+03:00The Clock is Ticking - 18th July 2007<div align="left">Many people will know Cyprus as a holiday island and may even have been here to one of the holiday resorts by the sea. Our local town of Paphos is one such holiday destination and is pretty much indistinguishable from a thousand other tourist destinations here in Cyprus and in Greece, Spain and all around the Mediterreanean Sea. </div><div align="left">Paphos is slightly different in that it is split into two distinct areas. There is Kato Paphos (Lower Paphos) which is the tourist area with its hotels, bars, restaurants and beaches. In its favour I have to say they have a great ice cream shop on along the sea front which I would recommend to anyone who visits the island. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Then there is the old town area called Pano Paphos (Upper Paphos) which is the former Turkish town centre complete with its mosque. This is the part of Paphos that I particularly like. The area still has a Turkish feel to it with many small workshops, trademen and artisans all of which are open to the street for the passerby to see. Before I finish with this blog I wanted to give some idea of what this area is like and so this entry is merely a series of photographs showing a little of everyday life in Pano Paphos. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Pano Paphos has a central open market area that is now used as a carpark, a covered public market that has many small stalls selling linen and other tourist goods and nearby is the mosque that is now closed. The area is surrounded by a series of small streets with 2 storey buildings usually with a workshop at the street level.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Apologies in advance for the poor quality of some of the pictures.</div><div align="center"> </div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3ZliyALPI/AAAAAAAAAEM/5HSlIpliEcQ/s1600-h/Jul01+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088462393013447922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3ZliyALPI/AAAAAAAAAEM/5HSlIpliEcQ/s320/Jul01+001.jpg" border="0" /></a> One of the small side streets with its small workshops <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3bMiyALQI/AAAAAAAAAEU/QjcvKrqK3Dg/s1600-h/Jun09+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088464162539973890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3bMiyALQI/AAAAAAAAAEU/QjcvKrqK3Dg/s320/Jun09+002.jpg" border="0" /></a>Peering into a workshop were they make chairs. Just chairs! <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3cJCyALRI/AAAAAAAAAEc/VQSuABdzsm8/s1600-h/exhausts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088465201922059538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3cJCyALRI/AAAAAAAAAEc/VQSuABdzsm8/s320/exhausts.jpg" border="0" /></a> Customized exhausts. <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3dayyALSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/8BbJ7BE-mZ4/s1600-h/tailor.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088466606376365346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3dayyALSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/8BbJ7BE-mZ4/s320/tailor.jpg" border="0" /></a> A tailor at work outside his shop. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3eXSyALTI/AAAAAAAAAEs/XX3_tLw8wnc/s1600-h/pews.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088467645758450994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3eXSyALTI/AAAAAAAAAEs/XX3_tLw8wnc/s320/pews.jpg" border="0" /></a> A furniture shop preparing the tall church pews typical of the Greek Orthodox Church <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3ffyyALUI/AAAAAAAAAE0/cJRIjlZI9HU/s1600-h/market.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088468891298966850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3ffyyALUI/AAAAAAAAAE0/cJRIjlZI9HU/s320/market.jpg" border="0" /></a> Looking inside the covered public marketNotice that amid the traditional Cyprus lace there are the racks of pirate DVDs <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3htSyALVI/AAAAAAAAAE8/pS8iHloNH3E/s1600-h/dvds.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088471322250456402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3htSyALVI/AAAAAAAAAE8/pS8iHloNH3E/s320/dvds.jpg" border="0" /></a> A selection of DVDs easily available at many of the market stalls <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3jgyyALWI/AAAAAAAAAFE/XUy9PWAz1gY/s1600-h/tinpanalley.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088473306525347170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3jgyyALWI/AAAAAAAAAFE/XUy9PWAz1gY/s320/tinpanalley.jpg" border="0" /></a> Tin Pan Alley <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3njSyALXI/AAAAAAAAAFM/J7GE3EHU7G8/s1600-h/welding.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088477747521531250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3njSyALXI/AAAAAAAAAFM/J7GE3EHU7G8/s320/welding.jpg" border="0" /></a>Busy at work welding in the streetSomething completely illegal anywhere else due to the possibility of 'arc eye', damage to the eye caused by looking at arc welding without protecting the eyes <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3oLiyALYI/AAAAAAAAAFU/e8TIx4YNolQ/s1600-h/mosque_pano_paphos.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088478439011265922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3oLiyALYI/AAAAAAAAAFU/e8TIx4YNolQ/s320/mosque_pano_paphos.jpg" border="0" /></a>The mosque near the central market <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3o6iyALZI/AAAAAAAAAFc/zjv7qKMMQ9Q/s1600-h/not_sure.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088479246465117586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3o6iyALZI/AAAAAAAAAFc/zjv7qKMMQ9Q/s320/not_sure.jpg" border="0" /></a> A workshop doing heaven knows what <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3ppSyALaI/AAAAAAAAAFk/v8Qu_pSILF0/s1600-h/furniture.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088480049624001954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3ppSyALaI/AAAAAAAAAFk/v8Qu_pSILF0/s320/furniture.jpg" border="0" /></a> Outside one of the furniture workshops <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3qQCyALbI/AAAAAAAAAFs/XA0chGertHk/s1600-h/clothes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088480715343932850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3qQCyALbI/AAAAAAAAAFs/XA0chGertHk/s320/clothes.jpg" border="0" /></a> A clothes repair shop <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3q0CyALcI/AAAAAAAAAF0/oQPQ8ln2hxc/s1600-h/cycle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088481333819223490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3q0CyALcI/AAAAAAAAAF0/oQPQ8ln2hxc/s320/cycle.jpg" border="0" /></a> Bicycle repairs <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3rQyyALdI/AAAAAAAAAF8/wQaNijx-Of8/s1600-h/m-cycles.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088481827740462546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3rQyyALdI/AAAAAAAAAF8/wQaNijx-Of8/s320/m-cycles.jpg" border="0" /></a> And the motorcycle repair shop <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3tQCyALeI/AAAAAAAAAGE/w92xxpcu-as/s1600-h/upholstery.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088484013878816226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3tQCyALeI/AAAAAAAAAGE/w92xxpcu-as/s320/upholstery.jpg" border="0" /></a> Upholstery made to measure <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3uDiyALfI/AAAAAAAAAGM/gccRccGbZDk/s1600-h/inside_furn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088484898642079218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3uDiyALfI/AAAAAAAAAGM/gccRccGbZDk/s320/inside_furn.jpg" border="0" /></a> Another furniture workshop <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3x2yyALgI/AAAAAAAAAGU/5eZmzK0nj04/s1600-h/timothys.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088489077645258242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3x2yyALgI/AAAAAAAAAGU/5eZmzK0nj04/s320/timothys.jpg" border="0" /></a> The entrance to my favourite watering hole in town 'Timothy's Bar'Bar and coffee shop and art dealer and antiques and you name it. <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3yxiyALhI/AAAAAAAAAGc/R68hYbfkpk8/s1600-h/floor1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088490086962572818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3yxiyALhI/AAAAAAAAAGc/R68hYbfkpk8/s320/floor1.jpg" border="0" /> </a>The beautiful tiled floor in Timothy's bar <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3zTyyALiI/AAAAAAAAAGk/TfT9Gqks_xY/s1600-h/floor2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088490675373092386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3zTyyALiI/AAAAAAAAAGk/TfT9Gqks_xY/s320/floor2.jpg" border="0" /> </a>More tiled floors in Timothy'sI am not a foot fetishist honest.<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3z3CyALjI/AAAAAAAAAGs/Mz9gCBvYk9s/s1600-h/warming_up2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088491280963481138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp3z3CyALjI/AAAAAAAAAGs/Mz9gCBvYk9s/s320/warming_up2.jpg" border="0" /></a> The band warms up at Timothy's <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp30YyyALkI/AAAAAAAAAG0/A7CmoWfcJtk/s1600-h/audience.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088491860784066114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp30YyyALkI/AAAAAAAAAG0/A7CmoWfcJtk/s320/audience.jpg" border="0" /></a> Letting down your hair at Timothy's Notice the old chap on the right who is too far gone to get up and shake his stuff. And finally.... <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp31NyyALlI/AAAAAAAAAG8/LjN-MmuYRxo/s1600-h/goat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088492771317132882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ojnTGHWc0w8/Rp31NyyALlI/AAAAAAAAAG8/LjN-MmuYRxo/s320/goat.jpg" border="0" /> </a>Everyone should take their sheep to town now and then. /shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431017988471607130noreply@blogger.com