seven days of highs and lows.

it's day one post-vacation. and it felt so depressing just staying home.

i along with a bunch of guys&gals started our journey on friday,june 18th. our flight to cyprus was to depart at 2250 GMT. checking in is always a headache,and a slow one. i pity those who are next in line to us. the staff at the desk apparently is a trainee.it took her forever to check the name, and since most of us have two passports (as the UK visa is in the old one),it took her even more longer to figure that out. we turned out to be the last few being given boarding pass.

the journey to republic of cyprus took us 4++ hours. it definitely felt longer than that. i was bored silly.and couldnt really sleep.. once landed, a blast of hot dry air greeted us. it felt like it was in dubai. which i didnt really expect.


then the hired coach took us to our accomodation in konnos bay. after getting our keys,settled in..everyone practically slept in till noon due to little sleep in the plane. in the evening, we went down to the beach.as it was saturday, it was packed full of people. no playing in the water on the first day. we went hiking/walking for good 2.5km to find the cyclop cave. my legs felt like jelly walking along the cliff.. the view was sooo breath takingly beautiful. with the cool sea breeze sweeping your hair, it felt like a scene in a movie.

second day was a pretty relaxing affair. spent the morning at the beach. A,I,N and Y played in the water while i stayed in the shades. it was scorching hot, and the fact that i burn too easily, i kept myself company reading chic lit novel and people watching.. (pssst: the other reason i didnt go into the water this time was, people were gawking at us like we are different species. well the fact that the girls are fully clothed, top to toe in black pretty much draw everyone's gaze towards us.lol.)

third and fourth day, we rented a car. to go to the other part of the island. another road trip,yeehaa! A was the driver, D was the navigator while the rest practically became the radio.=P
a few places that we go: limassol, nicosia,paphos. erk,mana lagi?lupa dah. but i love paphos the most and wished we stayed there instead.

fifth day onwards were spent at the protaras area. we rented two moped/buggies. which look like this:

aaah, the coolest thing ever! though it was impossible to talk due to overly loud engine (which sounded more like the lawn mower), to have an extra layer of compact powder by the end of the ride(from the sand on the road), we couldnt have enough of it. cool gila, i tell you!

then to have fresh fishes barbequed in the darkness (illegaly,i might add!) that was another priceless experience! to add more humour to that,everyone was scarying each other .lol.

ooh, another cool thing: i went on paragliding over the golden coast in Protaras. which i never thought i'd do in a million years.

after the guy strapped me with the equipment and opened the parachute,i started to regret the idea. but i'm glad i didnt chicken out in the end (afterall, €30 was not to be wasted just like that!). then we went on for a crazy UFO ride where we were put on a huge round-shaped float then dragged by a speed boat throughout the mediterranean sea for good ten minutes. too bad there was no pictures of that!

due to over excitement trying various things on our last day, we were late to check out. packing was really exhausting when you need to hurry! thank goodness there was no extra charges for late check outs. 

then the hired coach took us to the airport. everyone practically slept through the journey. then, the usual happens. it took forever for us to check in and get our boarding passes. all other three lanes basically have emptied once we were done with our check-ins. haha.
note to the english/europeans: if you see asians lining up for check in, please get into other lane.lol.


pictures? have a look here