Limassol is a big city, especially when compared to Paphos. We decided not to pay 20 euros each for breakfast and instead we checked out and headed to the Yellow All Day Cafe and Bar. We arrived around 9 AM and were slightly perplexed that "all day" means they don't serve breakfast till 10:30. We had seen more cafes along this strip of the promenade so we started walking towards them. The next cafe was also closed and the third one, Nero's, only had prepackaged breakfast sandwiches. We were not too thrilled about industrial breakfast ut we were not leaving without eating something. We ordered two teas and two egg 'n bacon sandwiches that were warmed up on a panini press. After that we headed out to the Akrotiri marsh. This is a unique area which is located on an overseas territory of the UK. These are a series of military bases, within Cyprus, operated by the United Kingdom and the land is still considered part of the United Kingdom. This marsh had lots of ducks and an inordinate amount of Spur Winged Lapwings, 50 or more. We also saw some cattle and donkeys. We traveled the length of the marsh and on our return trip we saw a large group of 15 or 20 birders. The had the large lenses and were sporting high end binoculars so they were easily identified as birders. We took the coastal road homeward for as long as we could. Suddenly, the road deteriorated and we had to back track a bit to get on the highway. From there it was smooth sailing back to our place.
The promenade along the water is nicely planted
Fountains abound
Public art as well
Yellow yes, but all day...no
A tree and wreaths for the holidays
Offensive graffiti
Big inflatable balls
Mosaics
The hotel in the distance
Framing up the ships docked in the bay
Finally some breakfast tea
At Cafe Nero
We were able to watch the dog parade including this corgi who seemed to be getting trained
A massive dog watched as well
More curch domes
Mr. Ferris's wheel
An entire amusement park
On the outskirts of town the graffiti got much nicer
A boat in the shape of a Rolls Royce
Go go go Santa ho ho ho
We are on the right track
This marsh isthe largest natural wetland on the island and it a Ramsar site, an important bird area (IBA), a special protected area (SPA) and a special conservation area (SCA)
It covers 150 hectares or 370 acres
Very tall reeds
A muddy track
A wood pigeon is the first bird
Eurasian Coot
Cows
Green Winged Teal
Some of the reeds are down
A cattle egret
Northern shoveler
Western Marsh Harrier
Eurasian Wigeons
The marsh harrier hunting
Northern shovelers have very large bills the better to shovel on the food
A very bird like stick
Black winged stilt
Looking back at the tower hide
Lots of waterbirds
Spur winged lapwing
Calf playing king of the hill
Kestrel
Donkeys
The young one playing bite your foreleg
It was far away but it looks like a moorhen
This guy looks old with the gray in his face
A marsh is a good place to look for a marsh harrier
Three horses down
Mixing the horses and the donkeys
A common buzzard my only lifebird for the day
The Eurasian birder
Signs for the UK base
The terrain became hilly with curves
It even looked like Britain
Water conservation is important, especially during a drought
A very arid environment with large caves
A different architectural style for this church
