The wide view

Here are a couple of panorama shots from Cyprus. Click on the picture for the full size view.

The first is the restored jetty at Limni. Copper and gold ore were mined and shipped from this jetty for years. In fact some of the mines on Cyprus pre-date the Romans.

In this case the shift in global markets made the mining uneconomic, and the land is being developed as a new resort with golf courses. For myself, I hope the development fails, like the mines.





And here from an earlier era is a Greco-Roman amphitheater. You could still use this today. Awesome, as they say on da street.


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