Our last two nights exploring Cyprus included two final sunset photography ops. First, we had read about a shipwreck very near shore that looked like it would provide an interesting foreground.  We drove up and down the coast north of Paphos, asking people  in English where a “shipwreck” was located, and nobody seemed to know.  In our drives down small dirt roads to check yet another section of beach, we came across an old rusted tractor sitting in a banana farm field.  That was too colorful and interesting to pass up (above)…

Finally, we brought up a photo we had seen of the shipwreck on our iPhone, and showed it to a cafe waitress who had just told us there was no “shipwreck”. She looked at the picture, and immediately said “Oh that.  Over there.” and pointed down the beach about a mile.  We never figured out if they call it something else or what the communication issue was, but we found the ship easily enough after that.

The Edro III ran aground in 2011, and can be seen just a few feet off the shore. The ship is badly rusted (upper left), which adds color and character to the wreck.  Just as the sun was setting, two powered paragliders came flying over (middle row). As I was watching them, I was wondering where I could rent such a cool way to see the coast…

Tonight was our last in Cyrpus, and we went to a small village inn that had been recommended for dinner.  While we were eating, clouds rolled in and rain threatened for a couple minutes before passing by.  We finished dinner about half an hour before sunset, and asked the waitress where the best sunset could be seen.  She pointed to the sky full of clouds and said “no sunset tonight.”  “But where would you go if there was a nice sunset,” we insisted.  “Latsi Harbor” was her reply.  We thanked her and drove off in that direction, not expecting much.

As we approached the harbor, the sun peaked through some clouds on the horizon and color began to form.  We rushed to Latsi, grabbed our cameras and tripods, and started running towards the harbor, stopping every few yards to snap another photograph of the rapidly changing sky (upper row).

Once the sun had set, we began to photograph in earnest, with tripods, as the harbor lights came on (lower right).  As the blue hour arrived and the sky turned that deep blue that only happens shortly after sunset, we grabbed as many more harbor images as we could (middle left and lower left).

When the light finally faded, we grinned at each other, and were rather happy to end our Cyprus trip with a light show like this. ☺