Good evening!
This is my participation in #WednesdayWalk hosted by 
In this post, I will show you the photos I took while walking on the salt lake.
Looking at the photo, it may seem to you that the approach to this lake is easy.
No, this is not entirely true, especially considering that I went to him in the hot summer.
Otherwise, I could not show you a photo of the lake, which turns into a salt valley in the summer.
The whole lake is drying up!
This lake, the city of Larnaca, is called Alik and it is the second largest salt lake in Cyprus.
Its size is 2.2 square kilometers.
In 1997, this lake was declared a protected area in accordance with the Cypriot legislation on the protection and management of wildlife.
It is an important protected area (Ramsar Treaty and NATURA 2000 network) and one of the most important biotopes in Europe for aquatic birds.
A linear nature trail passes through the territory of the lake, 4 km long.
Archaeological finds show that the area of Aliki has been inhabited since the Late Bronze Age (2nd century BC).
In the Middle Ages, there was so much salt that for Cyprus it became one of the main export products.
The collection and sale of salt was strictly controlled and taxed.
The last salt harvest took place in 1986.
I was lucky to see this salt harvest.
The collected salt was loaded onto donkeys and the donkeys (without accompanying!) took it to the collection point and returned back.
And so all the time: back and forth!
Too bad I don't have a photo of this scene..
The photos I were taken with a Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70L tablet
