Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....

We had been warned that it does sometimes rain here. This was something else, 20 hours of driving downpour. Apparently Lapta had the highest rainfall, a total of 8.5 inches over the period and as all four houses in our lane, are on a slope, the water flows down hill from the top of the road and through each garden. Unknown to us, we had created a dam between the walls, the pool terrace and our driveway, so we actually ended up with a second swimming pool. This in itself would not be so bad, but the problem was, that due to the excessive rain the dirty garden water flooded over the terrace and into the pool. Luckily for us the pool has still not been filled yet so no harm done, but there was more than a meter of water in the deep end. If this had happened after the pool had been brought into service, then we would have had a serious problem.

We resolved to speak to Darryl a.s.a.p. so that they can lay a pipe under the driveway before we get any more serious rainfall.