Cyprus Travel Blogs

Paddy's Day in Pafos
Mar 17, 2004 (4 photos)

... was telling me its only 5.30 as I emerged from my tent into the chilly air for my first view of Cyprus in the daylight. Beautiful, a dusty, deserted campsite. I could hear the Mediterranean washing against the shore nearby and overhead swallows clicked ...

Pafos to Polis
Mar 18, 2004 (3 photos)

... out and I pass the sign telling me I'm now in Akamas. It is beautiful. I cycle alongside Lara Beach, one of the few in Cyprus where turtles still come ashore to breed. The road again becomes a dirt track and this time its for real. Imagine a road with ...

Nicosia
Mar 21, 2004 (3 photos)

... in the Romulus pub round the corner and meet the manager when I got back. We had a good old chat. I learned quite a bit about Cyprus from him. On Monday 22nd I only had the morning to explore the city before cycling to Larnaca. So I set of early. After ...

IN LIMBO, ON A HOT, DRY ISLAND
Aug 26, 2008 (6 photos)

... long, ribbon-like hair drove me, and he was a professional soccer player for the local Galaxy; soccer-playing is Turkish Cyprus's second religion. Muset Gunsev drove me the eighteen kilometers from Girne to Nicosia, one day.  He was a sixty-year- ...

Cherrio Cyprus
Mar 23, 2004 (2 photos)

... (corny but true). It takes a while to find the hostel tucked in a side street by St lazurus Church. I check in for my last night in Cyprus. Stats. Cycled: 66.5km. Average speed: 19km/hr Max: 41.5km/hr Total distance of trip to date:355.26km

Head for the Hills. Two Days in the Mountains.
Mar 20, 2004 (6 photos)

... patches on their hinds. Having seen photos since I'm sure they were moufflon which is a type of uncommon mountain goat in Cyprus. In late afternoon I got back onto the paved road and came to a junction where the sign for Stavros pointed downhill to my ...

The Sandbags And The Gladrags
Jul 14, 2006 (7 photos)

... for, presumed tortured and dead. The whole thing is bizarre and scary and yet I knew nothing about it since I associate Cyprus with package holidays and lying on the beach and getting drunk at weddings and accidentally swearing in front of my 10 year old ...

Southern Cyprus, Again
Mar 3, 2009 (146 photos)

... the old disused buildings. We tried to take many photos, but many a time, guns were thrust our ways.   A week after I left Cyprus, the two sides got together and opened up Lidras street. Its in the centre and goes from the North to the South. As we ...

In To The North
Mar 23, 2008 (88 photos)

... removed. 43000 armed Turks are stationed here. 162000 Turks have been imported over. 57000 out of 116000 Turkish Cypriots have left Cyprus since the Turks invaded.   So, should I really be going there?   The Border   After getting lost ...

Cyprus, Northern Style
Mar 5, 2009 (136 photos)

... import living in what is known as the TRNC, or for the uninformed, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus   Day 1   Salamis   Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnn !!! No, it has not changed. Still boring, still crappy, still ...

Cyprus, the Beginning
Mar 19, 2008 (22 photos)

... me for a visit to Australia, but I wasn't counting the days until I saw her again, I was counting the days until I went to Cyprus, and as I now have no job, what care in the world do I have !!!   After the initial flight, I was given my aluminuim ...

Being Good
Mar 21, 2008 (73 photos)

... car and drove for some time, and then I was back in the UK. Yes I was, as they were given land when they granted Cyprus independence. I hope when Australia gives up the Queen, as a fair swap, we will give the UK Brisvegas, can't be any fairer than that ...

Dearly Beloved
Jul 12, 2006 (10 photos)

... the budget places are a rip-off. Transport isn't great, and it seemed near impossible to do anything outside of a package. Cyprus is just damn confusing too - when the place names are translated from Greek they are written in one of many different ways, ...

Divided City
Mar 20, 2008 (82 photos)

... they had given up. Not long after, well after a Turkish coffee hit, I walked from the country that doesn't exist and into Cyprus   Cypriot Nicosia   The walls here are amazing. First you have barbed wire, and then, as this is a Venetian town, ...

Into the Mountains
Mar 22, 2008 (23 photos)

... one thing to do, so I did it. I headed back to Limassol, ate some food and then started on the wine, because Cyprus really does produce some good wines   And Finally   The mountains were lovely, full of monasteries/churches everywhere, but it ...

More Ruins
Mar 24, 2008 (79 photos)

... a place of worship.   My stomach was calling for food, so I had one last dish of Moussaka and Houlammi and the my Cyprus trip was over   And Finally   Cyprus, what a weird place. It's expensive like Europe, but it has many roots in the ...

North Cyprus
May 1, 2005 (3 photos)

... of the UN. Turkish-Greek relations have always been at least a little bit strained, but despite recent diplomatic progress, the Cyprus issue still remains a problem. In fact, no travellers of non-Cyprus origin can enter Greek Cyprus from North Cyprus and ...

Cypriot Detour
Oct 24, 2002 (26 photos)

... and went off to Agia Napa to see if the spontaneous recommendation held true. On the bus, it was quickly apparent that Cyprus wasn't an independent traveler's paradise. The bus driver who had brought a tour group to Larnaca, was nice enough to haul me ...

PLACES OF INTEREST IN LARNACA
Oct 26, 2009 (29 photos)

... to live after his resurrection. THE CHURCH OF SAINT LAZARUS One of the most important surviving Byzantine monuments of the whole of Cyprus, built in 890. The resurrected friend of Christ, St. Lazarus escaped to ancient Kition on 33 A.D. and it became his ...

MIXED FEELINGS
Oct 25, 2009 (12 photos)

... as a result acquaintance with it is impossible.   The worst moments of my life were in July 1974 when the Turks invaded Cyprus. I was on the island then, and I clearly remember the threat and us running in the rifle pits to be saved! The long ...

ARRIVING IN CYPRUS-FLIGHTS
Oct 25, 2009 (8 photos)

... INFORMATION   http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/airportDetails.do?airportCode=LCA THE DIFFERENT AIRLINES FLYING HERE Cyprus Airways: http://cyprusair.com/default.aspx?tabid=843&langid=1   Olympic Airlines: http://gr.skyscanner.com/ ...

Cyprus
May 1, 2009

 

STEP INTO THE PAST
Oct 25, 2009 (12 photos)

... come under Christian administration. Many fine examples of Byzantine art survived here.  Hidden away in the pine forests, are Cyprus painted churches with their colourful frescoes on walls and apses, ten of which have been put on the UNESCO World ...

Hundred Islands
Feb 17, 2008 (13 photos)

A day trip to the 100 islands. Rented a catamaran boat with captain and spent the day "island-hoping".

Cyprus...Good to See You!
May 24, 2005

... calls it "weasel-piss". Finally got on the plane to have a snooze as best you can on the plane. Finally landed in sunny Cyprus with a lot of my relatives waiting to greet us. It was such a good sight to see familiar faces (well for me!). Turns out ...

CYPRIOT HEAVY ACCENT
Oct 26, 2009 (1 photos)

CYPRIOT HEAVY ACCENT (2 FUNNY INCIDENTS) Most Cypriots speak English, so instantly a visitor is accepted and given a taste of the local culture and way of life. The people's helpful nature means that if your car ever breaks down you will never be stuck ...

New Home Sweet Home
Jul 16, 2007

We are home now. If all went well, we arrive in Nicosia on the 16th (15th in Edmonton).

BVAWT019 - LCLK
Sep 25, 2008

LCLK - Larnaca International Airport

Yassas Kepros!
May 31, 2005 (5 photos)

Yassas! (Hello) Another hot day in Cyprus. It's our last day here and we're in Larnaca before we fly out to Vienna later this afternoon. We've been to see all of the old archeological sites around the place, it's hard to imagine some of this stuff ...

EXPERIENCING AUTHENTIC CYPRUS
Oct 25, 2009 (23 photos)

... shirt enjoying this beautiful climate out here. As a year round destination, each season has its special allure. Spring in Cyprus like an impressionist painting, will delight every visitor with its profusion of colour. Autumn is pleasant with its lack of ...