Cyprus
Travel Blogs from Cyprus
Paddy's Day in Pafos
... marks the first full day of my trip. I flew into Pafos yesterday via Stansted. I had no problem taking the bike, neither Easyjet nor Cyprus Airways charged for it and both flights were on time. A good start. The day started at 7.30am for me, but my ...
Pafos to Polis
... 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
... 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. ...
The Sandbags And The Gladrags
... 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 ...
IN LIMBO, ON A HOT, DRY ISLAND
... 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 ...
Southern Cyprus, Again
... 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 ...
In To The North
... 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 ...
Cherrio Cyprus
... (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 ...
Head for the Hills. Two Days in the Mountains.
... 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 ...
Cyprus, Northern Style
... Turkish 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, ...
Dearly Beloved
... Even 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 ...
Cyprus, the Beginning
... had left 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 ...
Being Good
... 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 ...
Divided City
... 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 ...
Into the Mountains
... 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 ...
North Cyprus
... 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
... 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 ...
More Ruins
... Paphos Archaeological Site There were quite a few ruins here including a little theatre, but what makes this site the best in Cyprus are the Mosaics. The colours are not as vibrant as I have seen before in Tunisia, but these are still in place. ...
Where Shopping is a Pleasure
Where Shopping is a Pleasure. Isn't that Publix's slogan? I found a grocery store called Billa where shopping may not be such a pleasure but their checkout stand can put you on a road to some. Now visualize the g rated checkout stand at ...
Cyprus...Good to See You!
... 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 ...
Nicosia or Bust
... told me most people are like me...here for a day and a half on their way "maybe or maybe not" to the Middle East. Cyprus is an extremely cheap bridge between the two areas when the fares are on sale. She said we all run into the same problems ...
Just What I Was Looking For
... nbsp; In fact, it was so interesting I recrossed the border for another look before heading back to Larnaca. Like I said, Cyprus was a great surprise and I absolutely cracked that nut that was so elusive the other night. I'd rate this as the ...
New Home Sweet Home
We are home now. If all went well, we arrive in Nicosia on the 16th (15th in ...
Getting out and exploring Coral Bay
Having spent 4 days in Cyprus and soaking up the World Cup action it is time to start being practical and doing some touristic visiting. Coral bay is somewhere which has come highly recommended, but of which i know nothing about.. So gonna head down ...
Yassas Kepros!
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 ...
Hot, hot, hot in Cyprus !!!
... is in the turkish-occupied region of Cyprus and has been since the war in 1974. The border separating greek and turkish-occupied Cyprus has now been opened since April this year. It allows greek-cypriots to enter the turkish occupied regions of Cyprus and ...
A Cypriot Christmas
... just say that Cyprus is an island made up of two countries, Northern Cyprus (a mostly Moslem nation) and Southern Cyprus (a predominately Christian country)........ well, at least according to many of the Turkish Cypriots in the Northern part of ...
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Arrivee aux Etats-Unis Chypriotes : air conditionne a fond, macdo livre a domicile, voitures omnipresentes, pas de transports publics, driving thru pou tirer des thunes au guichet, pas de chomage, tout pour le business et impots alleges... Mais une ...


