Hilarion Village Kyrenia

Kyrenia, Cyprus

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A Harbor, Castle, and an Abbey

A travel blog entry by resiststatusquo

... afternoon went by very slowly, but eventually it was time to go back and catch the airplane home. My plane was leaving at 4am the next morning, and I still had to pack.

Cyprus is beautiful. If I ever disappear off the face of the earth and it isn’t a result of mobsters, drug lords, or pirates, look for me there. I will be restoring some old house that has the perfect entrance to a secret ...

No Man’s Land

A travel blog entry by resiststatusquo

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... It was a creepy, but amazing place. The UN has set up apartments in an old hotel. Bombed out buildings and those riddled with bullet holes can be seen.

We decided to stay in the Greek Side of Nicosia for the first night. We crossed the border and went from prayer beeds and the Call to Prayer, to crusifixes and church bells. Considering the only time I left Turkey in 13 months was the 6 hour trip ...

Winding Down in Cyprus

A travel blog entry by kdwali

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I had a chat with one of the guards who spoke to the captain who allowed me to spend the the 2 hour journey in the cockpit with him and his crew who kept me well stocked with Chay and Baklava.

Stayed in a dorm at a hostel at the old harbour for a few days, hiring a moped for excursions along the coast. ...

The Turkish-Cypriot Hospitality of an Old Woman

A travel blog entry by greekcypriot

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... br> I enter with respect and appreciation every room…..I even ask if the colour of the bathroom tiles are still black and green as my dear Aunt used to have them. When she tells me that the colour is that, I ask permission to enter the bathroom. As a child this colour seemed very peculiar to me. At this moment another lady who does not speak a single word of Greek, enters the house and she insists that I cannot take pictures. In Greek ...

Exploring Cyprus's capital and the North

A travel blog entry by diannemurray

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... the lock a lot of the time. This is not normal, and would have been left there with the actual knowledge of the management at the very least, if not the actual complicity. Dianne spent a fair bit of time in the foyer on the free internet, and there were no women coming and going, so whatever is going on at the hotel is pretty subtle.
Saturday 1st May 2010 Lefkosia (Cyprus)- Amman (Jordan)
As Dianne has been awake since 4am, she types the diary while Murray ...