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Getting about Northern Cyprus
Visited Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus on the Turkish side, only 4.50 tl on the dolmus. Peaceful city with a bunch of churches, mosques & Turkish markets. Didn't walk over the famous border into Greek Cyprus 'cause I forgot my passport. 7 tl got me to gazimagusa, a port town with a walled city right next to the Harbour. Didn't have much time until the last bus but first impressions said I shoulda stayed longer. 1.5 hrs and another 7 tl and I'm back in Girne for the last ...
Introducing Girne
... touristy. Tourist info gives me the tip of a nice sand beach nearby. Finally get out there and it's 15 tl to get in, complete joke. 21 tl round trip with dolmuses. Had a beer with the Pom in my room come night. Although well travelled and interesting, fairly nuts. Accom: Cyprus dorms for 2 nights - 25 ...
North Cyprus adventure - day 2
Had my usual walk along the beach and headed into breakfast, did some people watching, i was the only lone traveller there, most seemed to be on long breaks and a lot older, but they were never the less entertaining to listen too.
Decided over breakfast that North Cyprus would not get the better of me, so armed with a list of places that i needed to drive through i headed back to Pyla and over the crossing, i had made sure i had petrol this time and headed ...
The last divided capital city
... to be a Cathedral and makes a funny mixture of both of course. The Buluyent Khan (Great Inn) was most impressive.... from the outside not too fancy at all, but when you step through one of the gates a beautiful courtyard opens up, with arches and balconies and a fountain in the middle!!
And of course we finished our visit with a Kebab before crossing the border again :-)
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Cycling again tomorrow!
... for the fairly raucous (but without a sniff of alcohol) new year that we celebrated with our Kurdish, Turkish and Arabic friends in a Tea/Nargile house. Thank you to all those involved! Photos to follow.
So the end of our holiday away from the bikes and the end of this section of the blog. We will now continue to update the cycling section. ...
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