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Background: A former British colony, Cyprus received independence in 1960 following years of resistance to British rule. Tensions between the Greek Cypriot majority and Turkish Cypriot minority came to a head in December 1963, when violence broke out in the capital of Nicosia. Despite the deployment of UN peacekeepers in 1964, sporadic intercommunal violence continued forcing most Turkish Cypriots into enclaves throughout the island. In 1974, a Greek-sponsored attempt to seize the government was met by military intervention from Turkey, which soon controlled more than a third of the island. In 1983, the Turkish-held area declared itself the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," but it is recognized only by Turkey. The latest two-year round of UN-brokered direct talks - between the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities to reach an agreement to reunite the divided island - ended when the Greek Cypriots rejected the UN settlement plan in an April 2004 referendum. Although only the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot-controlled Republic of Cyprus joined the EU on 1 May 2004, every Cypriot carrying a Cyprus passport will have the status of a European citizen. EU laws, however, will not apply to north Cyprus. Nicosia continues to oppose EU efforts to establish direct trade and economic links to north Cyprus as a way of encouraging the Turkish Cypriot community to continue to support reunification.




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We walked north today to get a different feel for larnaca since we have been to town every single day. The northern beaches are where all the resorts are, just wanted to see what we were missing. IT was a hot and windy day and we sat on the beach and enjoyed the oceans blues and greens. We both did not want to be walking in the heat of the day so we got back to the hotel around 1:30 and was ready to go to the pool and chill out, but instead we hung out and took naps. I honestly [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 15th 2009 | 36 Views | [diary=391096]


*There were no sidewalks *There were no crosswalks *The drive on the wrong side of the road *Our room was not ready ... 20 euro *The guy knocked our door... Constance *We slept for six hours *we woke up at 2:30 am *The food kept coming and coming *We almost missed our plane *The had never seen a pedestrian *We found the TA University study abroad building in Larnca *There is a beach named after TX! *I got burnt the color of a tomato *The little boy at the airport *The guy from Dubai has a brother in DALLAS! *Tx ordered [View Full Entry]

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Venturing into town round two. We decided that we were deff not walking this time. I went to bed dredding that walk thinking I would have to do it again today.. not only once, but twice. So we waited for the bus and noticed that it does not come every 1/2 an hour we were waiting at least 40 min. We got into town in 5 minutes instead of forever it was so much nicer. We went to the promenade since there was going to be traditional Greek dancing and it was pretty cool and then we went to the beach [View Full Entry]

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After gregorys we came back to plan the next couple days of our vacation. Tx started to tell me about a couple ideas but I couldnt keep my eyes open I was sleeping by 10;30.. then we got a knock on the door around midnight or so asking for Constance. It was kinda comical in away because the guy was so delirious that he knocked on the wrong door. When we asked what can we do for him he looked at us like he was a deer in headlights. The 4/4 we woke up early because breakfast was only being served [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 15th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=390554]

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And the adventure begins... the Nesher picked us up around 3am to go to the airport we got through the airport around 430 am everything was smooth our flight was at 7am we landed by 8am it very a very quick flight, we get into a cab to take us to the hotel (we notice automatically that they drive on the other side of the ROAD)!!! We get there to try to check in which is not until 1pm unless you pay 20 euro to get to your room earlier. We did that since both tx and I did not sleep [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 14th 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=390512]

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By lenka154
December 31st 2008
Ayia Napa 2008 Middle East » Cyprus » Larnaca
I spent last summer on this beautiful island called Cyprus. There are some photos from Ayia Napa which was my hometown for 5 months:) [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 31st 2008 | 186 Views | [diary=358766]

ayia napa´s bars and pubs
ayia napa´s bars and pubs
ayia napa´s bars and pubs

OK so this is cheating a little bit cause the travelling hasn't quite begun....but I am in another country so it kinda counts. Im just testing this out....was never a big fan of the whole bloggy thing but I reckon it beats sending numerous tailored emails to people. Cyprus is nice. Im enjoying myself. Halloumi rocks. The sea is sweet. thats my blog for today! Disclaimer: I can assure you that all subsequent blogs will knock the tits off this particular pathetic attempt. I fly to Bangkok on the 20th April so check for updates shortly after. If you wanna of [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 10th 2008 | 149 Views | [diary=265048]

Maff and Me on le beach
Greek Orthodox Sandchurch (previously a power station)
Dad, Bro & the lovely Baxter