http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Cyprus en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:51:24 BST Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:51:24 BST Yesterday we did manage to get to a water park. Bill and Wayne did not join us because they had been up late gambling and drinking the night before and were too tired. So it was just the girls and the kids.We were a little unsure about the currency in Cyprus as I donrsquot think they have totally thrown away their old currency in favour of the Euro. I had nothing to fear the taxirsquos http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Limassol/blog-272095.html Yesterday we were in Rhodes Greece. I stayed at Adventure Ocean till about noon. In town we wanted to go see the Palace of the Grand Masters but it was closed because of recent damage. Mom got us ice cream for lunch then we wandered around town for about one hour and a half. On our way back to the cruise ship we stopped and had a gyro. A gyro is a pita wrapped around chicken onions and to http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Limassol/blog-271760.html An Ode to CyprusThe car engine starts and we journeyed into the night.No room for error as we drove not on the right.Left turns felt like right the stick a wheel.Learn quickly or crash a demanding deal.We brake we shift we scream we laugh.We stopped at a gas station but the tank was at half.Inconspicuously parked our little Ford became home.Captured by sleep we could no longer roam.Four hou http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Limassol/blog-268859.html 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 todayDisclaimer I can assure you that all http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Larnaca/blog-265048.html Notre dpart de Syrie n'aura finalement pas t l'image de notre impression du pays. Long compliqu et vraiment louche c'est comme a qu'on pourrait qualifier notre trajet entre Alep et la Turquie. Le chauffeur et ses trop nombreux assistants semblaient trammer quelques choses depuis le dbut lorsqu'ils se sont mis charger plusieurs sacs noirs remplis d'on ne savait quoi Ca commencait bi http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Famagusta/blog-261204.html Oh wehHeute habe ich die Kehrseite meines Berufes kennen gelernt Es war ja fast zu schoen um wahr zu sein. Zur Abwechslung der reichen aufgeraeumten MuseumsHaeuser der letzten Tage waren wir heute in einem Haus von Queens Studentinnen. Dort haette ICH wohnen koennen wenn ich bereit gewesen waere mehr als das doppelte zu bezahlenIch habe in meinem ganzen Leben noch nie so etwas gesehen. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Larnaca/blog-257141.html Hedonism seems to be a way of life on the distant Mediterranean island of Cyprus. A party spot not that different from say Ibiza or Ko Samui where the worldrsquos youth gather to sunbathe club and go wild.Like all of these areas most of the people who travel here seem to leave their inhibitions at home. They are game for anything and the most pressing matter at hand is to have fun. Throughout http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-254581.html Meet the FamilyI have promised everybody for some time now that I would take pictures of Nicosia especially the area I live in and take show some of my friends to those who didn't believe how many George's I know so this entry aims to fulfill that request.First and foremost I live in the Hostel right down the street from Intercollege. The pictures are taken from my roof which has since been http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Nicosia/blog-253043.html Things started off with an excursion to the Troodos mountains courtesy of the student union the international one because as I understand there is a schism in the organization anyway... we learned a lot about Cypriot punctuality. These people suck at being on time everything we did was at least an hour late. Sometimes their excuses weren't so much as we are hungover much more accurate http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-244926.html Cyprus Well I promised I would do this for the benefits of the folks back home so here I am.I suppose it would be necessary to answer some basic questions about my trip and in doing so would give me an opportunity to remember how I came to this place on the other side of the world.I worked up until the day I left which left me little time to pack. I had purchased a large north face backpack the http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Nicosia/blog-244102.html I went to Kyrenia Bogaz Famagusta and Nicosia over winter break. North Cyprus is very beautiful and the people are extremely friendly. I actually ended up buying a condo in Bogaz by the beach. As far as hotels go I highly recommend The Ship Inn hotel in Kryenia... It is wonderful. They have tours rentacars as well as amazing food and services. The waiters in the restaurant become like fami http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/Kyrenia/blog-235260.html hello hello To our luck Cyprus was as warm and pleasant as we hoped. Interestingly the locals informed us that the temperatures were unusually warm a consistent trend we have been encountering country to country... to our pleasureSo the best way to get to Cyprus was a ferry... an of course never learning from our mistakes we decided to take the overnight ferry so that we yet again could http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-222117.html here we are on nissi beach cyprus http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-203133.html I can't believe my Holiday's already come to an end it's flown by so quickly as I imagine my upcoming big trip will It's been really lovely to spend so much time with my family before I head off on my travel. Last week was particularly eventful in that we went up into the Troodos Mountains for a couple of days stopping off in Omodos I'd forgotten how lovely it is we sat in the little square http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-194664.html This may seem hard to believe but I hadn't seen my friends and family other than the intrepid who came out and found me for over two years This is the unfortunate side effect of not having the money to move from NZ to Japan AND include a big trip. I am pleased to say that the situation has now been remedied.I left Japan and Mitsu for just over two weeks tears at the airport ridiculous I kno http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-194615.html Today we visited Limmasol Cyprus. There were busses at port to pick us up and take us into the city. Seriously the entire town looked like time stopped in 1975. The buildings fit that period and to be honest so did everything else. There were a ton of shops selling all sorts or souvenirs which was nice. We didn't have a tour or any idea where we were going but we did stumble upon a castle Lim http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-162573.html Well well who would have thought that I would end up back in Cyprus with my Egyptian husband After the harrowing adventure in Cairo to get Ahmed his first ever visa to a European country we were off on a shaky EgyptAir flight to the lovely island of Cyprus. There are certain places in the world that I feel are truly just great hangout spots Alexandria Venice that cool restaurant on the Ni http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-159305.html I made my first visit to Cyprus from April 2530 2007. Business in the capital of Nicosia also known as Lefkosia took most of my time but I had a weekend to try to take in as many sites as possible. On Saturday my collegue and I drove a rental car into the Troodos Mountains which were surprisingly rugged for a Mediterranian Island. The elevation reached approximately 1700 meters near Prodromo http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-154349.html Going to Nicosia was a long day. We all went as far as Larnica where we had a look around the paleontology museum. It was small but ok and we were lucky to get in as it was about to be closed for a cleanup following flooding a few days ago. We couldnt get into the municipal museum in the same building as that had already been closed. Mum and Jo stayed behind in Larnica while Dad Colin and I http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-149536.html We took a well maintained secondary road over the hills at the base of the Akamas peninsular. The road wound almost straight up across a small plateau then straight off the other side with some good views all the way. We stopped in a village called Agios Georgios where there is a 6th century basilica and other ruins with some more mosaics. The site was smaller than wersquove seen already but http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-149533.html We Mum Dad Colin my sister Jo and I left Stanstead early on a typical charter flight. We were all squished in for the 4 hour flight to Paphos watching the movie in silence as we didnrsquot pay the extra for the headphones.England was wet and chilly when we left but Cyprus was a lovely warm sunny 26C. We picked up the hire car a Citroen Berlingo underpowered ugly but fitted us all http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-149527.html Irsquove been wanting to go to Paphos since last summer so when Jill invited me to go to her wedding there I couldnrsquot refuseWhen I got to Paphos is was early evening but it was very humid I hadnrsquot gone with anyone but I was meeting my new roommates at the hotel Paphos Garden Hotel Apartments which Jillrsquos sister arranged. There were 3 of Jillrsquos friends who were al http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-121395.html WOW a wreck divers paradise meant to be one of the top 10 wrecks dives in the world and said to be the best dive in the mediteranean The zenobia wreck is a ferry that was carrying 104 articulated trucks when she sank in 1980 just off the shore of larnaka cyprus. Today the wreck is largely in tact starting at 18m and bottoms at 45m. The first dive was an orientation from the bow along the http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-95134.html Life is never boring with the Tworts we have had some lovely chats and laughs and it always makes me feel so much closer to my family Lindsay and Mum have very similar characteristics...The weather at the moment is glorious between 2830 degrees without the humidity. We spend the first part of the day enjoying the coolness of the mornings on the veranda chatting about the potential plans http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-94622.html