Blogs from Cyprus, Middle East - page 16

I hated and and loved Egypt. I'm not sure if I hated it more than I loved it but while I didn't hate to love it, I didn't love to hate it neither. Two weeks is certainly not enough to understand this country and its population. Two years might have been better for that purpose. Would I stay two years in Egypt? Nope! Even if it would have certainly been more relaxing to be part of the 99% who cruise it in an organized tour instead of backpacking it. C'est le plus grand choc culturel que j'ai connu durant tous mes voyages et c'est exactement ce que je recherchais. Leurs moeurs sont completement differents de ce que j'ai vu ailleurs dans le monde et c'est ce qui rend les voyages interessants. What I really liked? When ... read more

We finish our sight seeing of Niscosia and Northern Cyprus the next morning and grab our bags to make the pedestrian crossing into Southern cyprus. After our passports are stamped and we realise how much more expensive Southern Cyprus is compared to the North (hey we are talking euros now), we head to the ATM to withdraw. We drop off our bags with a random tobacconist/street seller and proceed with the tour of Soutern cyprus. We check out the Freedom Monument, The Classical Motorcycle Musuem and the National Struggle Museum. As the day draws to a close and the afternoon begins to turn to night we grab our bags from the random street seller and jump on the bus to Larnaca.... read more

It’s day two of the Northern Cyprus road trip. First on the day’s agenda, seeing the sights of Guzelyurt (Morphou). First up it's the museum of Nature and Archaeology. The museum contains a collection of stuffed animals and other miscellaneous archeological finds. The museum itself was once the former palace of the Bishop of Morphou. Nearby is the Monastery of St. mamas, dedicated to St Mamas the patron saint of tax evasion. The bishop of Morphou was arrested one Easter after crossing into Northern Cyprus to perform a liturgy in the church. Following our tour of Morphou's main sights we stock up on some delicious fruits such as persimmons and head north. We pass some cute villages on the way where we have the chance to pick some delicious oranges. We head back past Kyrenia and ... read more

Fortunately for us another minibus driver saw me running and asked if he could help. I told him the situation and he rang up the mini bus driver and told me that in 5 minutes I would have my bag back. 20 minutes the bag had arrived, and I joined Ivan and dad for lunch. Girnea (Kyrenia) wasn’t super big - and it was definitely possible to walk most of the city centre. The old town was really nice. We found a place to stay and set off to have a walk around the city centre. We walked past the boats and to the castle and during a delicious dinner, where I had a prawn Caesar salad we debated about taking a car for the hire the next day. Note: As I couldn't locate my photos ... read more

Cyprus is a nice little island, quite a decent mountain range in the middle and a fair bit of history to it, There is also the best bar on camp with dirt cheap beer and brandy sours to die for, or at least get pickled with! Was trying to get a container ship to take me to Israel, that was ok, but because iCame from Turkey it means it is now illegal to travel out via the south, crazy. Jumped up little shit at the port customs was telling me how the Turks took his land, he forgot to say about the money that they all get as compensation,suppose it slipped his tiny little mind. Had a ride around the Island exploring , said hi to Aphrodite and cast a wish and attempted to get to ... read more