Blogs from Taşucu, Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East

Up early to the sound of more watering... Off again on the short trip to the ferry port. Another amazing road way above the sea. They're building lots of tunnels which must mean they are to build another new road which will open this coast up no end. Shame for all the little shops & cafes on the old road – goodness knows what they'll do... Arrive in Tasucu & there is no shade to be found, so parked up, wound the awning out a little & had a quick lunch. Some young lad of about 9 came over & spoke to us in Turkish, peered into the van etc. Our first thought was that he was trying to con us into a false parking charge. I asked a passer by what the boy wanted – ... read more

We arrived in Tasucu at about 7 in the morning with a bit of a crik in the neck, but still not super tired, well at least I wasn’t as I had managed to get some sleep in the bus. We brought our tickets for the ferry to Northern Cyrpus, paid the exit tax and had some breakfast. After breakfast I visited museum in the interim between waiting for our boat to come. The boat took about 2 hours to get to Girnea (the port of Northern Cyprus) and had a proper passport control scan before and after arrival. We took a mini bus to the city centre of Girnea once we arrived and upon arrival as the mini bus drove off I realized that we had left my back pack on the bus. Try as ... read more