Varosha

It all changed when North Cyprus was occupied. From one day to the next, all of Varosha became quiet. No more tourists, no more swimming, no more hotels. For some reason, the authorities decided to shut off the entire district.

North Cyprus 2006

April 13th 2006
A divided city, a Greek city, another Greek city and a ghost town We travelled also before we joined TravelBlog. We have started to digitalise photos from those pre-TravelBlog trips and we are planning to write about some of them. Now the turn has come to a trip Ake made to North Cyprus in 2006. North Cyprus was invaded by Turkey in 1974 and has since then been occupied by ... read more

Middle East » Cyprus » Famagusta

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 capi... ... read more

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