Fi & Dana in Nicosia

Back in Nicosia

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August 10th 2005
Wed 10th - A fairly laid back day before heading back to the Syrian club for another meze with people we’d met the night before. After dinner we smoked…this thing…I’m not entirely sure how to describe it. It is a big bottle with a pipe and on the top is the coals that burn the tobacco which comes in different flavours. You don’t inhale the smoke, you just take the flavour in your mout ... read more

Middle East » Cyprus

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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