Kourion

Feeling the heat in Cyprus

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June 26th 2016
<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 154 Monday 20th June 2016 – Yerevan to Larnaca (Cyprus) Leaving Asia behind today and moving onto Europe, maybe not Western Europe, but the fringe. We would have loved to have had an afternoon flight so we could have arrived fresh as a daisy at Cyprus but instead we had to get the very early morning flight at 5am. Up ... read more

Middle East » Cyprus » Lefkara

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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