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Post by papamihel on May 12, 2022 7:19:32 GMT
Have you been? Any recommendations?
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Post by bartlesby on May 12, 2022 7:48:39 GMT
Have you been? Any recommendations? Nope. And bring an extra pair of socks on top of what you ordinarily bring. You never know. Safe trip.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2022 8:43:33 GMT
The Turkish side has lots of casinos. I don't know if it's that interesting historically.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2022 9:35:28 GMT
Go to any traditional Cypriot restaurant, better if it's a busy one. Order a traditional dish. Spit it out immediately after tasting it
Then yell, "This is what you call food?! This is dogshit!"
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Post by papamihel on May 12, 2022 16:13:31 GMT
The Turkish side has lots of casinos. I don't know if it's that interesting historically. I think I'd rather go for the deserts. :) And there are some wonderful historic places on the North side.
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Post by papamihel on May 12, 2022 16:13:59 GMT
Go to any traditional Cypriot restaurant, better if it's a busy one. Order a traditional dish. Spit it out immediately after tasting it Then yell, "This is what you call food?! This is dogshit!" I'd never do that. I love Greek food.
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Post by Prince Myshkin on May 12, 2022 17:35:21 GMT
I have family in Cyprus. But I've never been there.
There's the famous Blue Lagoon of course.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on May 15, 2022 11:35:33 GMT
Use a plane?
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Post by papamihel on May 15, 2022 11:38:45 GMT
Bloody hell, it was a horrible flight. It was supposed to be about 40 minutes long but as we were landing a freak storm hit Larnaca. The plane was shaking and dipping and groaning. People screaming, throwing up. Then we spent 50 minutes circling and waiting for the storm to pass. I was really sorry I didn't take my usual flight whiskey supplements.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on May 15, 2022 12:27:27 GMT
Bloody hell, it was a horrible flight. It was supposed to be about 40 minutes long but as we were landing a freak storm hit Larnaca. The plane was shaking and dipping and groaning. People screaming, throwing up. Then we spent 50 minutes circling and waiting for the storm to pass. I was really sorry I didn't take my usual flight whiskey supplements. I wouldn't mind the plane going all over but the people screaming would drive me nuts. How's Cyprus (storm aside)?
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Post by papamihel on May 15, 2022 15:05:26 GMT
Bloody hell, it was a horrible flight. It was supposed to be about 40 minutes long but as we were landing a freak storm hit Larnaca. The plane was shaking and dipping and groaning. People screaming, throwing up. Then we spent 50 minutes circling and waiting for the storm to pass. I was really sorry I didn't take my usual flight whiskey supplements. I wouldn't mind the plane going all over but the people screaming would drive me nuts. How's Cyprus (storm aside)? So far nothing special. Cyprus museum was nice but other than that it's not too different from my country. Well, we have less Indians and Greek food is better than ours... Tomorrow I'm going to try (public transport is a bit of a mess) to get to the mountains and hopefully my trip will improve.
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Post by papamihel on May 16, 2022 12:36:23 GMT
Well, couldn't get to the mountains - the damn busses are too unreliable. So I went to Paphos. Some great archaeological sites. One was a bit of a rip off though. It's called "Tombs of kings" but the first thing you see AFTER you pay for the ticket is a sign saying "well these were not really kings - just some rich folks from the Ptolomaic empire - but we call it this way cause the tombs are big".
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2022 12:10:15 GMT
This 'Forbidden' Cyprus Ghost Town Has Been Frozen in the 1970s — and Now It Hopes to Attract Tourists Again linkForbidden to the public ever since the 1974 division of the Mediterranean island, the Varosha resort in Famagusta hopes to attract visitors like in its heyday. On the east coast of the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus is a ghost town trapped in time. There’s a car dealership filled with cars from 1974 and shops with '70s fashion in the windows — at least that’s what the few who have ventured into the restricted zone of Varosha have said. After Cyprus was divided in 1974 into the Turkish-Cypriot north and Greek-Cypriot south, the residents of the former resort district of Varosha in the city of Famagusta were forced to flee, and the area became part of the UN Buffer Zone known as the Green Line. A 1984 security resolution from the UN prohibited resettlement, so the only people who have legally been inside the now-fenced off area are the Turkish military. Now, 46 years later, the prime minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, or TRNC, Ersin Tatar hopes to reopen the area to the public. In its prime, Varosha was home to 25,000 residents and attracted visitors from around the globe in the early 1970s, drawing big names like Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Brigitte Bardot to its 12,000 hotel rooms. “At this point we are close to the point of starting the reopening process,” Tatar told the Turkish state broadcaster TRT, according to CNN. “It's all ready in my opinion... The tide has changed and a new page has been turned.” While no timeline has been released, Tatar says the upcoming elections may delay plans, but he’s committed to bringing the once popular tourist attraction, which is known as Maraş in Turkish, back to its former reputation as a luxury getaway. “Maraş is within the territory of the TRNC,” he added. “ Nobody can take it from us. We are continuing on our successful path.” The seaside resort’s fate was set after the Turkish military forces fought back after a Greek government coup on July 15, 1974. The area is now recognized by Turkey as belonging to the TRNC, according to the Daily Mail. Varosha isn’t the only abandoned town after Turkish and Greek tensions. In Turkey, the community of Kayakoy also sits in ruins after a 1923 population exchange between the Greek Muslims and Turkish Christians.
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Post by papamihel on May 19, 2022 7:04:50 GMT
Turkish Cyprus appreciation post for @jillresurrected,
North Nicosia basically looks like Jaffa and a bunch of other places in Israel. Same Empire I guess and, after all, if you saw one han, you've seen them all.
Food was great and the Bazaar was the only place I've seen worth visiting in terms of shopping. The refugees and the foreign workers made sure there's nothing but cheap shit stores on the island. In the Bazaar there was hand-made stuff and people you can actually talk to. I spent half an hour with a cool leather-worker girl - all covered in tattoos and piercings. I also discovered an absolutely perfect book store. I mean, I'd live there. I will post some pics later.
There was an interesting episode in a sweats shop where the owner listened to my account of a dessert I had in a Druze village in Israel and then proceeded to try and recreate it. He sent one of his guys to another shop to get some goat-milk ice-cream. The result was amazing but different and when I explained how, he said: "I wish I could taste your memory". That won him a lot of points in my book.
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Post by yggdrasil on May 19, 2022 12:48:17 GMT
Hope your arms don't get tired.
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