...into Northern Cyprus, still under
Turkish occupation. You just get a visa for the day and wander over the
Green line. It is now as easy as that. I did it in December and am now
repeating the experience (with better weather) and acting as guide for
my friend Alan.
Turkish kids just playing just a few hundred metres
from their Greek counterparts. There is a football field just over the
wall right up against the Green Line.
The UN
watchtower seems to be unmanned nowadays with the relaxed situation.
This elevated part of Nicosia was very much the 'posher'
part of the city in the past. It tended to be a little cooler in the
long hot summers.
awaiting renovation. Any takers?
The Pendalacticus mountains form a
backdrop in the North.
An old Cortina languishes in a dusty
parking place.
A child plays football just a few metres from the
Green Line.
An impressive stone door surround.
A cheeky message on a wall visible to any curious
Greek Cypriots looking across the Green Line
The towers and minarets signify that we
are near a cathedral that became a Mosque:
