The Logistics of a Holiday in North Cyprus, The Unrecognized Country
Cyprus is a tiny island with a big problem. Since 1974, it’s been split in two. The British controlled the island until 1956 (and still maintain some military bases there), but independence was not...
View ArticleNicosia, The Divided City
Everywhere I turned, I bumped into a wall. Crude concrete creations blocking sidewalks. Barbed wire atop gray monoliths. That ubiquitous sign: Forbidden Zone. Do Not Enter. The Berlin Wall fell in...
View ArticleThe Perfect Quiet of Off-Season North Cyprus
Traveling off-season to North Cyprus is very quiet. I went in December, when the summer sun crowds had long dispersed from the Mediterranean shores. My hostel in Kyrenia was nearly empty, except for a...
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