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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...

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Nicosia, 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...

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The 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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