Border Crossing
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 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:09 am |
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| psycho wrote: |
| Oracle wrote: |
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| markp1706 wrote: |
My family are due to come out on holiday in september to protaras. Could some one tell me what the nearest boarder points(and where on the map etc) would be and if i would be able to take a hire car across.
Many thanks
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Why do you want to spoil your holiday? ... or are you one of those holiday makers that turns up after wars, earthquakes, disasters to get some sense of cheap thrills, relishing atrocities in a sadistic capacity .... |
Oracle, the island still called Cyprus.........Not Turkey! |
 ... who mentioned names?
The north part of the Island is under occupation and is effectively a war zone devastated of its natural and rightful inhabitants. Hence anyone "visiting" there is going to ogle at the equivalent of a battle-zone .... the aftermath of war, an ethnically cleansed "relic" .... I know some people feel good looking at misery. |
Oracle, look at it another way, anyone "visiting" there is going to ogle at how the Turks are unable to maintain an area of outstanding beauty! |
It's good to be positive psycho ... but these people probably do not know what it was like before the invasion ....
It's probably just a source of drugs and casinos to them now 
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:23 am |
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| Oracle wrote: |
| psycho wrote: |
| Oracle wrote: |
| psycho wrote: |
| Oracle wrote: |
| markp1706 wrote: |
My family are due to come out on holiday in september to protaras. Could some one tell me what the nearest boarder points(and where on the map etc) would be and if i would be able to take a hire car across.
Many thanks
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Why do you want to spoil your holiday? ... or are you one of those holiday makers that turns up after wars, earthquakes, disasters to get some sense of cheap thrills, relishing atrocities in a sadistic capacity .... |
Oracle, the island still called Cyprus.........Not Turkey! |
... who mentioned names?
The north part of the Island is under occupation and is effectively a war zone devastated of its natural and rightful inhabitants. Hence anyone "visiting" there is going to ogle at the equivalent of a battle-zone .... the aftermath of war, an ethnically cleansed "relic" .... I know some people feel good looking at misery. |
Oracle, look at it another way, anyone "visiting" there is going to ogle at how the Turks are unable to maintain an area of outstanding beauty! |
It's good to be positive psycho ... but these people probably do not know what it was like before the invasion ....
It's probably just a source of drugs and casinos to them now
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Maybe you're right, but hey, it's much better to look at the glass as being half full rather than half empty. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:15 am |
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I'm sorry i seem to have offended some people, it was never any intention.
Me and my family go on holiday to explore the sites of the country we are visting, the idea of going miles away to lie on a beach for two weeks is not my cup of tea. This will be my fifth trip to cyprus and now the borders are open would like to see exactly what the other side is like. I like to make my own mind up about things and the attitude of some people is somewhat dissapointing. perhaps tourists are not welcome these days, i dont know!.
As a family who loves cyprus i am dissapointed that such a simple question has insitgated such negative views when the purpose was no more than educating me and my family a bit more on the past of the island!! |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:23 am |
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| markp1706 wrote: |
I'm sorry i seem to have offended some people, it was never any intention.
Me and my family go on holiday to explore the sites of the country we are visting, the idea of going miles away to lie on a beach for two weeks is not my cup of tea. This will be my fifth trip to cyprus and now the borders are open would like to see exactly what the other side is like. I like to make my own mind up about things and the attitude of some people is somewhat dissapointing. perhaps tourists are not welcome these days, i dont know!.
As a family who loves cyprus i am dissapointed that such a simple question has insitgated such negative views when the purpose was no more than educating me and my family a bit more on the past of the island!! |
Mark, I am also sorry that you have come across such negative views. Please don't be put off visiting The North of the Island, there is a lot to see and do. You won't see Turkish soldiers marching around either!!! Whereabouts did you want to visit? I will be happy to recommend some places of interest for you if you wish?
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