{"id":2015,"date":"2011-09-07T21:44:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T19:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2013-08-15T18:45:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T16:45:47","slug":"girnekyrenia-gazima%c7%a7usafamagusta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=2015","title":{"rendered":"Girne\/Kyrenia – Gazima\u01e7usa\/Famagusta"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent the latst 48 hours mostly inside, trying to get rid of that stomach bug I must have contracted in Hawler\/Arbil, Iraq. It made me feel both hungry and sick at the same time during the last weeks and probably contributed to my overall not-so-fit-ness.<\/p>\n

Today I set out to conquer Cyprus’ north coast. It was my plan to go about 50 kilometers to the east. Instead I cycled a bit more and ended up in Gazima\u01e7usa, aka Famagusta, in the southeast of the island.<\/p>\n

Cyprus looks a bit like southern Spain, with yellowish hills, and olive groves and pine trees scattered around. Oh, and then there are those ‘villa villages’, newly built luxury communities (“Private Property! Keep Out!”) where one house looks like the other. Some of them were not even finished and have already been abandoned and now rot away.<\/p>\n

After 40km I turned south and crossed a narrow chain of hills that stretches along the northern coast. From there the countryside was pretty flat.<\/p>\n

Gazima\u01e7usa looks like a fun town to be in, but it was getting dark when I arrived and I was tired and I didn’t see much of it.<\/p>\n

Cycled: 94km<\/p>\n