{"id":2017,"date":"2011-09-08T23:59:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T21:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2013-08-15T18:46:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T16:46:31","slug":"gazima%c7%a7usafamagusta-larnaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=2017","title":{"rendered":"Gazima\u01e7usa\/Famagusta &#8211; Larnaca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned earlier, Cyprus is divided in two parts. The UN has a peacekeepig mission here to keep the Turkish and Greek sides apart. Famagusta is located very close to the border, and on the map it looks like about half the city is military no-man&#8217;s land. Last night I accidentally ended up close to the deserted quarters &#8211; the empty houses look quite eerie in the evening sun.<\/p>\n<p>Today I crossed the border into &#8216;Cyprus proper&#8217;. It involved getting an exit stamp on the Northern Cyprus side, and a quick glance at my ID on the southern side. Welcome to the EU, finally and for real!<\/p>\n<p>The ride went along the border for a couple of kilometers and past another village in no-man&#8217;s land that had become victim of the fights between Turkish and Greek Cypriots and subsequently had been abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a hotel in Larnaca was a bit of a challenge as most centrally located ones where booked out. I&#8217;m now staying in an EasyHotel, an EasyJet off-spring. Just like with the airline, you pay for everything extra, even TV&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Cycled: 42km<\/p>\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container \" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"0\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/Screenshot-20110908-162643.png\" title=\"Gazima\u01e7usa\/Famagusta - Larnaca\" data-rl_title=\"Gazima\u01e7usa\/Famagusta - Larnaca\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/Screenshot-20110908-162643-300x180.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Gazima\u01e7usa\/Famagusta - Larnaca\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Gazima\u01e7usa\/Famagusta - Larnaca<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7155.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7155-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7156.jpg\" title=\"Military shooting range at Dhekelia base\" data-rl_title=\"Military shooting range at Dhekelia base\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7156-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Military shooting range at Dhekelia base\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Military shooting range at Dhekelia base<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7157.jpg\" title=\"Larnaca in the distance\" data-rl_title=\"Larnaca in the distance\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7157-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Larnaca in the distance\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Larnaca in the distance<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7145.jpg\" title=\"Turkish Cypriot border post along the buffer zone\" data-rl_title=\"Turkish Cypriot border post along the buffer zone\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7145-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Turkish Cypriot border post along the buffer zone\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Turkish Cypriot border post along the buffer zone<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7148.jpg\" title=\"Abandoned village in the buffer zone\" data-rl_title=\"Abandoned village in the buffer zone\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7148-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Abandoned village in the buffer zone\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Abandoned village in the buffer zone<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned earlier, Cyprus is divided in two parts. The UN has a peacekeepig mission here to keep the Turkish and Greek sides apart. Famagusta is located very close to the border, and on the map it looks like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=2017\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[36,71],"class_list":["post-2017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-to-the-caucasus-and-back","tag-cyprus","tag-northern-cyprus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2017"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4383,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions\/4383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}