Nicosia

Hi again, you'll just have to put up with me again, Andy is a little preoccupied with a visit from the head of Border Force this week, oh, and he is squeezing in a little bit of diving! We did have a storm on Friday night though which carried on into Saturday which meant a Zenobia dive had to be postponed possibly until Sunday morning but after a fruitful trip to the pub to watch Newcastle win in the football and England win in the rugby it was abandoned due to the volume of vodka which was flowing nicely. I have a feeling this coming weekend could have a six nations and premier league theme too with the arrival of Sam and Matt thrown in for good measure, and I do believe there is another dive planned!

A couple of weeks ago when it was still flippin cold we took a trip to Nicosia old town so this will be another picture heavy post. Due to our anti social/out of season tourism habit there is a distinct lack of people!

We simply wandered around the south side which was cafe culture central and quite pleasant and must be humming with tourists and locals when the weather warms a little. Then we crossed on foot to the north using the Ledra Street crossing, quite bizarre having your passport checked by both sides whist wandering through cafe culture central! Once in the north though there was that same familiar feeling of peace and tranquility despite being in the same city where only a few minutes before there was much more hustle and glitz.

The Turkish Cypriots have a fantastic reuse/recycle policy this is Christian Church converted to a mosque by the addition of a minaret, this is common place in the north.