Thursday 10th May Up & off to catch a bus to Kyrenia/Girne on the northern coast. The bus went back towards Nicosia before turning north to cross a range of rugged mountains to the coast. Kyrenia is dominated by a huge castle which protects the small harbour full of pleasure & tour boats. We arrived at about mid day & walked a long way with our cases before realising that we had passed close to the hotel some way before as the map didn't have t...

Monday 7th May Woke up to a clear sky & a lovely day so went to a café for breakfast. Jane had seen a walking tour listed for 10am starting at the Ledra St tourist office so off we went, only to find an information booth telling us it started elsewhere. Off we trotted & limped but it was too late we thought. Jane spotted a small group of followers which we caught up with & to our surprise & joy this was the tour group. The group arrived at ...

Saturday 5th May After another great breakfast we walked down to the intercity bus stop at a leisurely pace before returning for Jane to complete the packing. We caught the 11.30 bus for Nicosia which took just over an hour to traverse the hilly relatively bare limestone countryside. The suburbs of the city were somewhat prepossessing but we arrived at the bus station at about 12.45. We walked along a narrow road to our accommodation & dropped off our b...

The flight to Dubai was uneventful & we had a massive range of films & Tv to watch although it was hard to sleep. We were only in Dubai for 2hrs between flights so we just had time to get to the new terminal on the train before sitting again in the departure lounge for the 4 hour flight to Larnaca in Cyprus. Luckily the Immigration procedures were short & sweet, so we took a taxi into our hotel & were there by midday local time. It was nice th...