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Travelling even further afield than Chamonix now. This holiday meant
my first ever flight on an aeroplane which I enjoyed except for take-off
and landing which made me a little queasy, but not enough to be scared of
flying in the future. And it was certainly a lot warmer there than England
for the time of year, which was especially noticeable when getting off the
plane at Larnaca airport where it was at least 20 degrees Celsius even at
01:30 in the morning!!! Imagine what it is like in the summer with
temperatures hitting 40 degrees!!
Protaras is on the east coast of the island, in the southern Greek area (see
maps below the thumbnails) - and is perfect for families with young children.
Teenagers and young adults (the club 18-30 type of people) would find another
resort on the island - Ayia Napa - more to their taste. Because of the split
in the island between the Turks to the north of Nicosia and the Greeks in
the south there is a large British army presence on the island to protect
the people, and the Greek are extremely grateful for this, therefore you
will find that British people are made most welcome anywhere in southern
Cyprus. It is quite bizarre to have strangers, such as shopkeepers approach
you and shake your hand warmly and start jabbering away in the best English
they can manage. Now, I am not saying that the northern Turkish part of the
island is not a nice place to spend a holiday - I should imagine it is, but
the south seems to be catered especially for British people. Flights to
Larnaca are direct from Bristol and other airports, whereas a holiday in
the north means having to fly via Turkey. Also the southern part uses Cypriot
pounds - dead easy to get in a currency exchange shop and simple to use in
Cyprus - you can even get Cypriot pounds in travellers cheques!
You don't have to worry about eating strange food either! Of course you can
get traditional Greek cuisine in restaurants, but you can be assured that
there is plenty of "familiar" food too, with fast-food chain style eateries
serving burgers, chicken kiev, chips etc etc, plus supermarkets stocking
all the usual things you would find in a British one, so there is no need
to worry about eating at all. And the island has its own lager, Keo, which
is like Carlsberg - and it goes down extremely well indeed. The only thing
that is recommended is to drink bottled water - this is not to say that tap
water is unsafe, but it wise to be cautious if you want an enjoyable holiday.
You may find you have to pay a little extra for imported stuff, but not much
- you can even get the previous day's English newspapers if you want!!!
It is one of the best holidays I have ever been on, essentially a relaxing
and drinking holiday - the 2 weeks went very quickly indeed and we could
have spent another week there!
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Click here for scanned holiday memorabilia of Cyprus.
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Location of Cyprus |
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Links to Cyprus on the
WWW
www.windowoncyprus.com
www.cyprus-online.com
www.kypros.org
www.visitcyprus.com/wps/portal
