by Calvin Sun | Jun 15, 2021 | Akotiri & Dhekelia, Cyprus, North Cyprus, Post-travel Reflections, You're Going to Miss It...
Press play and read the rest of this post with the music . . . You’re going to miss the feeling of being born again, the old habits of dusting off old passports, filling out documents, packing, unpacking, and repacking. You’ll even miss the anticipation of...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 12, 2021 | Border Crossing, Cyprus, Fail, How Did You Do That?, June 2021: Cyprus, North Cyprus, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Unrecognized Territories, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
Despite a successful border crossing attempt via the Ledra Pedestrian Street UN Buffer Zone in Nicosia from the southern side to the northern side of Cyprus without any of the required materials 3 days ago, it seems that the border guards at northern side...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 10, 2021 | Akotiri & Dhekelia, Border Crossing, Cyprus, June 2021: Cyprus, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
We took on nearly all of South Cyprus today, beginning with a 45 minute drive out south from Nicosia to the beautiful boardwalks of Limassol and its eponymous castle. After a quick bite at Pier One, we drove 20 minutes onwards into the British...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 9, 2021 | Border Crossing, Cyprus, Fail, June 2021: Cyprus, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Unrecognized Territories, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
After our 2 days in Larnaca, we embarked for the world’s last divided capital city (since the fall of the Berlin Wall) of Nicosia: The most southeastern reach of any of the European Union’s capital cities, Nicosia has been...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 8, 2021 | Cyprus, June 2021: Cyprus
The country of Cyprus has been open to tourism since April, requiring a negative PCR test within 72 hours for the most at risk countries for COVID-19 and another negative test upon arrival. Then as of May 10, 2021, Cyprus opened up even more by only allowing...
