Monthly Archives: May 2004

Managed to finalise the deal on our Jeep Cherokee today. Another ex-pat, who lives in Lapta fancied it very much, but had a Mitsubishi Lancer that he needed to sell, so I had a trial in that and agreed to take it in part exchange. My feeling is that it will be easier to sell … Continue reading »

Decide to try to go over to the south again today, this time with Richard and Paul. We parked the car on the TRNC side again and walked across. We managed to get the original jobsworthy passport officer on the Greek side, who insisted in inspecting our passports and asking were we all lived etc., … Continue reading »

Just a week of up and down to the council and the telephone offices to try to get something done, before I completely tear my hair out. Tuesday morning came a promise to get the telephone men out to the road and to repair the line that day. Guess what nobody turned up, I suppose … Continue reading »

Still no telephone, so Michael and I were back up to the council offices and again the mayor promised to get his men down today to clear out the telephone hole and call the telephone people to say that it had been done. They will simply not repair the cable until the road damage is … Continue reading »

This morning Joan and I got up around 7 a.m. and went for a pre-breakfast swim, very refreshing but still a little early to be very warm. After breakfast we got Sandra a new sun hat, paid our bill and went back up towards the tip, but this time on the north coast. We had … Continue reading »

At last there are going to be some pics to add to the site, why, because today we went up to the Karpaz with Derek and Sandra. They had never ventured up there before and we had promised to let them benefit from our frequent visits. We booked our favourite Malibu Motel for the night … Continue reading »

Busy week all round and something I forgot to tell you. I need new specs, mine are about 5 years old and although my eyes don’t seem to have changed much Joan thought I should try and get a little more up to date. Saturday we went to Akay Optik in Kyrenia and I picked … Continue reading »

Today, Joan was at school all day because it was school sports day. She took the camera with her but unfortunately she was so busy writing out certificates for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, that she was unable to get any pics for us. Maybe next year I will have to go with her. … Continue reading »

Our friends, David and Glen who have a house up in Karaman, are over for a couple of months from their other home in Nairobi so we had to catch up on events. Glen’s sister Val is also staying with them this week, so we all adjourned to The Address restaurant for a very pleasant … Continue reading »

Looks like a busy week ahead. Michael and I went up to the council offices first thing this morning, with our "I told you so" faces on. Trying to get through to these people that prevention is much cheaper than the cure is almost impossible. The mayor promised to stop the building works immediately until … Continue reading »