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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
  
Good news in the papers, but then you may already have read it in the UK daily's. The court battle against that lovely man Red Ken was won and advertising of North Cyprus holidays, on London Transport is to go ahead. Nice to see a positive result for the TRNC and that silly man getting a kick in the butt and it must have been one in the eye for those Greek Cypriots also.
The direct flight from Azerbaijan took place on Wednesday. The plane this time was full of business men and officials, but with luck is a prelude of more to come and more countries flying direct without protest from the rest of the world.
A 15% increase on the price of diesel and cigarettes was awarded by the government this week, so you see it's not only in the UK that you get price hikes.
Looks like Turkey signed the EU protocol, which they needed to do in order to be allowed to continue negotiations to join the EU. They very carefully worded their acceptance to include the comment that that the signature, ratification and implementation of the protocol does not amount to any form of recognition of the Republic of Cyprus in the South. I suppose the next thing is we are going to find our southern neighbours stamping their little feet again.
I received the following item from Jim Barnes this week. My sentiments exactly so I am reprinting it in full for you:-
I believe that the lands in the north should be returned to the owners in the south
This should be timed to coincide with the Australians handing over Australia back to the aborigines, America back to the red Indians, The Falklands back to Argentina. And Israel back to the Arabs, Oh I nearly forgot, and Gibraltar back to Spain.
This divided Island has lived in a state of comparative peace now for over 20 years, the political leaders and businessmen from both sides of the border continue to make fists in pockets at each othe
r. The grumbling in the corridors of power always seems to be present. Yet on both sides of the border the ordinary people seem to just keep getting on with their lives.
Some people in the south in positions of power have a vested interest in keeping the Cyprus issue simmering, they will obstruct the development of the North simply because they don’t want the competition, but they are already too late, the exodus of tourists attracted by the lower cost of holidays has already started. Once direct flights begin, the floodgates will open and as the tourist population of the north increases, the north will have an even louder voice in Europe.
I am planning to move to north Cyprus within the next two or three months, My UK house is up for sale so this is a one way trip for us , I will buy a lump of land and have a villa built and no one sided sensationalised inaccurate piece of reporting from T McDonald will dissuade me.
I am going to North Cyprus so I can give my wife a better standard of living in a warm safe place, I plan to live out the rest of my life in peace and harmony with a host country whose natural religion is Islam. But I believe they are true Muslims, They respect other religious beliefs, and they live in peace and apply the Koran rules of hospitality to everyone no matter their differing creed or affiliations. The natural greeting from a northern Cypriot to any foreigner, is a sincere warm smile.
Maybe a united Cyprus will happen one day, but the price in the north maybe a higher crime rate, and the more hectic life style of the south, I believe the government in the north has its priorities right in many respects, Vandalism and graffiti are unknown in the north, Children are safe on the streets. The Law and its officers are respected, If you want to swear or spit at a policeman please don’t come to north Cyprus.
Perhaps those who want to change North Cyprus should stand back and think. Change it to what?
I hope and pray that the north stays as it is, with its own people, Its own government, just as they are, I hope the things that attracted people like Frank and Joan to north Cyprus remain, as an example, of simple values of peace, and beauty.
North Cyprus is still the jewel of the Mediterranean, long may it remain so
Jim Barnes.
Incidentally, I sent this to our daily paper, The Cyprus Times and they reprinted it in full.
Also good news is the fact that our Dutch friend Hans, has had his new map of the north of the island approved. The map is now for sale at a price of £4.99 and is currently available from The Pegasus or you can contact Hans on hansdoeleman@sunnycyprus.net . So next time you come over you can buy something accurate to show you the way around.
This evening Michael decided to try out the new BBQ that he bought, so together with Bruce and Barbara from Karaman, we made up a six pack to enjoy his endeavours. As we started to enjoy his pool around 4 in the afternoon it was time for the girls to get all wrinkly by spending a couple of hours in there, currently the water temperature in our polls is around 32 degrees, probably warmer than a UK summers day. Joan tried to show them the walk on lilo's trick and ended up by just launching herself on top of the damned thing and managing to cling on. The food was good, the beer cold so all in all an enjoyable afternoon and evening.
Well that's it for this month. You will get one week into August and then a big silence whilst we enjoy our holiday.
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