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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....

January 13

- A major set back for the direct flights application. It appears that in a House of Lords debate, Lord Triesman, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the FCO, told the house that there were legal obstacles to the CTA bid, unless the Greek Cypriot government recognised Ercan as an international airport. Now we can all see that happening, can't we.

Cyprus Paradise holiday company has succumbed and is now offering flights in to Larnaca with coach travel to the North. They say this is due to a fall off of tourism as a result of the high costs of flights in to Ercan and the need to stop in Turkey, making the flight unduly long. Interesting that Pegasus seem to be offering flights at o

nly £230 during the summer. A more streamlined airline, with a much smaller payroll, nah couldn't possibly be that, could it?

A British father of two has been deported back to England when he arrived back here after a Xmas holiday in UK. It seems he had been here for 9 months previously, having invested in a business here, but had not secured a work permit or temporary residency. He claims there were mitigating circumstances as to why he had not got either permit. Strange, as I know many people who have succeded in getting temporary permits to reside in about 3/4 weeks, two months at the most. Maybe there is an important message here. Come over, enjoy the life, but obey the rules, don't imagine you are immune.

No Comment. A man was arrested at Girne harbour and accused of trying to smuggle 335 Viagra tablets in to the TRNC.

The first of the new power generating units was transferred to the Teknecik plant this week on a 128 wheel low loader. There was a sort of chaos on the roads as this thing travelled very slowly from Famagusta docks. There are three more of these units to come and hopefully the power problems on this part of the island will be a thing of the past.

That's it for today, as Joan and I are going out to dinner with Andrew Cowley, to Haci Ali's again. The problem we have is that The Saffron has closed until March.
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