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

In today's newspaper the builders here in TRNC are turning on the government and saying that they, the government, must act over the drop in business.  Now that has to be a sort of laugh, maybe they don't know about world recession and the overall drop in business across Europe. The chairman of the Contractors Union says that they must take an itsy bitsy bit of the blame for the state of things.  He does mention, poor quality construction, houses being double sold, mortgages taken out on land after homes on it have been sold and of course the Orams, I suppose we

The recent flooding in Guzelyurt, during the heavy rains recently, has caused people to complain at last about ravines, which form natural water courses, being filled in by building rubbish. This has been happening as long as we have been here and still goes on unchecked.  A lot of the 4 million TL damage recently could have been avoided if the water courses had been kept open.

The immovable properties commission has agreed a deal with a Greek Cypriot for the return of 60 donums of land in Getikoy and £600,000 compensation for 7 donums of land and a house here in Lapta.

Today is blood donors day, so have to be off now to the hospital in Girne and then maybe get some light gardening done on our return as the weather is beginning to warm up.