Day 10: Bogaz - Paralimni
Today we wanted to get as close as possible to Famagusta - a ghost town. This city was captured by the Turkish military in 1973 and the entire population left it, and they were allowed to take with them only those things that they could take with them. Since then, the city still stands as a monument to those days - empty high-rise buildings, with windows gaping in blackness. In the photo - our breakfast) A lot of sand - not very good, it gets packed everywhere.
In the morning we woke up in a dense fog, visibility was 5 meters.
Here was such a fog)
And this is another broken spoon) In this trip, we broke 2 plastic spoons)
Another participant in the campaign) Temporary))
My bike is almost ready to go. It turned out to be very convenient to carry a sleeping bag on the steering wheel - it saves time when you collect things in the trunk in the morning and in the evening when you take it apart. It does not interfere with steering, because weighs only 1.5 kg.
Our group is still going. It was convenient to occupy this terrace - gathering without sand is much better)
Ahead is the last settlement on the Turkish side - today we had to cross the border to the Greek side. In general, relations between Turks and Greeks on this island are very different. Some treat their neighbors very badly, some don't care.
Let's see how to go to Famagusta :)
Some old wall. By the way, football players train inside it. I think training in such a place is much more interesting than on a regular field.
In this city we visited several ancient places of faith
The Catholic Cathedral, which the Turks tried to turn into a mosque ... It would be better if they left it as it is, someone else's faith can also be respected.
Inside the mosque.
Before entering, you had to take off your shoes, and our girl put on a hat
Sea near the city. Clean as everywhere else in Cyprus.
Famagusta is the closest distance we could get to it. Everything was looted - even the windows were taken out. The residents were left with only empty boxes from their apartments. The looting was started by the Turkish military back in 1973, and finished by the "fortune hunters" who got into the habit of climbing over the fence. It would be interesting for us to wander there, but common sense prevailed - there were not so many days left before departure, there were still not enough problems with the military. I read somewhere that the military fines 500 euros if caught in Famagusta.
In this city, we could not stand it and decided to order a local kebab. But the sellers did not know English and we did not understand each other about the price. We thought that one kebab costs 3 euros, but it turned out to be 4. As a result, we got 3 kebabs for 12 Euros. They thought that the 4th was being prepared, but they never carried it out. We quarreled with the sellers, but this did not lead to anything. Such is the incident.
Judging by the maps.me map, there was only one checkpoint across the border nearby, we had to go west to it. But Grisha decided to try his luck by driving along the coast (toward Famagusta). As a result, the military turned us around, we had to make a small detour, 10-15 kilometers. By the way, what is remarkable about maps.me maps - in addition to being offline, there are also marked the main places that may come in handy when traveling. Such as checkpoints, shops, gas stations, places of interest to visit.
Here is a checkpoint on the Greek side.
We drove around the lakes to the coastal town of Paralimni and spent the night on its outskirts. They kindled a fire here, since there was enough firewood. There was a training base with sailing catamarans nearby and I decided to go check it out in the morning.
Traveled 60 miles today.
Overnight place:
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