going to turkey

[buggritt]

It's equally pointless judging an entire, and massively diverse, country on the odd holiday there. There are parts of Istanbul you would be silly to explore. Same for Manchester. Enjoy your holiday mate, I'm sure you've earned it.

[sammy13]

Apr 8, 2014 20:47:32 GMT spikus said:

Or rather .. Football "fans"

You could say that about anywhere though really, murder is different, it doesn't happen often, there are many firms, and many groups, but it rarely ends in murder.

[spikus]

Apr 8, 2014 20:57:03 GMT buggritt said:

It's equally pointless judging an entire, and massively diverse, country on the odd holiday there. There are parts of Istanbul you would be silly to explore. Same for Manchester. Enjoy your holiday mate, I'm sure you've earned it.

The same goes for just about every city on the planet .... As you said .. You can't judge a whole country by one persons bad experience 

[poochops]

Apr 8, 2014 20:57:03 GMT buggritt said:

It's equally pointless judging an entire, and massively diverse, country on the odd holiday there. There are parts of Istanbul you would be silly to explore. Same for Manchester. Enjoy your holiday mate, I'm sure you've earned it.

I'm fortunate enough to have been able to visit what must be near thirty times because we've got a place in Cyprus to jump over from, we don't do beaches cos I can't stand sand so we've seen an awful lot yet only scratched the surface, but I know what you mean; there's areas in Merseyside I wouldn't care to chance either.

[sammy13]

Apr 8, 2014 21:11:45 GMT poochops said:

Apr 8, 2014 20:57:03 GMT buggritt said:

It's equally pointless judging an entire, and massively diverse, country on the odd holiday there. There are parts of Istanbul you would be silly to explore. Same for Manchester. Enjoy your holiday mate, I'm sure you've earned it.

I'm fortunate enough to have been able to visit what must be near thirty times because we've got a place in Cyprus to jump over from, we don't do beaches cos I can't stand sand so we've seen an awful lot yet only scratched the surface, but I know what you mean; there's areas in Merseyside I wouldn't care to chance either.

Where in Cyprus poochops?
Do you own somewhere there or just visit someone?

[poochops]

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus sammy13, the dark side brilliant and very economical transport links to Turkey and the Middle East though so it'd be peevish not to explore.

[sammy13]

I was in Akrotiri, did the troodos mountains and have since been to paphos, Nicosia, Limassol love the place both sides, don't matter to me .

[poochops]

My dad did his national service in Cyprus sammy13 I think it would have been 1955 or 1956, he used to tell me he was shot in the leg there, he had a flesh wound scar on his thigh but I'm not certain he wasn't pulling my leg? There was certainly plenty of action during that period.
We're going to spend a week in and around troodos in early July, I'm ashamed to say in near 10 years we've never visited ROC but we're really looking forward to it

[spikus]

I've spent many weeks in Lapta ... A few miles to the west of Girne... Ex- In laws have lived there for a few years now ... Nice part of the world

[poochops]

Do you ever visit Silver Rocks or JK's spikus, maybe The Almond, Cenap, or one of the places on 'the strip'

[sammy13]

Apr 8, 2014 22:05:44 GMT poochops said:

My dad did his national service in Cyprus sammy13 I think it would have been 1955 or 1956, he used to tell me he was shot in the leg there, he had a flesh wound scar on his thigh but I'm not certain he wasn't pulling my leg? There was certainly plenty of action during that period.
We're going to spend a week in and around troodos in early July, I'm ashamed to say in near 10 years we've never visited ROC but we're really looking forward to it

It could have been true, but even if not quite true it made a good story for the kids hey.

When I was there we were on red alert, but its still an amazing place.

I got totally lost on troodos, ( shh don't tell I was leading a group ) got to the meeting place eventually , haha that's life right got to live it to the full

[spikus]

Apr 8, 2014 22:11:54 GMT poochops said:

Do you ever visit Silver Rocks or JK's spikus, maybe The Almond, Cenap, or one of the places on 'the strip'

Not been there for 4 or 5 years ... Due to the fact we got divorced ... But used to go every summer ... Been to silver rocks A few times ... Very nice ... I remember a place called the " Ambience" .. Very posh   And the "verander"... I can't remember the names of the other places ... All a bit of a blurr ... Previous life really 

[poochops]

Silver rocks is a short walk from our villa, it's changed a fair bit in 4 years they've invested heavily year on year, very smart these days! The first time we went to Ambience the Prime Minister and his entourage were there having a dinner for some occasion or other, very posh as you say, and we've been to the veranda a while back too! We tend to eat in less glitzy company these days, usually around Lapta village unless it's the weekend. Small world though spikus

That's thehitman's thread well and truly hijacked! Sorry mate! I usually use unmarked unlabelled 30ml bottles of juice in a clear plastic bag in my hand luggage, I have an ego and Evod in my jacket for a stealth vape, but I put my mod and RBAs in my case with my charger. The batteries go in my hand luggage but last autumn in Jordan they x-rayed it and made me put it in the hold. I guess batteries depends on the airline, their website should say! Enjoy Turkiye.

[andy01424]

also leave plenty of room at top of bottle as they will expand and could leak !!!
used to go to Cyprus every year till they joined the Euro then place got tad expensive! not been in 3yrs,on Bright note used to live in Limassol,have seen Pahos turn into a concrete jungle,used to be only a few buildings there in the harbour 4 if i remember lol went to school in Espiskopi finished at 12 in summer and 1.30pm in Winter straight to the beach,we may well have ended up staying there perm,dad loved the place,mum loved it to helped as she was greek,but that all went tits up as was evacuated because of the war in 74,Famagusta[Varosha] was one lovely resort,yup was lucky to be able to see all the island as one...will always hold a special place in me

Anyway back to thread lol loads of friends and relatives have rarely said a bad thing of there hols to Turkey except they cannot wait to go again,poochops will know Turkey is having a bit of an issue with the recent Vote that is going on and Erodan is bit peeved as he shut down social media sites inc Youtube till a court ordered it open........................................only one thing i hope for is this is there only Chance for a Solution to the CY problem and i hope they do it ......

forget memory lane enjoy your hols

[Deleted]

They persecute christians in Turkey

That for me is bad enough