From Turkey to Cyprus, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Falling asleep in Antalya, the bus attendant wakes us at 7am in Tasucu (Tash-oo-joo) and after hopping off I realise my laptop is still on the bus, though I manage to retrieve it before the bus leaves.

A taxi driver spots us and offers to take us to the ferry ticket office for five Lira. Instead, we go for three, on a bus, that wasn’t scheduled to start its rounds for another hour.

We buy tickets for the ferry, pass through customs/immigration several hours later in Turkey, arrive in Northern Cyprus two hours later and take a dolmus to the centre.

My sister leaves her BIG backpack on the dolmus (DOLE-moosh), and although I’m a fast runner, I’m unable to catch it. Ten minutes later, it returns on its route and drops off the backpack.

We check into a hotel and walk around the old town of Girne (Kyrenia).

Marina of Kyrenia from the top of  Kyrenia Castle, a 16th century castle built over a previous Crusader castle.

Church of St. George within Kyrenia Castle.