New Version of About North Cyprus Soon
Published on 08 June 2006 at 03:08 pm
Filed in Expat Life In Nicosia Cyprus
I am oh so ever so excited – but totally exhausted and falling asleep at my desk (nothing new there then – did I ever tell you about power napping on the loo when I worked for Citigroup?) Sorry, I digress, yes indeed, Andy and I are working day and night on a brand spanking funkily new version of our little gem AboutNorthCyprus.com
As many of you know, we started the site after this wee bloggie here got quite a lot of attention because quite simply there is not enough written about living and working in North Cyprus and because the only people writing about property in North Cyprus were the maybe, possibly, I should probably think so slightly biased estate agents. Well at long last the best independent information site all about living, working, retiring and investing in North Cyprus site is getting a thorough overhaul.
Isn’t it funny how quickly we can forget unpleasant things and sign up to them all over again? Last week the buyers of our property in Ozankoy took over the house and were happy to do so…but then they asked if I’d use my wealth of vastly superior knowledge in terms of all things ‘moving to North Cyprus’ (hmmmm) and help them with the process of importing their furniture.
North Cyprus is a funny place - it doesn’t have a MacDonald’s but it does have cash dispensers from which you can withdraw multiple currencies, it doesn’t have a Marks and Spencer but it does have lots of different telephone directories – however not one of them lists every single business in North Cyprus and not one of them lists a single home telephone number…
Well, what a crazy time we’re having – we moved into the Ozankoy house in December…and now we’re moving out again. My mother asked whether moving is now a hobby and I think maybe it’s more of an addiction – I’d go and see someone about it if being mentally ill was legal in North Cyprus but I have a feeling it isn’t!
Well it’s been a long hard winter in Northern Cyprus so far, and so when the sun finally popped out from behind a cloud last week I decided it was high time I took Cheese out for a walk.
Seeing as what it was like a special occasion yesterday (mine and Andy’s wedding anniversary to be precise) we decided to splash out and go to the self-proclaimed ‘best a’la carte restaurant’ - we assume they mean in North Cyprus though of course they could mean in the world - or, seeing as it’s located in Ozankoy - in Ozankoy? But then it would be the ‘only a’la carte restaurant’ wouldn’t it?
High on a hill was a lonely goat herd...no...let’s start that one again; there in my garden was a lonely goat. Yes, that’s more accurate.
Buying property in any emerging market in the world is going to be a risky business and those who do not take care, do their due diligence and plan for the worst will always run the risk of falling victim to unscrupulous types who see Westerners as having too much money and therefore being a fair target for ripping off.
Owning a dog in North Cyprus comes with a whole range of new perilous hurdles to traverse (can you traverse a perilous hurdle?) - well, anyway, issues you’d never necessarily dream of when planning on getting a hound.
HSBC may call themselves ‘The World’s Local Bank’ but in Kyrenia in North Cyprus HSBC are ‘The World’s Local Meeting Place’.
