<div class="google_rct"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/indemnity_insurance/">Why Mike Armstrong is Really Quite Clever!</a></h2> <div class="posthead"> <p>Published on 10 December 2004 at 12:53 pm<br /> Filed in <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/cat/C75/">Nicosia Cyprus News</a></p> </div> <p><b>I was chatting to Mike in the Night Jar - where else...it really is my home from home.</b> </p> <p> Anyway, he was telling me that he and Fraser and Beyler (prominent estate agency here in TRNC who happen to have the pleasure of employing him) have come up with a well smart idea (well I think it’s really dead clever anyway) and to facilitate the idea they are “in talks” with none other than...leading insurers Lloyds (yes, “of London") - dum dum duuuuuum - big stuff… </p> <div class="postinfo"> <p> <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/indemnity_insurance/">Read full article...</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/on_the_way_to_ercan/">On The Way to Ercan</a></h2> <div class="posthead"> <p>Published on 09 December 2004 at 06:28 pm<br /> Filed in <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/cat/C76/">Expat Life In Nicosia Cyprus</a></p> </div> <p><b>We were on the way to Ercan and it was raining...not a lot, but enough for there to be muddy spray all over the place and for our windscreen to be covered in a not very see-through layer of sludge...which was...errrrm...hard to see through - yes.</b> </p> <p> Anyway, we had no water left in the windscreen washer bottle...(it gets more exciting, trust me) </p> <div class="postinfo"> <p> <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/on_the_way_to_ercan/">Read full article...</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/mr_tektan/">Mr Tektan</a></h2> <div class="posthead"> <p>Published on 07 December 2004 at 07:47 pm<br /> Filed in <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/cat/C76/">Expat Life In Nicosia Cyprus</a></p> </div> <p><b>Every Expat’s Best Friend</b> </p> <p> A pretty bad sonnet type attempt - sorry, I’m not a poet it seems… </p> <p> Mr. Tektan installs DigiTurk and Sky, <br /> Putting huge ginomous satellite dishes up on high, <br /> Which means I get to watch Eastenders again <br /> And Holby City and Casualty all those people, all that pain! </p> <p> Mr. Tektan sells air conditioning and fans to cool, <br /> Without them you’d melt in North Cyprus you fool! <br /> So in the summer his shop is heaving with sweaty expats <br /> The ones with white legs, Bermuda shorts and sun hats. </p> <p> In the winter Mr. Tektan sells heaters and torches, <br /> Yes in the summer the sun scorches <br /> But in the winter it’s damn cold here <br /> But Mr. Tektan will save you, have no fear. </p> <p> Who’ll keep you warm, who’ll keep you cool, who’ll entertain you? <br /> Mr Tektan, that’s who! </p> <div class="postinfo"> <p> <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/mr_tektan/">Read full article...</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/adopt_an_estate_agent_in_north_cyprus/">Adopt an Estate Agent in North Cyprus</a></h2> <div class="posthead"> <p>Published on 07 December 2004 at 07:18 pm<br /> Filed in <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/cat/C76/">Expat Life In Nicosia Cyprus</a></p> </div> <p><b>I like estate agents - in fact - I wanted to be one - once.</b> </p> <p> So, I’ve decided to set up an ‘adopt your favourite estate agent’ scheme in North Cyprus and I’m looking for volunteers. </p> <div class="postinfo"> <p> <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/adopt_an_estate_agent_in_north_cyprus/">Read full article...</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/bleach_fumes/">Dying of Bleach Fumes.</a></h2> <div class="posthead"> <p>Published on 07 December 2004 at 06:48 pm<br /> Filed in <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/cat/C76/">Expat Life In Nicosia Cyprus</a></p> </div> <p><b>Oh God I’ve got mouldy curtains? What’s a woman to do?</b> </p> <p> You see it all started about 2 months ago when I went out and left the window open and, well, a tropical storm sort of ‘happened’ to my bedroom. </p> <div class="postinfo"> <p> <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/bleach_fumes/">Read full article...</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/why_didnt_anybody_tell_me/">Why Didn’t Anybody Tell Me?</a></h2> <div class="posthead"> <p>Published on 06 December 2004 at 07:07 pm<br /> Filed in <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/cat/C76/">Expat Life In Nicosia Cyprus</a></p> </div> <p><b>I’ve been in North Cyprus for quite a while now and have been on the receiving end of countless pieces of useless advice and numerous totally incorrect observations from expats and locals alike...</b> </p> <p> From where the main police station <b>isn’t </b>in Lefkosa (I spent a whole DAY wandering round completely lost in July) to the fact that installing my central heating was a waste of good money and I’d never need it - har har har, very funny...but why does no one ever tell you about the important things? </p> <div class="postinfo"> <p> <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/why_didnt_anybody_tell_me/">Read full article...</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/snakes_cats_chickens_north_cyprus/">Snakes, Wild Cats and Being a Chicken in North Cyprus.</a></h2> <div class="posthead"> <p>Published on 06 December 2004 at 06:59 pm<br /> Filed in <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/cat/C76/">Expat Life In Nicosia Cyprus</a></p> </div> <p><b>It’s December in North Cyprus, the fruit trees are weighed down with their burgeoning crop, the wild flowers are just starting to appear and the sun has been shining - again!!</b> </p> <p> We were lucky to miss a week of fairly pants weather in TRNC last week apparently, because we were back in the UK for our annual pre-Christmas manic rush around visiting the families. So we decided to go out and make the most of our luck and the now warm again December sunshine as soon as we got back. </p> <div class="postinfo"> <p> <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/snakes_cats_chickens_north_cyprus/">Read full article...</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/packs_of_cats/">Packs of Cats</a></h2> <div class="posthead"> <p>Published on 06 December 2004 at 06:55 pm<br /> Filed in <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/cat/C76/">Expat Life In Nicosia Cyprus</a></p> </div> <p><b>Andy and I went for a wander down by the new harbour in Girne today to have a look see and see what we could see, see, see.</b> </p> <p> We’d been out in the car yesterday and I’d spotted some very tall masts and we decided to go for a closer look...who says my life is dull?! </p> <div class="postinfo"> <p> <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/packs_of_cats/">Read full article...</a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/more/two_stoopid_dogs/">Two Stoopid Dogs</a></h2> <div class="posthead"> <p>Published on 06 December 2004 at 06:49 pm<br /> Filed in <a href="http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/cyprus/cat/C76/">Expat Life In Nicosia Cyprus</a></p> </div> <p><b>From the balcony at the back of our flat we have a lovely view of the army’s rubbish dump - I mean ‘storage facility’ - shhh, don’t tell them, they might think we’re spies.</b> </p> <p> It’s sort of a field full of long grass, weeds, and lots of stuff the army don’t want anymore...like bald tyres and holey boots and chairs with legs missing and more importantly, cupboards...lots and lots of cupboards...I don’t know why, so don’t ask! 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