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Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece.
About Me
So, allow me to introduce myself. I’m currently 24 years of age, born but not raised in Singapore. My parents had their own business which caused them to move around most of South-East Asia. Which meant my siblings and I had to go wherever they went (Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia etc.) that also meant we were mostly homeschooled. But at the age of 14 I wanted to “experience being a normal teenager” so I started my high school years in a Bilingual school located in Hatyai, Thailand. ONE of the worst decisions I had ever made, which also caused me to DROP OUT. That is where my main journey began. Started my career straight out of High School, because I never wanted to study or found anything that interested me (Surprise…?). I was 17 and started working as a banquet server. I thought “Hey, this is fun, I love making other people happy, so why not make a career out of it” boy was I in for a surprise. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it was an amazing experience If you use it to your benefit to travel, and experience a little of the “outside world”. After a few years of gained experience in a few places, I ended up working in a 5-star resort in the Maldives! What a catch! I lived by the ocean, I saved a shit ton of money (While spending some too 😉) and took a whole 35-day vacation in Bali to visit my Family. Had the time of my life, and I also met, whom I call now the love of my life and my best friend (Ben). Let’s skip the cheesy part, shall we?
After a few months of “courting” we decided to take things to another level, and by this time I had already quit my job in the Maldives with a “better opportunity” lined up for me in Singapore (Managerial Position in this case). So, I took everything I had with my in a suitcase, decided to visit him in the lovely city called Berlin and had one of the best 6 weeks of my life traveling to Italy and Greece with him. Sadly, time went by and it was time for me to face reality. We kept a long-distance relationship for a year and let me tell you my friends, it was not fun. I was sick and tired of my job, lack of sleep and, I guess lack of a better word, sex. Again, I quit my job, took everything I had with me and moved to Berlin. Things did no go well, as I spent most of my time learning German, or at least trying, and applying for jobs (Don’t forget the excessive partying available in Berlin). Things went downhill from there, I was out of a job for 3 months, also my German sucked.
We finally made a plan to head to Bali via Singapore and spend a month there, while I find a job and a place in Singapore for me to “gather” some money and live for 2 months. Once I “gathered” enough money and stayed out of the Schengen Zone long enough for me to be able to get back in, I got a flight straight back to Berlin. I immediately started off learning German from back where I left off (A.1.2) and REALLY learnt it, we even hired a tutor for me twice a week after classes. I was ready to go by the end of my course, and I passed my German exam with flying colors! Yay me! But first, let’s dial back by a couple of months to the same routine of applying for jobs and getting rejected over and over again, which can literally break a person. Somehow it finally came to my mind that I love fitness and things to do with the human body, but I had no idea where to start. We were running out of time, or at least I was, and we had to make a decision by the end of January. After weeks of talking and arguing, finally landed on the decision to move to Cyprus for the next 3 months starting from the end of February.
Cyprus
It was our second weekend in Laranca City, and we decided to rent a car to drive up to the north part of South Cyprus, near the border of North Cyprus (Which is, if you have already read about Cyprus, part of Turkey.)
We rented a car from a company called Cosmos Car Rental , And we had a pretty good bargain for three days. Insert details about car rental
Getting pretty drunk on friday night was not such a good idea when you planned to collect the car at 9am, in which we obviously slept through. However the car comapny was very nice enough to give us several call reminders and we eventually collected the car at 11.30am.
Our first stop was Nissi Beach, 35 minutes and 41,3 kilometers later, we had arrived in our destination. First of all, it was in the beginning of March, therefore, the place was basically a ghost town. Which was nice for us to explore a little, without being surrounded by drunk party people in the middle of the afternoon, especially when we were still suffering from our previous night.
Nissi Beach was a pretty site, however, we would have preferred a few stalls or shops to be opened to enjoy a nice drink while enjoying the view, unfortunately the while entire place was closed until the very beginning of summer or when its hot enough for people to stick their butts up (Minus the Germans. No hate please. I love everyone.)
Cyprus
My partner and I arrived Larnaca Airport (Easyjet) from Berlin (Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld) on the 26th of February 2019 at 18:30. After a bumpy flight we finally made it through immigration and stamped into the country. For those of you who don’t know these budget airlines, they don’t provide any complimentary food or drinks (Bring your own food and water!!). Any who, we grabbed our suitcases from the belt and proceeded to the taxi line (No Line at all). Surprisingly, we managed to get a taxi within 5-7mins including walking to the car with our fat suitcases and backpacks. First of all, download a bloody offline map (if you do not have a European number or any roaming, trust me you will thank me), some of these taxi drivers will actually ask YOU to navigate to you desired destination (That’s if you don’t have a hotel booked to give a name of), Good thing I always come prepared. We arrived at our destination after 15mins (7.6km from the airport) which costed 15Euros (Bargain? Hmmm not sure, I just know that I won’t be taking another taxi anytime soon.) Firstly, the place we have is a very cute 2-bedroom apartment with only 5mins walking distance to the Finikounda beach, convenient. After dropping our bags, we decided to get some food and walked down to the beach, not a pleasant sight. We walked and realized that majority of the restaurants sold sushi! Unfortunately, if you decide to have a long-term trip in Cyprus, especially Larnaca, I suggest you cook and just eat out during the weekends or not at all. After walking for what I would say an hour (10mins) our indecisiveness lead to us having, What I personally call “Cypriot Traditional Fast Food”, I had Souvlaki in Pita bread and my partner had Spareribs cooked in a sweet BBQ sauce with a large number of fries and to pair with this disgustingly delicious meal, a free mug of beer each (Usually KEO beer, the company that makes KEO beer, also sells KEO water, and KEO juices).
Many more stories to come. Until then