Have fun in Cyprus!

Water rationing in Cyprus ‘No longer on the cards’

Mike — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:45:12 +0000

In recent years, water shortages and rationing has been a feature of summer life in Cyprus. According to Kyriacos Kyrou, the Director of the Cyprus Water Development Department this is “No longer on the cards”.

January 2012 was the wettest month in eleven years with three times the average rainfall [...]

Cyprus Special Interest Tourism Increasing

Mike — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:49:19 +0000

Cyprus holds 4% of the British and 5% of the German special interest tourism market, according to the findings of three different surveys presented yesterday by Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO).

Cyprus ranks 12th in the preferences of British tourists when choosing a special interest tourism destination and 16th in the preferences [...]

Ryanair start cheap flights to Cyprus

Mike — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:35:38 +0000

When Easyjet starting flying to Cyprus, they changed things radically. Now Ryanair are starting flights to and from Cyprus as well so we can expect big reductions in the cost of flying to Cyprus.

Ryanair will be starting flights between Paphos and London from April 2012. They will also fly between [...]

Bedford TM Lorry

Mike — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:10:31 +0000

The Bedford TM was a heavy goods vehicle constructed by Bedford Vehicles, the British arm of General Motors’ commercial vehicle division, between 1974 and 1986.

Up until the launch of the TM, Bedford had been building mostly low-specification short haul distribution trucks, such as the Bedford TK and KM. In [...]

Nicosia Rally 2011

Mike — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:51:48 +0000

Today was the 2011 Nicosia Rally, the final motor sport event for 2011 in Cyprus.

The rally comprised six special stages, three stages each run twice totalling 109.2km. The special stages were a mix of gravel and tarmac.

The recent rains had transformed the normal Cyprus dust tracks into mud tracks [...]

Wreck of the Edro III, Sea Caves, Paphos

Mike — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:05:41 +0000

The Edro III, an 83 meter long, 2,517 ton freighter ran aground in stormy weather in the Sea Caves area of Paphos between Coral Bay and St. George’s Island on 8 December 2011

Enroute from Limassol to Rhodes

The Edro III left Limassol the previous day in bad weather with [...]

Pictures of the IRC 2011 Cyprus Rally

Mike — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:07:38 +0000

See the pictures I shot over three days of exciting IRC 2011 Cyprus Rally action!

The pictures are organised by action. See pictures of:

Service Park by Paphos Harbour Ceremonial Start and Super Special Stage Special Stage 3 – Salamiou Special Stage [...]

Videos of IRC 2011 Cyprus Rally

Mike — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:16:48 +0000

Watch videos shot in the run up to the IRC 2011 Cyprus Rally and thrilling action on some of the special stages!

IRC 2011 Cyprus Rally Preparations 29 Oct 2011

The weekend before the rally, a quick look around what will become the humming Service Park for the IRC 2011 [...]

Mikkelsen wins 2011 IRC Cyprus Rally

Mike — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:39:38 +0000

The fight for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) title came to a dramatic conclusion today with Norway’s Andreas Mikkelsen securing the title on a riveting 2011 IRC Cyprus Rally.

Watch the action – SS9 Gialia

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbSGFen8dc8

Going into the last event of the 2011 season, no fewer than [...]

2011 IRC Cyprus Rally: On the final day Mikkelsen maintains the lead

Mike — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:24:54 +0000

The fight for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) title continued on Saturday 5 November in what is proving to be an especially exciting 2011 IRC Cyprus Rally.

Watch the action – SS8 Anadiou

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH2D5rY3Q44

Mikkelsen leads

Norway’s Andreas Mikkelsen maintains his overall event lead at lunchtime service. Having started [...]