Circumnavigating Cyprus

08/01/2016

Hey Facebook Fam! Our expedition leader, Anna Antoniou, will be interviewed LIVE Monday morning at 7 AM(PST) on National Geographic Travel page. She will be talking about her experience Circumnavigating Cyprus. Tune in!!!

07/25/2016

Hey Everyone! Anna from the Circumnavigating Cyprus team will be at National Geographic Museum with 50 other 'nerds' fresh from the field on July 29! Geek out with us and find out what it's really like to be an explorer! Use the code GEEKOUT to get $5 off your ticket!

http://events.nationalgeographic.com/washingtondc/2016/07/29/the-geeks-dc/

Geek out with Nat Geo’s youngest explorers, fresh from the field.

07/11/2016

WE DID IT! 400 miles of circumnavigating complete! What was the first thing we did when we finished? Dump our smelly gear!

Thank you to everyone who supported us during this amazing journey! We so appreciate all the kindness, help, and encouragement everyone sent our way! We couldn't have done it without you!

We'll be periodically uploading photos that may have been overlooked while trekking. So stay tuned to see more of this amazing island!

07/11/2016

Our journey is complete and our last blog post is up! We met Anthos, an artist creating something truly spectacular in Cyprus. Click the link below to find out what it is!

On the first day of the expedition, way back in May, we stumbled upon one of the most spectacular sights in Cyprus. From a distance we saw brightly colored domed roofs, and mosaicked walls. We took a detour to investigate, and met Anthos, a teacher and artist, working on a mosaic floor in his front…

07/01/2016

As our trek comes to a close, we have only a few posts left! Read about Georgios (aka Kokis), our last, but certainly not least host on our journey. Thank you to Georgios for being such an amazing host and letting us stay at your beautiful urban oasis!

We spent the final days of our journey with Georgios, an artist living in his own oasis built from the ruins of an old home in the center of Limassol. Five years ago, Georgios quit everything following the emergence of some substantial family problems. “I was going crazy.” he said, “I saw this disas...

06/28/2016

New post on Limassol, the last stop on our walk around Cyprus! Meet Kyriakos, a refugee from the 1974 conflict, and hear his views on the Cyprus problem.

The Furniture Maker Anna and I entered the city of Limassol on the downhill run(walk) of our journey. We walked on the narrow roads winding through the old city looking for our AirBNB. Old buildings of wood, concrete and brick lined the streets, some decaying, others restored to their original beaut...

06/24/2016

"They are not Turkish and we are not Greek; we are Cypriots"


But does that mean a solution is possible? Read what George and Chrystalleni from Yerisokipou think on the blog.

Is a Solution Possible? As we walked south from Paphos, we stopped for a lunch break in Yersokipou. We settled at a traditional Cypriot lunch spot for a mixed pita(my favorite) and a salad. They had amazing sheftalia and the owner, George, was happy to share the recipe with us. FYI, the secret is in...

06/21/2016

UPDATE: broken photo links are now fixed. Sorry for the technical difficulties, folks!

We began the last stretch of our journey by trekking through Akamas, a national park and one of Cyprus' most beautiful landscapes. There were no roads, no homes, and no people (save numerous tourists on ATVs), but the scenery was incredible.

Check out our glamour shots of Cyprus' coastline on the blog.

Glamour shots Cyprus’ coastline We began the last stretch of our journey by trekking through Akamas, the promontory and cape at the northwest extremity of Cyprus. This area is a national park and considered to be Cyprus’ best-preserved natural area with unique biodiversity. While there were few loca...

06/18/2016

On June 4th, we took a 70 mile detour to attend the 2nd Bicommunal Pyla Festival. Read all about it on the blog.

“Like ashes in the eyes.” There is a community in Cyprus unlike the others. It reminds Cyprus of what was, and what could be. It lies within the U.N. Buffer Zone and within it’s borders live Turkish and Greek Cypriots. There is a Turkish Cypriot mayor and a Greek Cypriot mayor, a Turkish café and a…

06/15/2016

For the last 42 years the city of Varosha has remained untouched. Read our new blog post for more information about Cyprus' political Chernobyl.

A Politcal Chrenobyl There’s a secret city inside Famagusta. A city the locals don’t talk about and ignore. Famagusta surrounds this city, but forgot about it. The city is called Varosha, and it has been off limits since 1974. Greek Cypriots in the south told us about Varosha. It was considered the…

06/13/2016

Our day in Kalkanli was filled with turkish coffee, backgammon, döner, and zivania, but above all kindness, joy, and hospitality. Click the link below to read all about it. Thank you to Güney, Mehmet, Alkan, Kemal, and everyone else who made our day so special!

The day just kept getting better We hiked into the village of Kalkanli around 10:30am, tired, sore and sunbeaten with Alexi and I arguing politics. Although it was early in the day, we needed a break. We checked out the center of town and entered a café where the men of the village were reading the…