Northern Cyprus

The photo at the top was taken from the inside of the mini-bus, going from the capital, Lefkosia, to Kyrenia (Girne) in northern Cyprus. The upper one-third of Cyprus is controlled by the Turkish Cypriots and Kyrenia is the major town on the northern coast. Here it was hotter, less expensive, and somewhat less developed than the Greek Cypriot regions on the southern part of the island. After lugging our snorkel gear around for about a week, we found a fairly good place to snorkel off the coast, not far from Kyrenia.