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26ÌýJanuary 2008
Once a Crown colony, Cyprus still has two British military bases but it is also a major attraction for visitors from the UK and now the numbers of traditional family holiday makers have been augmented by club goers attracted places like Ayia Napa.Ìý Since 1974 the island has been split between the Turkish held north and the Greek Cypriot south, with visitors only allowed to cross from one side to the other in the last five years.
This week saw the visit of the Greek prime minister to Turkey, a potential warming of relations between the two countries, but will this make any difference to the island of Cyprus?Ìý John McCarthy is joined by Tonia Buxton and Nick Redmayne to look at tourism on the island and to find out about the experiences of visitors to the less developed north.
Author and traveller Simon Reeve has just completed a journey round the world following the line of the Tropic of Capricorn – the southern limit of the tropical zone.Ìý This trip that has taken him from the empty deserts of Namibia to the crowded slums of Sao Paulo in Brazil, via the exotic wildlife of Madagascar, the former asbestos mines of Western Australia and the threatened hunter gatherers of Northern Argentina. Simon recounts some of his adventures along the way.
Presented by John McCarthy
Photo: Tropic of Capricorn - Simon Reeve and his driver
This week’s guests:
is a TV presenter and author and comes from a Greek-Cypriot family.Ìý Her parents moved to England while Cyprus was under British rule but Tonia and her family went back to Cyprus on holiday at every opportunity.
Tonia has presented two series of ‘My Greek Kitchen’ which was broadcast on the Discovery Channel.Ìý In the first series, Tonia went around many of the islands and cities in Greece exploring their different food specialties while cooking several Greek meals and meeting the local inhabitants. The second series was more personal as she stayed in Cyprus with her family who were often on the show.
Travel consultant Nick Redmayne has updated the Bradt’s North Cyprus guidebook. He has also travelled to the south of the island, to Limassol and Paphos.
North Cyprus (Bradt Travel Guides)
Diana Darke
6th Edition updated by Nick Redmayne
(isbn: 978 1841 622446 – to be published in November 2008)
is an author and television presenter, writing about international terrorism and conflict resolution, and making travel documentaries.Ìý He wrote his first book on terrorism One Day in September: the story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre which is also an Oscar-winning documentary movie and then one on Al Qaida, The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism.Ìý
Simon recently completed a journey round the nine countries in the world along the line of the Equator in 2006 and, last year, the Tropic of Capricorn.Ìý The television series will soon be broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ 2.
Tropic of Capricorn; Circling the world on a southern adventure
Publisher: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Books
ISBN-10: 1846074401
ISBN-13: 978-1846074400
TV series of the same name ´óÏó´«Ã½2 (4 x 1 hours) starts Sunday Feb 10th 2008 at 8pmThe ´óÏó´«Ã½ cannot be held responsible for
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John McCarthy is a widely travelled journalist and presenter with a particular interest in the Middle East.
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