MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure.

[CaptainPaul]

CaptainPaul why can't we see the painting is a naked life art painting of you done by the local artist

No thank your lucky stars its not! Its a beautiful painting of an old medina very skillfully done I'll put it up here when I get home

 

[Gina M]

Make sure you do sweet cheeks, coz I will be checking up on you

 

[Northernraider]

Mum's birthday today , she'd have been 80. Funny thing was before she was diagnosed she got annoyed if we said "youre nearly 80 " etc .. but when she knew she wasn't going to reach her birthday she was really annoyed. Was my dad's birthday 3 days ago ... he'd have been 84 if he'd lived. Mum got 19 more years than he did. Brothers nearly the age dad was when he died.

Times a funny old thing really

 

[Northernraider]

Cold and raining this morning, thunder storm too. Big difference from the last few days. Hoping it doesn't last . Not even been out our walk yet ...dogs not keen

 

[Helen Ariel]

Duvet day!

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[CaptainPaul]

Sun coming up nicely here in Maroc in a city where a Christian church stands beside an ancient mosque and not even a cross word between them

 

[mackeellan]

Oil painting near the size of the whole double bed in the van, Rugs and pillowcases, lamps of every type, leather pouffes, woolen pouffes etc I've a nest of tables to pick up in Tangiers before we go to the ferryView attachment 868780View attachment 868781View attachment 868782View attachment 868779and goodness knows what else in the garage I can't even remember now! View attachment 868786
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Laugh!..........i nearly bought a round x

 

[Northernraider]

Sun coming up nicely here in Maroc in a city where a Christian church stands beside an ancient mosque and not even a cross word between them View attachment 868866

Casablanca?

 

[CaptainPaul]

Casablanca?

No mate.... opposite side of the country and right beside Algeria....

 

[CaptainPaul]

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[Northernraider]

No mate.... opposite side of the country and right beside Algeria....

I didn't see many churches in Morocco, but I remember a cathedral in casablanca. Not seen any churches in Turkey either.

 

[CaptainPaul]

In fact this close to Algeria! Lol

 

[CaptainPaul]

OK mystery city time over......

 

[Northernraider]

Has anyone taken their motorhome to Cyprus? .. I was just having a nosey and it's only £55 to take my camper over.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Has anyone taken their motorhome to Cyprus? .. I was just having a nosey and it's only £55 to take my camper over.

Presumably that's to the northern partition only?
Can you drive through to the greek half these days?

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[Northernraider]

Presumably that's to the northern partition only?
Can you drive through to the greek half these days?

I'm not sure... from Google there's a British bit too apparently.

 

[pjay]

I (think) the ferry goes into Northern (Turkish) Cyprus, then you'd have to cross the border into the south, part of the EU but not sure about Schengen?
Did a few detachments out there (Akrotiri) in the forces over the years, I remember when the Turks invaded Cyprus just after I joined up in 1974, had a few mates out there at at the time.

 

[nicholsong]

I'm not sure... from Google there's a British bit too apparently.

In fact two British Sovereign Bases - Akrotiri (RAF) and Dhekalia (Army). They were retained as part of the deal for Cyprus independence.

 

[Northernraider]

I (think) the ferry goes into Northern (Turkish) Cyprus, then you'd have to cross the border into the south, part of the EU but not sure about Schengen?
Did a few detachments out there (Akrotiri) in the forces over the years, I remember when the Turks invaded Cyprus just after I joined up in 1974, had a few mates out there at at the time.

Yeah shengen not a problem as I had about 3 weeks left from my 90 day allowance anyway. And I plan to go through Bulgaria Romania on return route so by the time I hit shengen again I'll have full allowance.

 

[da1es]

Has anyone taken their motorhome to Cyprus? .. I was just having a nosey and it's only £55 to take my camper over.

hi, ive been following you on Polarsteps, and also Full-time Motorhome Adventures Vanlife travel, theyve just come back, worth a look, enjoy your travels, been great following the trip

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[The Coops]

Has anyone taken their motorhome to Cyprus? .. I was just having a nosey and it's only £55 to take my camper over.

Shout out to Berni109 he may be able to help you.

 

[berni109]

carolyn did it last year as part of an organised tour. Maybe pm her for some details.
There are few places you can cross the border from the Turkish controlled area into the Republic of Cyprus. Think it requires a temporary importation of the vehicle. Not all crossing points allow this. Insurance required entering north. Not sure if European insurance covers the south.
Wild camping almost everywhere. Camping sites are few and not great. Black waste disposal could be a problem.
If you get here avoid village centres the roads can be extremely narrow.

 

[Northernraider]

carolyn did it last year as part of an organised tour. Maybe pm her for some details.
There are few places you can cross the border from the Turkish controlled area into the Republic of Cyprus. Think it requires a temporary importation of the vehicle. Not all crossing points allow this. Insurance required entering north. Not sure if European insurance covers the south.
Wild camping almost everywhere. Camping sites are few and not great. Black waste disposal could be a problem.
If you get here avoid village centres the roads can be extremely narrow.

Yeah I'm not sure if it's worth all the hassle for a couple of weeks or not , I thought the insurance I bought for Turkey would cover me for the Turkish part and my own insurance would cover me for the greek part. Think they temporarily import your vehicle here too in Turkey.

I'd have liked to tick it off as another place visited but not sure I'm up for complications

 

[125BEER]

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Blimey that's a big picture for a Living room wall let alone the Van....

Cheers

 

[Northernraider]

Blimey that's a big picture for a Living room wall let alone the Van....

Cheers

Have ye seen his hoose lol.

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[CaptainPaul]

Tam when you get down as far as the Dragon river there's a big castle right on the shore (I think you can wild camp at it) but from there you can see Cyprus very clearly

 

[tonyidle]

Hey Tam, instead of faffing about with a battery wrench that might not have enough oomph, or could be flat when you need to use it, get yourself one of these torque multipliers ?
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This is my 3/4" drive one and it's removed every bolt it's been used on, from Iveco dual rears to 5 foot tall timber harvester wheels. I lent it out to remove the near side dual rears on a Grafter and they split their chrome socket as they hadn't realised (like TinaLes mentioned) it was a left hand thread !
The 3/4" set is maybe overkill for you ( the box weighs 11kg !) but one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CF2RB68G/?tag=mhf04-21 1/2" drive sets might suit you ?
My 3/4" set was under £60, a hell of a lot cheaper than a Milwaukee impact and never needs charging !

I have one of those. Never fails.

 

[CaptainPaul]

You can see the edge of that castle in the background of that photy and if you zoom in on the other pic

there's Cyprus on the horizon out the van window

 

[Northernraider]

I've got lovely Moroccan pictures on my living room wall too

 

[Northernraider]

Il

You can see the edge of that castle in the background of that photy and if you zoom in on the 2nd picView attachment 868942 there's Cyprus on the horizon out the van window
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I'll have a look.

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