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paul47 · Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

Hello People
We are another couple decided to leave the country we were born in and Im sure these questions have come up many times before.

Can anyone please advise us can we drive a car to Cyprus?

Does anyone know of any company that needs a qualified electrician also trained in motor control systems.

Im sure you all have gone through the same experience when you decided to leave the UK and start a new life in Cyprus.
We would really appreciate all your help in this matter.

Kind Regards

Paul & Carol

stavrizatz · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:49 am Post subject:

Quote: Can anyone please advise us can we drive a car to Cyprus?

Yes we have roads.
Sorry, I was not trying to make fun of you just that was the first thing that came to my mind.

Cyprus has very good roads (mostly) and we drive on the same side as the UK. As for licence if your staying for less than 6 months you can drive with your British licence otherwise go to the 'troxaia' offices in Lefkosia to make it a Cypriot one.

Quote: Does anyone know of any company that needs a qualified electrician also trained in motor control systems.

I sure it won't be hard to find a job but pennies are not going to be as good as in the UK.

psJust a question, why Cyprus?

Don't get me wrong, you welcome but my fear is that soon we will have more British than Turkish Cypriots and your government might demand 1/3 of the island and we will end up 37% Turkish, 37% British and 26% Greek :(

paul47 · Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

Dear Stavizatz
Kalaspira (I hope I have spelt that right)
Thank you for your feed back. When I asked about driving I ment driving from England to Cyprus not driving in Cyprus (my mistake should have made it clearer).
I have looked at some of you other postings and can fully understand your anger and if I was in the same shoes as you, I would fel the same.
Unfortunately the whole world is coming to this and I dont think we can stop it.
On a brighter side I am not like the other expats you have met. When I move to Cyprus I want to learn the language and learn the culture just out of respect, I am the dtranger in thier country.
All I want is a better life for my wife and my self but also join the Cypriot community and hope they will class us as one of there own. Whether that be helping people, fighting wars, fighting poverty.
When we move to Cyprus we are not British we become Cypriot.

Kind Regards

Paul carol

paul47 · Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

By the way we are moving to Paphos so that means Greek Cypriot.
If things dont change they remain the same.
The only constant thing in life is change.
If you are not happy over there and I am not happy over here. why dont we swop houses.
I tell you now you will not see any difference apart from in Cyprus you dont have people trying to bomb you, steal from you, tax you to the death, kill you when you go to hospital with MRSA, the weather and they dont serve ice cold keo

:(

paul47 · Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

Konalicta

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erolz · Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 4195 Location: Kyrenia / Girne

Hi Paul and welcome to the forum.

paul47 wrote: Can anyone please advise us can we drive a car to Cyprus?

Certainly you can. I guess if your destination is the Republic of Cyprus you would want to drive to Greece and take a ferry from there to Cyprus ? Somthing like this

http://www.cruisecyprus.com/ferry.htm

city · Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 3369 Location: Larnaca area

Hi Carol and Paul, and welcome to the forum!

In addition to Louis Cruises that have a ferry service to the Republic of Cyprus there is (only) one other company that offer car ferries to the island. http://www.grimaldi.co.uk/

That's about it, no one else unfortunately.

Regarding jobs you must be aware that lots of qualified ex-pats are on the island and even though the economic situation is good and jobs are available you might encounter difficulties if you don't speak Greek. Of course depending on the job/employer. Cypriots in general have a very good education so they might be the first choice if any vacancies are to be filled in.
Maybe you better be looking for a job within the ex-pat community, for example with people that have set up their own business on the island.
And as Stavri said wages/salary are nowhere near the level you might know from the UK.

P.S. I like your attitude about learning the language and really become part of the local community.

best wishes for your move, city

paul47 · Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

Thank you

stavrizatz · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:26 am Post subject:

Hey Paul I am not angry at all that foreigners come to Cyprus, in fact I am happy that they choose Cyprus to migrate. I like multiculturalism and I hope it opens the eyes of the locals, especially the right wingers of both sides to make them realise we are all the same shit.

Quote: Unfortunately the whole world is coming to this and I dont think we can stop it.

What do you mean by that?

And before I go some useful lingo:
Kalimera - Kali mera = goodmorning - good day
Kalinicta - kali nicta = good night
Geia sou = Hello
Ti kaneis = How are you, literally it means 'what are you doing' so you can use it both ways
Kala = Good, usually the reply for ti kaneis but Cypriots could answer that in a million different ways eg. eee dkiavenoumen, eee zioumen
re = how cypriots call each other when they are seeking the other person's attention
eee = has multiple meanings depending on the tone of voice. eg you are in the toilet and someone knocks the door, you say eee with deep voice, meaning someone is here... the other person is likely to answer aaa with low pitch voice
aaa = also used in different ways eg. if your not paying attention and someone asks you something then you reply Aaa with shard tone

You could learn some turkish as well.
Mer hapar = Hello and how are you if I am not mistaken, you can ask the other guys
Eshieksiksis = don't worry what it means, but you use it when something went wrong both in north and south
Assictir = same as eshieksiksis

anyway enough for now