The Turkish Side

You may not know this but Cyprus is the only divided capital left in the world. To go over to the Turkish side we had to show our passports. But, you have to make sure that they don't stamp them because the "Turkish Republic of Cyprus" is not recognized as their own state/country by any other country except themselves and Turkey.  Our first stop was Kyrenia, which is located on the Turkish side of the Island. It was beautiful. We explored a castle on the water and got to walk around the town just for a little bit. The castle had remains of the oldest shipwreck there. We also saw a mountain called  "Five Fingers" because it looks like a hand.

Turkish Flag/Turkish Republic Flag

The Castle

Mock Shipwreck

Items from of the shipwreck

On the Water

Five Finger mountain

Five Finger Mountain Again

Famagusta

Famagusta (Greek: Ammóchōstos) is a city on the east coast of Cyprus and is capital of the Famagusta District. It is located east of Nicosia, and possesses the deepest harbour of the island.

In antiquity, the town was known as Arsinoe, after Arsinoe II of Egypt, and was mentioned by that name by Strabo. In Greek it is called Ammochostos, meaning "hidden in sand". This name developed into Famagusta (originally Famagouste in French and Famagosta in Italian), used in Western European languages and the Turkish name, Mağusa. In fact, its Turkish name is Gazi-Mağusa. The old town has been nicknamed "The city of 365 churches" owing to a legend that at its peak, Famagusta boasted one church for each day of the year.