Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Crossing Cyprus UN buffer zone<br/>
Date: Oct 15, 2003 @ 23:08<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1263187878">Jesper,<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;Here is no buffer zone, so how do they keep the parts apart?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I assume the Dhekelia SBA corridor acts as a buffer zone. I got the <br/>
impression from maps that this corridor was wider, but there would seem to <br/>
be little more than 50 metres of territory either side of the Famagusta <br/>
road. There were certainly a few Greek watchtowers on one side of the road, <br/>
presumably situated in the Greek Cypriot zone.<br/>
<br/>
There is actually surprisingly little in terms of a physical barrier <br/>
between the SBA and the Turkish Cypriot zone. Just a low barbed wire fence <br/>
and a few warning signs in places. I managed to get some pictures of this.<br/>
<br/>
I did find a few boundary markers between the SBA and the UN buffer zone <br/>
near Pyla, but I didn&#39;t fancy wandering around in the vicinity of the <br/>
supposed tripoint(s) as there&#39;s lots of troops with guns in those areas. <br/>
The other problem is that it&#39;s difficult to find accurate maps of Cyprus, <br/>
as most seem to only vaguely plot the Turkish line, and not the Greek line <br/>
at all.<br/>
<br/>
I&#39;ll post some pictures when I get them back from developing. <br/>
Unfortunately, my digital camera didn&#39;t have the necessary zoom for taking <br/>
long-range photos.<br/>
<br/>
Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>