--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "nfhodder" <lists@n...> wrote:

> According to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office

web site at

>

http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2F
Xcelerate%

>

2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590&a=KCountryAdvice
&aid=1013618387279

> "It is possible to travel to the north of Cyprus from the south by
> crossing at the United Nations-controlled Ledra Palace

checkpoint in

> Nicosia. But tourists may only cross between 0800-1300 and

must

> return by 1700 the same day. You may not take a hire car

through the

> checkpoint, although it is possible to hire one once you have

crossed

> into the north. Goods bought in the north may be confiscated at

the

> checkpoint on return to the south."
>
> I didn't think this was possible, especially not for tourists. Has
> anyone actually done this?

sounds like a cool thing to do for its own sake
but not a promising approach route to the turkish tripoints
given the 9 hour time limit & their distances from nicosia
on poor roads
not to mention their apparently remote positions

so i wonder if one couldnt take a backdoor approach
starting from the greek tripoints
to cross
either
the narrow united nations buffer zone
perhaps with permission or even an escort
by following its boundary with the british base
to the turkish tripoint counterparts
without actually entering british or turkish territory at any point

or else
to make essentially the same little journey just within the british
base
rather than within the adjacent united nations buffer zone

the choice depending perhaps only on which if either of these 2
military authorities is more agreeable
or more oblivious of
or more relaxed about
these only 2 spots on the island where all 4 powers so closely
converge

m