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Title: My experiences of Cyprus; being an account of the people, mediæval cities and castles, antiquities and history of the island of Cyprus: to which is added a chapter on the present economic and political problems which affect the island as a dependency of the British empire
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Stewart, Basil, 1880-
Subjects: Cyprus -- Description and travel Great Britain -- Colonies Cyprus
Publisher: London : G. Routledge New York, E.P. Dutton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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tailed bythe journey. 157 My Experiences of the Island of Cyprus. On the occasion of my first visit, going bysea all the way, it took fifteen days fromLondon to Cyprus; this time, also by sea,it required exactly twenty-eight days; but itis only fair to add that on this occasion wewere much delayed by fearful weather in theBay. One can get to Alexandria or PortSaid quick enough; it is there where the delaysbegin. The Austrian Lloyd, and Florio-Rubbatino(Italian) steamers sail about every fourteendays from Alexandria to Limasol andLarnaka, and if one of these boats is missed,one has either to wait at Alexandria forthe next, or else take a stray boat to Beyroutin hopes of getting a Messageries Maritimessteamer there. If waiting is the only alternative, the timecan be spent at Cairo, as a stay of twelvedays or so in either Alexandria or Port Saidwould be very tedious. All boats on their way from Egypt toCyprus touch at the various Syrian portsen route, some six or seven in number, and 158
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Limasol and its Neighbourhood. as these are all open roadsteads, with theexception of Beyrout, and as the sea isnearly always rough, sometimes too much soto take or discharge cargo or passengers,the passage to the island from Egypt, thoughin a direct line it is only some 230 miles,may take a week or even more. Formerly, there used to be a steamer ofsome kind which connected with the P. & O.boat at Port Said, and ran direct in aboutfifteen hours to Larnaka, carrying the mails,but since the mail contract lapsed about lastOctober, it has not been renewed, and letters,etc., are now conveyed by any availablesteamer which may eventually call at theisland. The best and most comfortable way ofreaching Cyprus is to go overland to Mar-seilles, and thence by Messageries Maritimesboat to Larnaka, via the Piraeus, Smyrna,and Beyrout, with transhipment sometimesat Beyrout; or another way is to go toTrieste, and thence by Austrian Lloyd viaAlexandria and the Syrian ports. 159 My Experiences of t

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