Holidaymakers visiting Famagusta before 1974 most likely stayed in
Varosha with its long beach backed by modern hotels, its football
stadium and the busy streets of a living town.
Today Varosha is no more than an empty ghost town. It lies in a
UN buffer zone between the lines of the Cyprus National Guard and
of the Turkish and Turkish Cypriot forces. As the occupants fled,
Varosha remained empty as it became part of an eerie no-mans-land
between makeshift borderlines. Washed clothes were left drying on
washing lines - electric lights were left burning for years until
the bulbs finally failed. In the current sporadic cross border
talks, Varosha remains a bargaining counter - a symbol of the
madness and the tragedy of those awful summer days of July
1974.
To claim the find, you will need to find a vantage point from
which to look out over no-mans-land. Look directly North and email
me the letters and numbers that are prominently painted on the wall
of one of the closest buildings.
There are a number of places that the answer can be seen from
without payment. Read previous logs.