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[Pathos]

Hi
Just returned from my first trip to Paphos and found it a little disappointing, I found the place to be a little Britain in the sun. On my first night at the hotel (bar staff middle aged moaning brits) I was told to visit the Queen Vic or the Red Lion (could do this in England) I chose the Queen Vic, it was Karaoki night and full of pot bellied red brits singing badly and drinking pints of bitter, it could have been worse because a night later and it would have been bingo night. The following night I went into Charlies bar and met a bar full of brits.
Walking along the Tomb of the Kings Rd past the bingo and karaoki and quiz night pubs I called into a nice looking bar and asked for two large beers in Greek, the woman behind the bar said in a cockney accent "I dont know what your on about but if you want a drink we have Fosters, Carlsberg and a selection of bitters".
The next night I had a trip to bar street and actually met a Greek person running a nice outside bar, after listening to the endless stream of foul mouthed young brits walking past the place I wondered when a fight would break out, it took an hour for it all to kick off.
In the daytime I walked past the harbour area to see full English breakfast for £1.50 everywhere, the black pudding was 30 cents extra.
My point in writing this post is that I didnt realise how British the resort is compared to the many Greek Islands that I have visited (dont have a go at me I know you are Cypriots) and It should be advertised as such.
Anyway thats my moan done cause I found the rest of Cyprus to be really lovely
All the best

Hi Richie

Did you EVEN think of doing any research on Paphos before you booked your holiday???

Judging by your post --- I guess NOT!!!

So you had a s**t holiday & now you are trying to take it out on this forum...

My advice --- GET LOST M8...

Next time stay in the UK...

Such a caring individual. I wonder, do ALL visitors to Cyprus receive the same words of wisdom from Mr. Cyprus Vending? Or just those who offer an honest opinion on certain parts of it? Then again, it's the same mentality that's keeping the 'typical' Brit visitors to Cyprus 'fed' with UK type snacks to soak up all the beer they can drink on Bar St! Where would Mr. Vending's business be without the 10 pints of lager & a kebab brigade invading the island each summer, eh?

If you'd care to re-read the post Mr. Vending, you'll see that it wasn't because RRitchie had had 'a shite holiday' that he felt he had to 'take it out on this forum', it was a post pointing out that certain parts of Cyprus (Pafos in particular) were not as he'd expected, and the comparison was then made to certain parts of the UK where similar things happen.

Seek, young man, and ye shall find.

[Southerner]

Such a caring individual. I wonder, do ALL visitors to Cyprus receive the same words of wisdom from Mr. Cyprus Vending? Or just those who offer an honest opinion on certain parts of it? Then again, it's the same mentality that's keeping the 'typical' Brit visitors to Cyprus 'fed' with UK type snacks to soak up all the beer they can drink on Bar St! Where would Mr. Vending's business be without the 10 pints of lager & a kebab brigade invading the island each summer, eh?

If you'd care to re-read the post Mr. Vending, you'll see that it wasn't because RRitchie had had 'a shite holiday' that he felt he had to 'take it out on this forum', it was a post pointing out that certain parts of Cyprus (Pafos in particular) were not as he'd expected, and the comparison was then made to certain parts of the UK where similar things happen.
Seek, young man, and ye shall find.

Exactly and that is why I took the time to respond to Richie in a civilised manner, Cyprus, Paphos is what the Cypriots have made it by chasing the ££££££££££££s in tourists/ex pats pockets.

[clive of payia]

I am an ex-pat, English. I live in Peyia where there are some 2,800 Greek Cypriots and 7,600 ex-pats but mostly British. There are plans for 800 more properties in Peyia. We have the first non-Cypriot municipal councillor.

Now in north London alone there are more Greek Cypriots than there are in Cyprus. In London the GC's have or have had, mayors of borough like Barnet, county and city councillors and members of parliament.

the ex-pats in Cyprus mostly came with money and invested in property and add considerably to the local economy.

Many of the GC's who went to the UK in the 1950'/60's were escaping from the EOKA bandits who terrorised their own people and in 1974 from the Turkish army.

I rest my case.

[miltiades]

I am an ex-pat, English. I live in Peyia where there are some 2,800 Greek Cypriots and 7,600 ex-pats but mostly British. There are plans for 800 more properties in Peyia. We have the first non-Cypriot municipal councillor.

Now in north London alone there are more Greek Cypriots than there are in Cyprus. In London the GC's have or have had, mayors of borough like Barnet, county and city councillors and members of parliament.

the ex-pats in Cyprus mostly came with money and invested in property and add considerably to the local economy.

Many of the GC's who went to the UK in the 1950'/60's were escaping from the EOKA bandits who terrorised their own people and in 1974 from the Turkish army.

I rest my case.

You are correct , but let me straighten something out. NO CYPRIOT LEFT CYPRUS IN THE 50s /60s because of EOKA. We left because we could not make a living for our selves and neither could we educate ourselves beyond the age of 12 ,. since the British did not encourage further education therefore if you wanted to gain education after the age of 12 you had to pay.
EOKA did not terrorise its own people you are confusing this with EOKA B which came later.

[twinkle]

I used to be one of those GC in North London. However, there is difference between that example and what is happening to Paphos. The GC were willing to accept living in a foreign country. Yes, we had the odd supermarket, cake shop and bakery but in Paphos....it's like walking through Southend!!!! Pub after pub after pub, pie shop and now a sweet shop!!

It's a shame it has lost its quaintness. I said in another post that the Brits have turned it into a Colony...like Marbella or Malaga. Shame

[Pathos]

That's exactly what the Brits do - colonise! They've been doing it for centuries. There's just that part of the British psyche that makes them seek out their own kind. Out in the big, wide world your average Brit is lost. Doesn't speak/won't speak the language and has to surround himself with familiar things to feel like he 'belongs'. It isn't just my observation by the look of things either.

[Southerner]

That's exactly what the Brits do - colonise! They've been doing it for centuries. There's just that part of the British psyche that makes them seek out their own kind. Out in the big, wide world your average Brit is lost. Doesn't speak/won't speak the language and has to surround himself with familiar things to feel like he 'belongs'. It isn't just my observation by the look of things either.

Who built the houses, who built the bars, who built the hotels? seems like a strange sort of welcome and then blame culture to me.
Talk about double standards.

[Southerner]

I am an ex-pat, English. I live in Peyia where there are some 2,800 Greek Cypriots and 7,600 ex-pats but mostly British. There are plans for 800 more properties in Peyia. We have the first non-Cypriot municipal councillor.

Now in north London alone there are more Greek Cypriots than there are in Cyprus. In London the GC's have or have had, mayors of borough like Barnet, county and city councillors and members of parliament.

the ex-pats in Cyprus mostly came with money and invested in property and add considerably to the local economy.

Many of the GC's who went to the UK in the 1950'/60's were escaping from the EOKA bandits who terrorised their own people and in 1974 from the Turkish army.

I rest my case.

I'd like to see the reaction from the majority of Cypriots if the ex pats and tourists left. They had it bad enough when the Army and RAF moved the families onto the bases after 74.
We still see the family that we rented off in the 60s, they'll tell you how it was, as well as renting they worked on the bases.

[Eliko]

Pathos, i don't think you will attract much of a response to your remarks from either Southerner or miltiades, you have steered your ship a little too close to the 'harbour of truth' for their liking.

You are entirely correct in your overall view of the British attitude (where you have drawn attention to it), there are so many other examples of the manner in which 'Stealth and Encroachment' tactics employed by the British, have brought death and destruction to a foreign (to them) lands.
.

Looks like they are getting a taste of their own medicine back home now though, the people of those other lands have woken up, they have recognized the symptoms and are making the UK THEIR home, they do not have to do much in the form of labour, they can just lay back and enjoy the 'Easy Life' allowing the 'Natives' to provide for all their needs.

Is that not what the British did to them initially?, is that not what they deserve?, is that not 'Poetic Justice?.

Currently, the British forces are engaged in inflicting damage on the people of Iraq, they have joined with their 'Great Buddy' the US, in doing so, I think they had hoped to gain some lost prestige on the world stage for their actions, it has back-fired on them and they are now embroiled in the mess they helped to create.

The indiginous population of Britain are leaving by the 'Cart-load), they will set up and spoil any country they seek to settle in because THAT is the way they operate.


Unfortunately it looks like Cyprus will suffer from the well rehearsed process of 'Divide and Rule', the British are very strong, BUT, they can still go.

I think I may have steered your ship a little closer to the 'harbour of truth', there is much more before it can be safely anchored.

[Cyprus Vending]

Such a caring individual. I wonder, do ALL visitors to Cyprus receive the same words of wisdom from Mr. Cyprus Vending? Or just those who offer an honest opinion on certain parts of it? Then again, it's the same mentality that's keeping the 'typical' Brit visitors to Cyprus 'fed' with UK type snacks to soak up all the beer they can drink on Bar St! Where would Mr. Vending's business be without the 10 pints of lager & a kebab brigade invading the island each summer, eh?

If you'd care to re-read the post Mr. Vending, you'll see that it wasn't because RRitchie had had 'a shite holiday' that he felt he had to 'take it out on this forum', it was a post pointing out that certain parts of Cyprus (Pafos in particular) were not as he'd expected, and the comparison was then made to certain parts of the UK where similar things happen.

Seek, young man, and ye shall find.[/quote]

Hello Pathos

Firstly I am British and my wife and I have been coming to Cyprus for over nine years.

My family has been in the vending and bar retail business for over 30 years, so we know what customers want and need.

The next time you are in a hospital, hotel, airport or a bar and you see a vending machine. Just think about the time, money and effort that put it there and the products in it.

We employ both English and Cypriot fulltime staff all over the island, and have a large amount of Cypriot support staff and Cypriot suppliers.

YES we sell a lot of products in the tourist areas, BUT we also supply shops in the villages all over Cyprus, and hotels and bars etc in ALL the towns.

The same as Keo, Carlsberg, CTC, Corina, Pepsi, Coca Cola etc etc etc DO…

Seeing as you have ONLY made 31 posts to-date, and you don’t state where you are. Maybe you and Richie should read members posts and learn before you go on the offensive against other members!!!

Ps My name is Stuart --- As it says on EACH of my postings… Whats Yours???