
Now that the sarcasm is finished, let me say something.
I moved from the UK to Cyprus in August 2004. Since I have been here, I have felt something that I have never felt before. Sense of safety and security. I can walk out at 3am anywhere and I won't feel I need to look over my shoulders to see if anyone is lurking about. I can walk the streets, in the fields, on the beach and I know I will be safe. How many other places in the world can you feel like that? not many and thats for certain. Cyprus, like many other countries has a price on goods, but nobody ever said that you can't barter and knock the price down. If you are naive enough to pay over the odds on everything, then I'm sorry to say this, but you are the one and only person who is at fault here.
Now if you don't mind, I'm going back to admire myself in the mirror!