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[bizzybabe]

I had an experience the other week where i went to a beach on the dekalia road. A non de script, non hotel beach mind you.

I use a beach mat at the beach, the better to not always have to pay for a sun bed. I had hardly spread out for five mins when along comes this Cypriot guy. Who insists that i cannot use a beach mat on the beach, i must pay for a sun bed from him. He insists he owns the beach right up to the sea. Now i've been in the country long enough to have wised up to these kind of people. I call BS and tell him i won't be forced to pay for anything, that i've been going to these beaches long before he set up his over priced sun beds and no, he doesn't own a tourist beach. I tell him i'm not some ignorant tourist, i'm an ex pat who lives here.

He then backs down and insists then i must still use a sun bed, but that he won't charge me for it. Why? Because he says otherwise everyone else will get the idea that they can bring their own gear to the beach too and won't use his sun beds.

Well he doesn't get his own way, later in the morning as the beach fills up people use their own or use his sun beds what ever their preference and despite his attempts to force them to spend money.

Wonder why people don't come back?

[B25]

You should have asked him to show you his title deeds for the beach !!!!!

Further more all the sea shore is government land anyway. Cheeky git, good on you Bizz.

[Sotos]

You should have asked him to show you his title deeds for the beach !!!!!

Further more all the sea shore is government land anyway. Cheeky git, good on you Bizz.

thats correct. Even the beach infront of Hotels is public. There are no private beaches in Cyprus. But to tell you the truth ... if he offered me a free sunbed I would take the deal

[CBBB]

You should have asked him to show you his title deeds for the beach !!!!!

Further more all the sea shore is government land anyway. Cheeky git, good on you Bizz.

thats correct. Even the beach infront of Hotels is public. There are no private beaches in Cyprus. But to tell you the truth ... if he offered me a free sunbed I would take the deal

You would take it only if it had European 2-pin sockets!

[kurupetos]

I'm always looking for this kind of people, but they never approach me. I wonder why.

[johbee]

In actual fact the law states that these sun beds must be 3 meters from the water. But as with everything there is no one to enforce the law. It's a pity that, at least in Limassol, the beaches have been taken over by these crooks. We generally take a cool box, a couple sun beds, couple umbrellas, and several sea mats for the kids. Imagine paying for that every Saturday and Sunday. It would cost me nearly 30 Euros to go to the beach on the weekend. And now they want to develop one of the last public beaches in Limassol, Dasoudi. They have virtually made it impossible for people who live in Limassol to go to the beach. There is no parking and no access. We used to go to Curium, but that's even been screwed up now. The sad thing is that it just keeps getting worse. All I can say is to report the guy to the CTO.

[SKI-preo]

Hey tsingouni pay up or buy a swimming pool. There is far too much free stuff in cyprus.

There should also be a boom gate and entrance fee to enter the Troodos if you are not a resident of one of the villages.Tolls should be applied to planting a bloody tree now and then in the desert Cyprus has become.

What is this feed a bludger week?

Too much "veresiye" is not good there is an economic crisis.

[bizzybabe]

"There should also be a boom gate and entrance fee to enter the Troodos if you are not a resident of one of the villages.Tolls should be applied to planting a bloody tree now and then in the desert Cyprus has become."

Yes and you know what else? Why dosn't the Cypriots charge all tourists a fee when they land in the country? And why not also a fee to exit the airport, lets also charge them for breathing the air and using the sun! If fact lets charge them for everything and milk those tourists for all their worth(!)

...Because its not like their would stop coming to Cyprus is it? (!) Theres no way they would return home and tell everyone they know what a rip off Cyprus is (!) And theres no way their friends would decide on that basis not to come to Cyprus themselves(!)

There are plenty of other places in the world to go on holiday, spend tourist money and have a good time. Cyprus is only one of many and its not like it has any particular edge either. It does not have the worlds best and most famous historical sites, it does not have the best hotels, it does not have the best beaches, it does not have the most interesting history, it does not have the best culture and it does not have the best food!

In fact the only leading edge that Cyprus has on other countries is the mental ability to rip off the tourists that keep it afloat and not have one single pang of remorse for it, and still believe that this will never affect the long term tourist trade.

If theres any Cypriots out there who don't believe that good service, good prices and customer care don't matter, then just check out trip advisor. Your'll find Cyprus is littered with the same stories over and over again. Cypriot vendors who ripped off the tourist and treated them like trash.

[B25]

Feel better now Bizzy???

[bizzybabe]

much thanks!