Originally Posted by tracy1

I have just booked a reccie in October, I chose Larnaca as I read somewhere (no idea where I lose track!!) that Larnaca is more residential than Limassol or Paphos and therefore may have more earning opportunities. I just want to get a feel for different areas and intend to travel around, it's just so difficult to research properly as whichever way you look at it, until you are living in a place it's still a holiday.
On the plus side I have managed to persuade my parents to leave England for the first time in 17 yrs!! Probably only coming to shut me up!
I have booked the San Remo in Larnaca, anyone know if it's any good?
Also what is the weather likely to be like first week in Oct??

Originally Posted by tracy1

Hi Tricia thanks for that, weather sounds lovely. Last time I came I stayed in Limassol which I really enjoyed, despite what I have heard about it being like Blackpool etc. We definitely intend to come to Paphos this time, we really only travelled the other way to Ayia Napa and Famagusta last time which was really nice but Ayia Napa was a bit, dare I say, young for me. But to be fair we did come in July/Aug which was manic with drunken 18yr olds. My son was happy though as he saw lots of virtually naked girls on the beach etc!!

To be honest I have no idea where I would want to be full time and intend to make lots of trips all over to decide.

Originally Posted by zizi712

Hi Honest_H

Would you please be able to help us with this question please?
My husband has been offered a job in Nicosia. His salary will be 42,000. After tax, and all bills paid we would be left with about 800 Euros every month. Would this be enough pocket money to live on? We have two children 4 and 2.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Zizi

Originally Posted by budda1

I have just got back home after leaving Cyprus after 10 years, I was one of the lucky ones and managed to sell my home no worries, but the problems of Island life are very good and very bad, it's a world unto it'self really.

I was attracted to it because I come from Jersey, an Island too, I love to be near the sea and the Island life still appealed to me 10 years ago when Jersey started going down the pan, so off I went to get a new life, unfortunately it appears to me that all small Islands have much of the same problems, but Cyprus has a 3rd world part to it, grotty, smelly and a lot of under hand goings on, that do effect you in the long run, as you need food, water and accommodation, so the notorious cheaters and money grabbers have corrupted the island, it's very exspensive, lovely in part's if there are parts untouched by building works and alcoholic expats.....to see the beauty I got up at 5am and drove or walked around the gorgeous parts, but by 8/9am that's it., maniac driver's do there best to kill themselves or you, it's very scary, I learn't to drive in Jersey and if you can drive there you can drive anywhere but I became afraid to get in my car especially at night, as they are all drunk and still driving like maniac's, well scary..

I was very happy to stay in my home and sunbath away from everybody to be honest., but you must experience living there yourself to make the decisions you want, get the Cyprus Weekly paper on line and read it, don't take anyones word go yourself and make you're own choices, but take you're own water as the water is scarce to, less than 60 hours a week water in some parts, paphos has water every other day., maybe if you're lucky....and eveything has gone up, electric 27%, food is very costly, petrol also, the cost of living is around 4.2% which is rather exspensive seeing as it's partly a 3rd world kind off country, which does add to it's charm, it's is a very sweet place and close to my heart but when I left, locked my home for the last time and got on that plane, my sole lifted and my shoulders stood proud with relief, normally I cry when I leave, but this time I was very happy not to be returning ever again., which was odd for me., back in Jersey, it's the same old., awful, we are now waiting to go to Australia, where yes, many problems also but freedom of space and being and choice is available without the underhand going's on of small Island life, they seem to have got it going on in Oz., so were going for it yet again in search of our own peace and quiet and freedom to be.....and also it's a rather big Island so we can spend the rest of our lives looking around it.....can't wait.......don't make any rash decicions on what other peps may say, do it youselves for yourselves and it may work, it may not, but if you don't try you'll never know.........................and you can always go back home if it doesn't suit you...............

Originally Posted by derrick c

Totally agree with budda and Honest H. Cyprus is a dump and one big litter bin. Glad I`m going back to UK.

Originally Posted by Honest_H

Tricia is right, the pay is pretty lossy, but other things make up for this.

Construction here is a lot different that in UK. Try to get employment with a large international company. The company building the two new airports here are call Bouyges Baitment. Currently, they are building the airports, but may have a few other projects here in the furture.