Two Worlds on One Island: Cyprus and the Green Line

Two Worlds on One Island: Cyprus and the Green Line
Nissi Beach in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. Fluieras Ana-Cristina/Shutterstock
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Once, the Green Line was something a no-go zone, never to be traversed. Stretching clear across the island, it divides Cyprus, and demarcates two different worlds. Reinforced by walls, fences, barbed wire, and guard towers, this demilitarized zone completely sealed off north from south for some three decades, until 2003.

Larnaca's Finikoudes beach. (MarinaDa/Shutterstock)
Larnaca's Finikoudes beach. MarinaDa/Shutterstock
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Toronto-based writer Tim Johnson is always traveling in search of the next great story. Having visited 140 countries across all seven continents, he’s tracked lions on foot in Botswana, dug for dinosaur bones in Mongolia, and walked among a half-million penguins on South Georgia Island. He contributes to some of North America’s largest publications, including CNN Travel, Bloomberg, and The Globe and Mail.
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