An American Explains What it's Like to Live in Cyprus 

Thanks. If you look at facebook groups on Cyprus they are all love emojis and positive things. Cyprus can only fix things that are broken by admitting they are broken. Look on reddit if you want actual facts.

I think it is the most descriptive podcast about Cyprus. The Brits won't be very happy with your asides about them! Looking forward to some more!

glad you found it useful

thanks for reading. yes it's honest from a long-time resident who has lived in many countries. glad you liked it.

​@@hypatiaacademyprogrammingt1344 Spot on 😅 Loved it xx

There is no such place, you are confused, what there is, is Turkish-occupied Cyprus!.

Thanks much. That's right. Most videos on RU-vid seem designed to get people to click on them. It takes away from their quality. Thanks for watching.

Not in Spain anymore. I spent 6 months in Alicante. If I went back I would want to go west and spend more time in Toledo (horses), Jerez (sherry wine), Malaga (ancient city), Cordoba and Granada (Islam historical places)., and Cadiz (port where Cristobal Colon set sail to America)

sure. glad we speak the same language.

I paid an actor to read the script, since he’s an actor.

@@walkerrowe9534was it on Fiverr that you found him?

Hi. I am retiring here. North side I don’t know but understand it is secular.

As a Cypriot i suggest you study the island more before you decide anything.There is no Turkish side or Greek side.There is only one Cyprus with 37% in the north of it being invaded and occupied.That part is still under a ceasefire.I hope one day that the island will be united and all Cypriots can live under one nation and identity and one country.

I cannot recommend the north part as most of the houses built after 1974 are built on STOLEN land. you can never get legal title, so you buy at your peril.

In a few words, Welcoming, easy going and, excuse my poor translation, sega sega, means Slowly, Slowly. English widely spoken

@@johnnywires943 That’s my wish to as a Cypriot.

Thanks for watching my video. I wrote some wine books in America and Chile. It’s not bad here. They dry farm, no irrigation, which you cannot do in California or Chile. Whites good and better than reds. Reds good but I don’t see them making any premium wines. That would take dropping some fruit and more aggressive pruning and greater attention to small details in the winery. Interesting you were hear when I was 7 years old. Keen to learn more about that pre-war history so I can write about it.

@@walkerrowe9534 My knowledge goes back to December 1968 when I arrived at RAF Troodos as a radar engineer in the Royal Air Force. i bought my holiday home in Ayia Napa i1n 1991. Any questions you have from the earlier days I will be happy to answer.

It's good for retired people. But young people would find it boring. There's just not much here beyond sea and sun. But retirees my age play golf and tennis, and that is all we need. As for swimming, I have not seen it go below 16C. Today (March 4) it is 17.3 C. It's cold but I have never needed a wet suit. Only a cap as water that colds hurt my head. 15.5 is the point below which I don't go, because you can get hypothermia after 1 hour (That varies of course by the person.). But it's never gotten that cold here in the last 5 years.

@hypatiaacademyprogrammingt1344 Thank you buddy! We will come to visit this year, I'm attracted by the fact that you don't pay capital gains tax in Cyprus, and I'm a trader, so that would be awesome. Besides, we are living in a Banana Republic ruled by the Socialist/Communist government of Spain. Let's see what my wife and my youngest kid think of Cyprus when we visit, I can adapt to any place, almost. Thanks again.

@@p.c.h.6721 hi. Before I moved here i thought of moving to Spain and spent 6 months there. I speak Spanish fluently having lived in Chile 6 years and worked in Citibank there and a winery. As an "autonomo" self-employed digital the tax is 55%. I am retired now and tax on pensions here is 5%. Tax on investments in other country zero.

@hypatiaacademyprogrammingt1344 Thank you, yes, unfortunately Spain is a tax inferno, no wonder so many people are leaving, the only people that stay in Spain are those that depend on the government and can't leave. We are leaving hopefully by next year (I have to sell my house first). We are considering Panama, Mexico, South of Italy with its flat tax rate of 7%, and Cyprus with no capital gains tax on foreign investments. I have a friend who moved from Germany to Larnaca, he is a trader like me. We hope to come to Cyprus at the end of October, from Cyprus we will go to the south of Italy. We just came back from Panama. At some point, maybe during Christmas, we will visit Mexico (considering Guadalajara, not far from Puerto Vallarta). Right now all options are open, but I like where Cyprus is located, close to Greece and Europe, not far from Dubai, very close to Turkey, and closer to Thailand than we are here in Spain (we love Thailand). Quick question: Can you get by in Cyprus if you only speak English and Spanish? I don't speak the Greek language, I don't know if that will be a problem, so I'd appreciate your opinion. Thanks in advance.

​@hypatiaacademyprogrammingt1344 Hi, Are you staying in Cyprus for good, or are you moving somewhere else? And, any specific reason why you settled down on the island of Cyprus, is it better there than in Chile, Spain, or some other country?

Also : your music is NOT performed by the duduk soloist VANGA = but instead by some Greek ; improvising on their Greek Bouzouki !!

AMEN 💯

US actor read script I wrote

Ah that explains it ,was still lovely though . @@hypatiaacademyprogrammingt1344

@@hypatiaacademyprogrammingt1344 Why didn't you use your own voice? You say that you're American, so your English should be just fine. This guy read every word like "Intro" and sounds like a computer-generated voice robot.

@@BPoweredLove hired an actor. Sounds better than me. He doesn’t make mistakes reading the script and has a radio voice. Thanks for listening.

Paid an actor to read it since I don't have radio voice. Been here six years.

How diverse? Like Chinese and black?

@@nolaguy71 well Im from Norway and can confidently say greeks are darker than me. Theyre more like italians, with curly hair