Bench-mark! Traditional Cache
kyrkos: Since this cache was maggled, I decided not to replace it for now.
I believe the place deserves a visit so if someone else does create a new cache, I may try again reviving my cache in a year or so.
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This cache is an easy find in a central place in Paphos but be extremely careful of Muggles. Placed near the bust of late Ihsan Ali (perhaps the most visionary politian in Cyprus of his time) and the Memorial to Pafos dead during the Second World War. The cache is magnetic but comes with a twist. Do not go looking in or near the trash-bins, you do not need to get dirty to find this!
Βust of Dr Ihsan Ali Dr Ihsan Ali lived a life full of love for his home country Cyprus. Ihsan Ali was a TurkishCypriot politician, who lead a course as a peace pioneer in the turbulent times that came by after Cyprus Independence. He was born in 1904 and died in 1978 but is still held as the most true pioneer of peace in Cyprus by many! His profession was a medical doctor but he was deeply involved in politics, promoting peace and vision for a prosperous Cyprus. A true visionary, he was ahead of his time in many perspectives. Dr Ihsan Ali denounced Turkey’s partitionist policy and opposed Denktash’s campaign for division and isolation of the two communities in Cyprus. Ali is quoted as saying: “It is to the benefit of both communities to try to live together amicably, as they have done in the past”. In 1970, he was appointed by President Makarios adviser to the President and said that his ideal was to make Cyprus the ‘Switzerland’ of the Middle Eastern region – and a place where all “Cypriots whatever language they spoke, religion and ethnic origin, considered their island as their home country.” Memorial to Pafos dead during the Second World War During WWII, Cyprus was under british rule. The people of Cyprus supporter the cause of the Alliance and responded to the call of Great Britain for volounteering to join British forces. Around 33.000 Cypriot men were recruited to fight against fascism in places away from the island. 650 of those men never returned to their home land and are instead buried in various cemeteries in 15 different countries. Another 2500 were taken as prisoners in various Nazi camps. The war never really came to Cyprus but some Cypriots joined the war in hope that their actions would bring Great Britain to allow for Cyprus to be part of Greece.
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