An American Explains What it's Like to Live in Cyprus
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Walker Rowe explains what Cyprus is like and what it's like to live there.
This video is funny, informative, and has lots of nice pictures.
Music performed by the duduk soloist VANGA.
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Thank you Walker - such a valuable balanced AND informative video- keep em coming tech boy :)
really heartfelt and clever picture about Cyprus. Everyone who knows Cyprus will agree with me.
This was such a great video. Thanks!
Great video, lots of sharp remarks and a cosmopolitan perspective, something rarely found in videos made by Americans, I must say.
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!
I am a technical writer, living in Paphos for 7 years.
As stated in the description, this video was indeed funny, not least for the way you pronounce "Cypriot" umpteenth times. This was meant in an ironic way, right?
And it was informative, too. Thanks for teaching me to be very afraid of the conflicts in neighboring countries and to dread the "dark and rainy winters" after all these years. Hilarious!
@all those who have never been to Cyprus: Take this video with a bucketful of salt! :)
@@georgehimself6612 thanks much. I’m a technical writer and programmer too. I paid an actor to read this script I wrotr, so he did not know how to pronounce certain words. But he has a fine radio voice.
@@walkerrowe9534 Thx for reaching out!
Yes, nice voice, but he seemed to struggle with "Vasilikon Xinisteri" too.
Let's meet at Ta Bania or Bacchus in the fall (when the weather is bearable again) and chew the fat. If you like, I can explain a few things about fish and introduce you to some locals.
Funny and informative. I will cross Cyprus off my list of possible retirement destinations. It is beautiful so maybe I will visit in the spring some day.
@@janroach1852 thanks for watching
Thank you for sharing the inside baseball on Cyprus
I don't know about this guy...he lives there and doesn't know how to say Cypriot lol 🙄...
I paid an actor to read the script, since he’s an actor.
@@walkerrowe9534was it on Fiverr that you found him?
😂love this honest opinion on Cyprus 👍🏼
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
Very informative and well prepared video! This American gentleman seems well academically and socially educated, and gives a very clear and realistic view of Cyprus.
Very good video to understand many Cyprus way of life ! Thank you for your work !
Pretty Accurate 🇺🇸 🇨🇾 ❤️
So accurate :) Still it's nice place to live.
Thank you so much for such an informative video!
glad you found it useful
Cypriot here. Love the video, hate the soundtrack
Someone turn off the background music - bouzouki please
Thank you for giving us your honest view. It didn't feel like so many others - where you always get the feeling, that they want to sell you something.
Thanks much. That's right. Most videos on RUclips seem designed to get people to click on them. It takes away from their quality. Thanks for watching.
Scot's wearing subtitles. Fabulous idea.
I first went their in 1968 and remember the freedom to travel the entire island. Winewise I love Commandria. Cypriots have been making it for over 700 years. By now they have got it right.
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.
I'm a Greek Cypriot living in Limassol. I consider Cyprus the ugliest island in the Mediterranean. It is also the most corrupt country in the European Union.
All true. Cyprus doesn’t have any harbors like all of those Greek islands. And it only things are f tourism and real estate and creating trusts to make money. And schools are worst in Europe. They need to try harder to be like Western Europe. So many Western Europeans and Israelis move here they should help lift up the culture.
At last someone that speaks the same language. My partner and I are relocating to Cyprus early January she being a Cypriot and myself a mongrel Greek .We would bould like to meet you .
sure. glad we speak the same language.
So true. Everything you describe.
First time viewer of your channel. Lots of interesting information about Cyprus.
What should my take home conclusion be about the Greek side of Cyprus?
What about the Turkish side? Is Cyprus,in your opinion,a country worthwhile considering for retirement or a bit complex for that purpose?
Thank you for the work you do.
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.
About half of what he's saying is correct the other half is bs
Larnaca is one the oldest city that was inhibited
FYI: Walker, since you mention ANCIENT in Cyprus -> you should know it was always inhabited by Greeks -> Minoan, Mycenaean, Hellenistic, Alexander, Diadochoi, Ptolemies (actually resided in Paphos !!) - Romans captured Greek Cyprus only in 58BC , later Venetians / Ottomans / Venetians ..... etc . Once again, I wonder whether 'westerners' intentionally try to disregard/cover-up thousands of years of Greek history ........ or if you just do this because of your own ignorance !? Which is it Walker ??
Also : your music is NOT performed by the duduk soloist VANGA = but instead by some Greek ; improvising on their Greek Bouzouki !!
If you know how to cook octopus and squid the correct way it becomes very tender. Sorry you have not discovered this.
Stick to America matey.
Nice view from you, but please work on the word Cypriots :(
AMEN 💯
US actor read script I wrote
Ah that explains it ,was still lovely though .
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@@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.
i went to intercollege nicosia 1995.
Cyprus is not just the Greek Republic of Cyprus, the author completely ignores the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, I live. There are no illegal immigrants here, if someone stays after the visa expires and has the misfortune of being discovered, they are deported. Legal immigrants, mostly from the Middle East and Africa, are happy to work. The visa policy is strict, that bothers us, but on the other hand, we appreciate that we live in safety and nothing happens if we forget to lock the house or the car.
There is no such place, you are confused, what there is, is Turkish-occupied Cyprus!.
The British didn't exactly spend any time investing in Cyprus!
Do you have any recommendations about Spain
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)
if have money all is nice
little wonder you don't see any fish while you're swimming mate, your head scares them away.
You can only fly to North Cyprus from Turkey. He gets this wrong but otherwise an excellent video.
A lot of misinformation here
Turkish were never in danger by Greeks
I’m Lebanese never been in cypress it looks like Lebanon tho
Is Cyprus boring, maybe not during the summer?
I spent 4 years swimming in the Mediterranean Sea every day, every week, rain or shine. In winter, I had to wear a wetsuit, but my hands would freeze after 20 to 25 minutes of swimming, and I would get a headache as it was freezing 🥶
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?
Cypriot pronounced sip-priot. You hit the nail on the head for some parts but got it wrong on many others. Entertaining but for anyone who does not know Cyprus too well take it with pinch of salt
Paid an actor to read it since I don't have radio voice. Been here six years.
More negatives than positives on how you view Cyprus. I’d have to disagree on many of your negatives. Since you are learning Greek, and live in Cyprus, for heavens sake please pronounce “Cypriots” correctly
Greek people are Caucasian white? Obviously you haven't really met many Greek people. One of the most diverse races because of ancient colonialism.
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
"Highest per capita migrant population."
No thank you.
Horrible music!! Gave up watching after 2 mins😥
hey dude ,what the vegetables taste like in
US,the only good thing in US is the beef that's all
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Dude, we are Cypriots; pronounced si-pree-uht, or sɪp.ri.ət
not sigh-pree-uht or sighp.ri.ət.
It's not my voice. I paid an actor to read it. He has a radio voice. But thanks for listening.