December 29,
After a long 5 day vacation, it was time for work again. In the holidays, we had gone to Troodos enjoyed the snow out there, then went to Turkish cyprus. In the turkish cyprus we were amazed to see the castle, mountains, beaches. We returned from turkish cyprus on 27 December night. We never would have thought we would have to go back to the border back in 2 days.
While returning from the turkish cyprus, at the border we stopped our car. Slowly we proceeded towards the southern cyprus but we were not stopped by any police. We exited from there virtually unnoticed. Next morning we found out that we were supposed to have an exit stamp on our visa which we did not have. We were in a way illegally staying in turkish cyprus.
This beacme a bit of bother and worry for us. Even though turkish cyprus is not recognized by any international community we thought it may create some problems in future. We consulted police and seniors and then on 29 Dec evening at 9 pm we decided to head back to the turkish cyprus border and sort things out.
Devashish and Sarvoday accompanied vinay punit and myself just in case we 3 would be troubled. Vinay and punit left in 1 car and deva sarvo and myself left in mine and head towards the border. After about an hours drive, we reahced the border. Vinay and punit had reached before us and they had sorted things out. The police there did not trouble us much and all the formalities were done though we were warned to be careful next time and that we would not be lucky again.
We then headed for a restaurant and after filling our stomach, me and deva left in my car with the others in vinays car. I was very much relieved that the things were sorted out. While returning we all were very tired and wanted to reach home as soon as we could since next day we had to go to work. So with no more tension in my mind, i stepped on the gas reached the highway and drove consistently over 130-140 kmph. At one particular downslope, i managed to take the car to 175 kmph. The 100 km highway to home was covered in around 35 to 40 mins flat.
The exit stamp on our visa took 2 mins. All this would not have happened had the police on the border been more vigilant. For no fault of ours we had to go travel 200 km to clear things out.
Drove 200 km in 3 hours but gained peace of mind.
2 comments:
"This beacme a bit of bother and worry for us" - Really,only bit?
:o
raaste main kitna bhookh laga tha wo likha nahi ... main kitna tension main aagaya tha k kuch khane ko nahi mila to ...
chala le beta jitni gaadi chalana hai udhar chala le.....ek baar idhar k road pe chala k dikhana....tere liye main gaadi kharid k rakhunga insurance karvake....gaadi ka nahi mera....!!
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