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Old 7th February 2009, 10:53 AM
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Originally from uk. Expat in cyprus.
Default heres a little story for you....

statistics say that 50% of british residents would love to live elsewhere in the world and 90% of those will fail and heres why.

2 people that we know along with their child decided to move to cyprus to start a new life, they left their rented accommodation open JUST IN CASE it wasnt for them and sold their 4x4 and flew to paphos with £10k thinking this was more than enough money to live on and 1 month flight return, we had just been to paphos for a weeks factfinding vacation to get the lowdown on the island so had a wealth of info for them for which they refused. she was a nail technican and he was a taxi driver, they had already booked a hotel for month for the base to search and were sure they were gonna have 3 bed detatched villa to live, a nice 2nd hand 4x4 and work was gonna be easy to get.....guess what!!!

they returned 1 month later tail between their legs, apparantly they were homesick. despite our claims of just how expensive the island can be especially as a tourist staying in hotel for a month they did it anyway and came back skint and to nothing, oh btw they even sold ALL yes all of their furniture prior to leaving, i hear they were sleeping on the floor for a month or so.

most people will know the island from previous visits but reaqauint yourself with how it is now and how much it has changed, and for gods sake...do your homework especially if you have kids. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!!!!!!

ONE LIFE...DONT F**K IT UP!!!