berymundi Pyla crossing

Naas26


Joined: 23/04/2007
Posts: 128

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 18:02

looking to cross over on sunday 6.30am can anybody confirm he this crossing is 24 hour



Naas 26

stavroscyprus


Joined: 30/05/2009
Posts: 78

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 18:32

stavros goes this way sometimes and is open all the time

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 18:35

gosh Stavros do they let you though?

Bilko


Joined: 11/03/2008
Posts: 98

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 19:10

It's open all day / night, all week.

Best

Naas26


Joined: 23/04/2007
Posts: 128

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 19:31

thanks just what i wanted to here



Naas26

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 19:46

Hope you don't get stopped and have your luggage searched by the Greek

policewoman. She obviously did not believe me when I said I had no cigs.

or alcohol. My driver was also questioned, although he passes there many

times a week!

lucienne


Joined: 29/01/2009
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 20:10

I use this crossing a lot and everytime I have been searched. On the odd occasion that I have crossed at Metahan I have never been searched.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 20:48

The police that do the searching are not Greek Cypriot as such but SBA police.



They come under the British forces.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 23:49

re msg 6



Why would a "Greek" be allowed to search you...?! . The SBA employ both Turkish and Greek speaking CYPRIOTS...



This is the first place on island where EU regulations re customs and immigration can be enforced. The British trained locals are only doing their job..



Ironically, it is much more lax at the RoC crossing points - even though they have moaned in the past that illegal immigrants come across via the SBA..



When *I* cross on foot my passport is rarely checked - I hold them up ( that of my wife - who should need a Visa / Residency checked ) but we just get waved through.. They are slightly more thorough when arriving in a vehicle.



Ooops - back on the specific Q.. You now know it's 24 hrs, but if you are in a "TRNC" reg'd vehicle, you need to have current EU / RoC insurance , etc for the car - going t'other way, one can only buy "TRNC" insurance during "office" hours

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
29/07/2009 01:23

Why would they stop a grandmother on her own with a driver who is a regular

and everything is in order. Was I just a soft touch, not a big aggressive man

who would give her some bother? I did not have anything to hide and she did not

believe me. A bit of common sense would be in order. Sorry, this was on the ROC side.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
29/07/2009 02:30

Dear Phylray



re msg 10



IF you are - again- referring to being checked at an SBA crossing point - I'll remind you - again - that that is what SHOULD happen at all crossing points..



I know better than to cross via an SBA if I'm in a rush - one isn't in the "rump" RoC until one leaves the SBA - those that check are employed by the BRITISH.



Common sense says that those who cross the most should be checked all the more ...

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
29/07/2009 11:09

What does SBA stand for mmmm? How can you cross without going through them?

Was not in a hurry as it happened as had to wait over 2 hours in Larnaca due to system

breakdown & flight to Glasgow 2 1/2 hrs. late! Didn't know that of course.

teatime


Joined: 20/10/2008
Posts: 852

Message Posted:
29/07/2009 11:17

I've crossed there many times and never been searched, think the butch GC bird was just picking on you phylray, sometimes these people get a kick out of showing their authority.

SBA = Sovereign Base Area