{"id":592,"date":"2014-01-24T14:22:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T16:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/?p=592"},"modified":"2014-01-24T14:22:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T16:22:49","slug":"cyprus-ghost-town-rebirth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/2014\/01\/cyprus-ghost-town-rebirth\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus Ghost-town Rebirth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/s.imwx.com\/dru\/2014\/01\/e2d58719-8cec-4275-9735-b1f9b9e9f7ea_85x64.jpg\" width=\"85\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DERYNEIA, Cyprus \u2014 Time virtually stopped in 1974 for the Mediterranean tourist playground of Varosha. When Turkey invaded Cyprus in the wake of a coup by supporters of union with Greece, thousands of residents fled, and chain-link fences enclosed a glamorous resort that it&#8217;s said once played host to Hollywood royalty like Elizabeth Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>The town&#8217;s crumbling, war-scarred beachfront hotels have become an emblem of the country&#8217;s division between Turks and Greeks. In 40 years, few have set foot inside the town, which remains heavily guarded by the Turkish army and twists of barbed wire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.com\/travel\/cyprus-ghost-town-rebirth-20140121\" target=\"_blank\">But that grim scene could present a rare opportunity<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DERYNEIA, Cyprus \u2014 Time virtually stopped in 1974 for the Mediterranean tourist playground of Varosha. When Turkey invaded Cyprus in the wake of a coup by supporters of union with Greece, thousands of residents fled, and chain-link fences enclosed a glamorous resort that it&#8217;s said once played host to Hollywood royalty like Elizabeth Taylor. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/2014\/01\/cyprus-ghost-town-rebirth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cyprus Ghost-town Rebirth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,19,26,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyprus","category-middle-east","category-travel","category-war"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}