My 11-day Trip to Southern Italy, Malta and Cyprus

Naples

Pompeii

Capri Island

Palermo

Segeste

Agrigento

Taormina

Siracuse

Malta

Cyprus

Places I visited:

Southern Italy: Naples, Pompeii, Capri, Palermo,
Segeste, Agrigento, Taormina, Catania, Siracuse

Malta: Valletta, Mdina, Gozo

Cyprus: Kourion, Paphos, Nicosia

Feelings:

Southern Italy is similar to Greece where there are lots of ancient buildings. In Segeste and Agrigento, people can visit the ruins of the ancient temples. Besides, the city of Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is
certainly worth a visit. It is a buried Roman town near modern Naples. Pompeii was partially destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Pompeii was lost for nearly 1700 years before its rediscovery in 1748. Indeed, I have never seen anything like these before and I am amazed by the intelligence of ancient people.

As for natural beauty, I am slightly disappointed. I only like the Blue Grottos and the sun-drenched Mediterranean beaches. I could hardly stand the blistering heat throughout the trip. I had to apply sunscreen, take a UV-proof umbrella and keep drinking water. 

The city traffic is chaotic in Italy.

Northern Italians and Southern Italians do not like each other. It is said that southern Italians are poorer, but nicer.

In Italy, many people do not understand English. The Italian English accent is also difficult to understand.

Italy is famous for tomatoes and Gelato.

Italians are very good-looking!

Not many Hong Kong people have heard of Malta. It is indeed a beautiful country.

Malta was formerly a British colony, so most people are able to speak English.

Malta is safer and better off than southern Italy which is impoverished by the Mafia.

Frankly speaking, there is not much to see in Cyprus, but I am intrigued by its history and the hatred between Greek Cypriots living in the south and Turkish Cypriots living in the north. Like Malta, Cyprus was formerly a British colony. It gained its independence in 1960. On July 15, 1974, President Makarios was overthrown in a military coup. On July 20, Turkey invaded Cyprus, asserting its right to protect the Turkish Cypriot minority. Turkey gained control of northern Cyprus as a result. Since then, the island was partitioned into Greek and Turkish territories separated by a UN-occupied buffer zone. Turkish Cypriots proclaimed a separate state under Rauf Denktash in the northern part of the island on Nov. 15, 1983, naming it the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.” The UN Security Council declared this action illegal and called for withdrawal. No country except Turkey has recognized this entity.
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