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 Join my Trip

Since pandemic remote work possibilities have increased. I am also one of those lucky people who can work remotely.

since last year there are many restrictions on travelling and also travelling alone is not that interesting at least for me. while browsing on internet I came across a website JoinMyTrip (www.joinmytrip.com ) where you can join other people in their trips. they can be professional trip planner or any individual who like to travel with others. 

I decided to join such co-working, co-living trip. this was an excellent experience. As i need to finish my holidays i decided not to work but just go for relaxing and co-living.

In co-working trips like this there is normally good internet connection and some space to work is available. we all work during the day and evening enjoy all together and weekends do some trips nearby.

we were a group of 5 people at first and 3 of them were working and 2 not. we rented a beautiful villa in Cyprus with well equipped kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 3 and half baths, swimming pool and beach just at 5 mins. walking distance. It was a perfect house. We also rented a car for the group, so it was easy go around for day trips or shopping.

Such trips are successful only when the people in group are open minded, energetic, and easy going. Normally this is the case. Our group leader was a young and charming, sweet girl Kathy from Austria who arranged all the trip for us. Trip leader plays a big role in keeping the group together and happy.

We all used to cook many times together in the evening and then go for some drinks outside or sometimes just sit at our pool and enjoy food and drinks. Everyone took care of household tasks on their own without any fights or strong discussions. It was simple who ever has time and sees some work like loading or unloading dishwasher, buying grocery etc. they just do it. 

We also used the very popular app splitwise to split the cost among us for all the group expenses. That way no one has to worry about the cost and money and calculations. The app tells you all who spend what and who need to pay whom.

Cyprus, officially called the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean. Its Europe's sunniest island. 

 It has a long dispute over its territory between Greece and Turki. they have both Turkish and Greek as their official languages but most of the population can speak good English too. 

We had our villa in a town called Protaras which is a resort town in eastern Cyprus, known for its beaches and for Fig Tree Bay with its old, lone fig tree. It’s around 40 mins. drive from the city Larnaca. As this was the off season there were not many people which was good but also many of the hotels and restaurants were closed. So, there was a little choice of restaurants and bars when we wanted to go for night outs. But this is better than going in high tourist season. Even in November the weather was around 22 degrees during the day, warm and sunny with cooler nights. Any time better than in cold, dark, depressing Germany. 

There are few things look around. The one city I visited was Paphos. Its modern city with some archeological park, fortress but one very popular site to visit is Rock of Aphrodite. This is a birthplace of Greek goddess Aphrodite. Aphrodite is the Goddess of Love and Beauty and according to Hesiod's Theogony, she was born from the foam in the waters of Paphos, on the island of Cyprus. It has a beautiful beach and a big rock formation where you can climb up and have a beautiful view of the area. 

Another important city to visit is Nicosia. It is the divided capital city of Cyprus where south side is on Greek side and north side on the Turkish side. Unfortunately, I did not get chance to go there but maybe next time. 

One more place to visit is Troodos mountains. Troodos Mountains are the biggest mountain range in Cyprus. We did a 4x4 jeep trip for this visiting small villages on the way and beautiful panoramic views from the top of the mountain. 

Pandemic has given birth to this new way of working, living, and travelling. I am really happy I found this and definitely going to do these now more often.