Derinkuyu Nevsehir

Alright armchair travelers get ready for some fun eye candy in the form of pictures from today's Adventure Girl post! In keeping with our pledge to go wherever we need to in order to bring you all back home the most exciting experiences, today MR and I went way up in the air (1500 feet to be exact) and then way down underground (about 300 feet). We …

Blog attempt 2! Greetings family and friends, After spending ages typing out the last (first) blog entry I accidentally deleted the stupid thing! We have had a busy couple of days so it has been hard to find the time to catch up on things. So incase you didn’t get a chance to read it in the 5 minutes it was up for here’s a re-cap: …

De nouveau sur la route, déjà!

Honnêtement, le seul truc qui est emmerdant en Turquie est le fait que leur système de train est désuet et que le pays a plutôt misé sur une armée d'autobus pour réaliser le transport inter-cités. Définitivement plus rapide à mettre en place qu'un nouveau réseau ferroviaire, mais beaucoup moins satisfaisant …

In spite of a lovely quiet night in our cozy cave, we are up bright and early. Imagine my surprise as a huge blue and white balloon advertizing our favourite beverage drifts past my eyes. I ascend to the breakfast room on a terrace above our hotel and view the early morning panorama of Göreme with a multitude of colourful hot-air balloons …

A week in Cappadocia

We arrived off a hellish Metro bus with the weirdest attendant in the world to a scene straight out of a sequel to Avatar. After descending into the valley of Goreme national park in Cappadocia after a 10 hour bus ride from the warm summertime coastal city of Fethiye, we were greeted at 6am by a flight of hundreds of …

Asmalı Konak
Yeraltı Şehirleri
Trion Kilisesi
Derinkuyu Park Camii
Temenni Tepesi
Pancar Vadisi
Üçgüzeller Peribacaları
Uçhisar Kalesi
Güvercin Vadisi
Aynalı Kilise
Saklı Kilise
Çavuşin Kilisesi
Avanos Kızılırmak Köprüsü
Alaaddin Hamamı
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Muy cansado por el viaje del dia anterior me tenia que levantar a las siete AM para arrancar mi recorrido por la Cappadocia. Ni el despertador ni la Nippona voz de Junko pudo despertarme. Hasta que la escuche a ella por swgunda vez y faltaban 10 min para que me recogieran del tour, asi que desayuno express y sali rajando pues el minibus estaba …

... , I opted for the "Red Tour" that involves a full day tour to various stops including the main attraction: the Derinkuyu Underground City and a walk through Ihlara valley. Our group was a nice mix including Chantelle, Molly and Dominque from Melbourne, ...

... when our very existence is threatened...  Click the link to check out a pretty cool sketch...  http://www.avanosevi.com/images/s/derinkuyu.jpg We also decided upon this trip to purchase a Turkish rug... and met up with a rug dealer that ...

Asmalı Konak Yeraltı Şehirleri Trion Kilisesi Derinkuyu Park Camii Temenni Tepesi Pancar Vadisi Üçgüzeller Peribacaları Uçhisar Kalesi Güvercin Vadisi Aynalı Kilise Saklı Kilise Çavuşin Kilisesi Avanos ...

... to explore the caves and examine the stunning works of art and devotion, some nearly two thousand years old. III. Cidadel at Derinkuyu Perhaps the most spectacular view within and of this geographically rich and unusual terrain is from  atop of the ...