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Land of the Fairy Chimneys!

A travel blog entry by andrew_leesia

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... up at 8.50am when the group came back. Breakfast had already been made and we had to quickly get ready for our days tour around Cappadocia! 9.30am arrived and we all shuffled onto the mini van and the two Ali's took us to our first stop, a view point over ...

Nigde: It's Good to Be On the Road Again

A travel blog entry by oldrover

28th Apr 2008 Ok, Now the Travel Adventure Begins: Day 1 On the Road It's good to be out of Ankara. Life was very frustrating there. It wasn't the soap opera events that have partially been written about before, though that played a part. It was more ...

Goreme: Center of Cappadocia Region

A travel blog entry by thetembas

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The bus dropped us off in Goreme, one of the main villages in Cappadocia making a living from tourism. In fact, the village is almost all restaurants and guesthouses. When the bus dropped us off we ran into the Korean couple we met in Selcuk and a ...

Cappadocia 3

A travel blog entry by aarondewitt

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... the lived underground for 4 months. we also hiked a bit and saw a few sites. this was my last day in Cappadocia; tomorrow morning i'm heading to konya, a more 'relgious' city, where rumi, the founding of the dervish order of sufis, is ...

Fisticuffs and Fairy Chimneys

A travel blog entry by dave_carol

... and valleys (ash), and the unique erosional features- tall pointed freestanding rock format�ons (called fairy chimneys). Cappadocia was originally settled about 4000 years ago, and since that time most of the civilizatons have ...

Hot Air Ballooning and Overnight buses

A travel blog entry by laurenandy

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... we headed out to Cappadocia. The rest of the day was spent touring some more of the landscapes and caves around Cappadocia. We had a good group filled with Aussies, Kiwis and Brits and about eight 18-year-old girls from Australia, traveling ...

Cappadocia - the most magical place

A travel blog entry by sewtersojourns

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... . Hopefully we can get this sorted in Moscow otherwise can see it being a long winter in the middle of Siberia!!! Olivia left Cappadocia with a vomiting and diarrhea bug, but slept in the van and perked up a bit during the trip to Ankara. Ryan ...

The fairy castles of Cappadocia.

A travel blog entry by queenietord

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... it I could have earned myself a pretty penny to go somewhere more peaceful next time! I think when once we have left Turkey traveling through eastern and western Europe should be a doddle. Part 2. Yesterday was a very long day. Early breakfast where ...

Balloon

A travel blog entry by camel1

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Ok, Thıs ıs not somethıng that can be descrıbed, but I,ll upload some pıcs to explaın. Anyway, went back to the hotel, checked out and left for Malatya at 10 am. saıd goodbye to my french cyclyst frıend ...

Red Eye Bus to Cappadocia

A travel blog entry by millervilles

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... shirt with intensely gelled hair and bow tie as if he might start stripping at any minute. We arrived in Goreme (a region of Cappadocia in central Turkey) around 6:30am and a van picked us up to take us to our hotel. We arrived just in time to see the ...

stale sandwiches and chest infections.

A travel blog entry by davechrisdamo

We've made it to Cappadocia, and I feel like death. Tired, sore, sweaty and a little bit delusional, I rested in the back of the van while Chris and Damo tracked down some kebabs. Found a very scenic spot to park, ate stale sandwiches and went to ...

Cave Hotels & Cappadocia

A travel blog entry by bumihills

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... It is really interesting and quite beautiful to see. Urgup is situated in the midst of Cappadocia's fantastic geologic formations. Nearby is Goreme with its outdoor museum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Pigeon and ...

Turk�sh Hosp�tal�ty

A travel blog entry by coblentz

... my own l�fe. Thanks to Ozans help, Casey and I have set out for a two week tour of central and southwestern Turkey. Cappadocia �s amaz�ng--and worthy of �ts own forthcom�ng blog entry. We also p�cked up another travel �n Istanbul who ...

Landing on the moon

A travel blog entry by chris.cesca

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12th June - Olympos to Goreme A massive 12 hour trip today down the coast and then inland to Cappadocia (a mountain range in central Turkey). Once we went inland the road followed the ancient Silk Road that used to wind its way through Turkey all the way ...

Up up and away.....

A travel blog entry by passportday2010

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... about 30 balloons, just such an amazing site, its really calm aswell just like you floating gently in the sky. Our time in Turkey is nearly done, we have seen so much in Turkey and as we have moved east the landscapes and people change, really ...

Balloons, chimneys and underground cities

A travel blog entry by gary.rosewarne

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... an early night in the comfort of out tent. Next morning we got an early start and drove 3-hours to Cappadocia. This place is a Unesco heritage site that has incredible natural features and landscape. We visited an underground village that goes down ...

Welcome to the Badlands

A travel blog entry by ebowley

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June 15, 2009 We arrıve ın Goreme, Cappadocıa after an arduous overnıght bus rıde from Istanbul. Sleepy-eyed and starvıng we haul or stuff off the bus and check ınto our hostel. We are dropped off outsıde of ...

Hot Air Ballooning over Cappadoccia

A travel blog entry by thesaxman

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... nothing but small towns and beaches, but tonight, under the guise of an ominous, bright yellow full moon, I was heading into the thick of Turkey's largest city, the sprawling metropolis and Ottoman hub of Istanbul. I was heading full pelt into the ...

Where'd the sun go?

A travel blog entry by senorbrian

... . over night bus The best thing about a overnight bus is you can sleep all night and save the hostel fees... Wrong.... not in turkey here every 2-3 hours for some random reason they stop the bus and turn on all the lights and wake everyone up which ...

Took a little walk today

A travel blog entry by dmckinnon

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Took a little walk today and this is what I saw. I just sent my e-mail notification and noticed that I typed Austrailand, I really meant ...

Nigde: First Hospitality

A travel blog entry by oldrover

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... and undamaged, and in fine color. At a mere 2 YTL it is an amazing thumbnail of what troops of tourists are marched through in Cappadocia to the north. And today it was just Mustafa, myself, and the guard. A local imam (Moslem priest) joined us for a few ...

Fairy Chimneys and Underground Cities

A travel blog entry by brenandstina

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... the 4th century and continued being used by the locals during the sucession of warring groups that conquered modern day Turkey (read your history for exact groups... there were a lot). The temperature was a steady 65F year around, winter ...

GOREME - TURKEY

A travel blog entry by unbound

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... , Goreme in the middle of Turkey. We definitely made the right decision. When we first saw pictures of Turkey we were immediately attracted to the region of Cappadocia. They have some of the strangest looking rock caves and structures I have ever seen. We ...

KMYO

A travel blog entry by michael_bromby

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... to my dance tutor - Mesut Gulle. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- ...continued from - Dahab, Istanbul, Cappadocia... In late February we finally moved into our new office ...

Dahab, Istanbul, Cappadocia

A travel blog entry by michael_bromby

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... and released Clara from her recent captivity. Only to dissassemble her at Aras cargo and place her in a box ready for transfer to Cappadocia. Seeing Clara again made me want to cycle but it was cold, snow covered much of Turkey and I'd never make it ...

Goreme and the Cappadocia Region

A travel blog entry by jon_and_liz

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Staying in the Cappadocia region, we moved on the city of Goreme. It's no stranger to tourism, but has some stunning scenery and wonderful hikes outside the small city's plethora of souvenir shops. While here we visited the Goreme Open-Air ...

In the Land of Beautiful Horses

A travel blog entry by ashbyers

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... backgammon in english) - consider me officially obsessed :) ok, tired and hungry... i am going to upload photos for your viewing pleasure... foux du fa fa p.s. - Cappadocia is a form of the ancient Hittite word meaning "Land of Beautiful ...

Weekend Getaway to Goreme

A travel blog entry by cotafamily4

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We have all fallen in love with the region of Cappadocia... a top spot for a weekend getaway from city life...� The region is filled with a multitude of activities to engage in... and we all chose a bit of what we wanted... Deb did some shopping, as the ...

Exploring Cappodocia

A travel blog entry by andrewpaterson

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Our first notable stop in Turkey was Goreme, a town in the Cappadocia region that's most famous for it's rock formations called fairy chimneys that were formed when a nearby volcano erupted. From Goreme we went on a day trip of the region which included a ...

Cappadocia

A travel blog entry by jmandell1

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shop till you drop...under the pretense of visiting the Cappadocia area...our guide called one area the Grand Canyon of Turkey but we did not go there, there are trekking tours as well as mountain biking etc but we visited several valleys closer to town. ...

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