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Cappadocia Slideshow
Cappadocia
Travel Blogs from Cappadocia, Turkey
Kapadocja - slowin' down...
Poznym wieczorem dotarlismy do Kapadocji, rozbilismy sie na kempingu za 10 lira od lebka i poszlismy spac. Nastepne dni spedzilismy na zwiedzaniu tej krainy dziwnych ksztaltow skalnych, ale jako ze bylismy troche zmeczeni naszymi ostatnimi wizytami u ...
more raki? hayat...more kebap? evet!
... that night turned out! İt was loads of fun. Yesterday we got up early and set out on a day tour through the Cappadocia...we saw pıgeon valley, fairy chimneys, hiked the ihlara valley and visited a pottery making studio. İt was great fun ...
Day 247 - A Surreal Arrival
... couple of chicken döners then we switched roles in the afternoon. Eli napped while Mia researched the plan for Cappadocia. We walked around the quaint town stopping for dinner at one of the myriad of cafés overlooking the quiet ...
Turkey part II
... token out of Istanbul. The comfortable bus zoomed 650 kilometres through the Turkish night to Cappodocia in south central Turkey. I passed the night amazed at the speed of the bus, drinking the tea which was served and trying to figure out ...
Dune Buggy
Jeannie here. Okay, so those of you who are faithful blog readers know we have had some bad nights in transit during the trip. Think back to the plane ride from Buenos Aires to New Zealand (the night of Ocean's 48) or the hard sleeper in ...
Cappadocia
... it had the rock formations as its backyard. It was so stunning. I stayed for a total of 3 nights in this amazing part of Turkey. In my first day, I went on an independent hike along the Red and Rose Valleys. I was pretty impressed with how I finished the ...
Guardian angels
Roger, my Kiwi chiropractor mate who I visited Iraq with, told me of the guardian angels that always got him out of the shit during his extended travels. He told me you just need to recognise them and go with it. Yesterday, I had my first of those ...
Escape to Cappadoccia
... our apartment to load our packed bags into our rental car and head out of the city for a three day weekend in Cappadocia... Turkey's land of mysterious and bizarre landforms... "Take the Eskiseher road out of Ankara and head east"... no problem... until ...
Forts and Fish
Yesterday, after school with mom, we went to see the Rumeli castle, which we saw from the boat on Sunday. It was built by Mehmet and his soldiers in only four months to conquer Constantinople. It is a huge fort, with walls all around, an amphitheatre ...
Flying High in Cappadocia
... to eat in the mornings. We shall kind of miss it. However, of all of the many highlights of this journey so far, this morning we arose at 5am to take a hot air balloon trip across Cappadocia. So amazing that words fail us, perhaps the pictures will ...
Aksaray - u tureckiej rodzinki
Kolejny dzien dziwnych autostopow uplynal pod znakiem policji. Najpierw zabrali nas dwaj goscie, ktorzy wracali z zabawy z Antalyi: jeden (Enver) okazal sie dosc waznym policjantem, ktory ochrania podczas wizyt w Turcji takie osoby jak prezydentow ...
Cappadocia
... home for military duty. At each bus stop friends and family were there to beat drums, dance, and chant. Cappadocia is a region in central Turkey known for it's strange landscape of rock spires called the "Fairy Chimneys". These formations have been used ...
Day 249 - Tourists & Travelers
... ) that there was literally not a cloud in the sky. In fact we have not seen any clouds at all since being in Turkey. It seems amazing that all of the grapes, figs, pomegranats, olives etc grow in the dry, rocky and somewhat dusty ...
Ankara Moderator election
... hapıer. as soon as İwas out of Ankara, ıt stopped, and the road surface was great, and I arrıved at Cappadocia, YES Cappadocia by 5 ısh. was warm and dry, so İ decıded to use the new tent, went to a campsıte. no ...
Magical and Surreal
... the scenery would be here! Some people say that for fascination and mystery you just ca'nt beat these cave cities of Cappadocia. They have identified 36 different underground cities in this area and most have been dated back 4000 years and some ...
Turkey
A scary three hour taxi ride up from Aleppo took us into Turkey. The driver took great pleasure ın overtaking on blind corners and filled up with petrol whılst he had a tab drıppıng from his mouth, so I was very relieved to get ...
Touring around Cappadocia
... ever seen. Thanks to millions of years of volcanic eruptions or calcium deposits or erosion or whatever... Turkey contains some landscapes that look like another planet. Cappadocia's fairy chimneys are a good example, and you'll see more in my photos of ...
Up, Up, and Away!!!
This morning was incredible! We woke up early and went for my first-ever hot air balloon ride! It was also the first-ever ride for my dad, mom, and my sister (of course!). We left the hotel at sunrise and drove down to a huge field, which was actually ...
Cappadocia: Land of underground cities
... received an interesting spiel on how the jewels are created and then offered some tea - even though Apple tea is quite prevalent in Turkey (and really good), we're convinced it's some sort of serum to convince us to open our wallets. Luckily, it ...
Cappadocia, waaahhhhhhhhh
The last few days in Goreme (Cappadocia) have been fucken sweet; even though the weather wasn't the best. And as Dave Keane put it, 'Welcome to Europe!’, smart ass Irish cunt, I’d try say something witty but I’m sure I’d would ...
Fairy Chimney or Are You Just Happy To See Me
(C) Time for the hike through the badlands of Cappadocia. Choice - Pasabagi Valley. Absolutely worth it, but don't forget this ain't no National Park. There are no handrails. Once again, we had the place almost to ...
Balloon ride and overnight bus to Pamukkale
... arrival. It ended up being fine though because it gave me a chance to sleep in. Anyhow, I decided to do a balloon ride over Cappadocia to make up for it. So here is the bird's eye view of the landscape there. Unfortunately it was not until the next ...
Hot Air Balloons and HIking
... to go on a hot air balloon ride (over the Serengeti in Tanzania or the Valley of the Kings in Egypt), but I finally settled on Cappadocia being the place to finally go for one. The price was good and it seemed like the perfect place for a bird's eye view ...
Kapadokya
Apres 12 heures de bus de nuit et 800 km parcourus nous arrivons au milieu du pays des canyons, des cheminees de fee, des villes souterraines et des eglises sculptees a meme le tuf (boue + basalte). Endroit unique tout droit sorti de l'imaginaton d'un ...
Another wauw
Today was a semi-early start, it was at 8.30pm, but some people did find it a little hard as they had been out the previous night to a Turkish cultural night with a all you can drink bar...and you know how that usually works out. The first thing on the ...
Central Turkey
... Ankara, after paying respects to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's tomb, we went to the mystical and wonderous Kapadokya (Capadoccia) in central Turkey. I think the pictures will best describe the scenery. Now we are in Konya, a very pious and religious ...