4ODA Cave House Urgup

greetings again from urgup

this am we took a lovely hike for about 2 hr thru grape valley, so named because of the large number of wild grape plants there. of course there were the usual assortment of fairy chimneys and cave houses. but because of the late spring which occurred here the wild flowers were just past peak bloom and beautiful-wild irus, wild rose, others ...

... Christian religion. In my own experience, the same concept applies in Mexico with the Catholic religion. What do you, my friends, think of this? As we conclude our discussion with Faruk, we make plans for the day. Since today is our last full day in Cappadocia, so we decide to have a free day-- to take it easy and wander thru the village. We are just preparing to leave for our walk when all of a sudden the wind picked up and blew so ...

... all over and the small brown bricks, who knows if there are more cities around, just behind any one of the entrances. We come across a market on the back street, material, clothes, shoes, pots and pans and so much more. The women here wear dark skirts/pants with little floral patterns on them. There was a pair hanging on display, so this is how they are made, must be about 3-4 meters in the skirt/pants. There are two side panels ...

The next stop on our tour was Cappadocia which is a stunning place!!! It was created from 4 volcanoes which erupted ages ago and has been eroded out. The the earlier christians came along and build houses and churches into the cliff like areas. It is absolutely amazing!! You can also climb through go into the buildings and have a look. The first day we went to Goreme open-air museum, Pasabag and Uchisar castle ...

... that had been brought to this spot by mini-bus and fully airconditioned luxury buses. The vehicles sat in the distance taunting us. We were the true trekkers who made it there on their own steam - even if it was from the backside of the mountain where there was no option for vehicles. By this time, we ...

... to see a bit of colour after the dust and dry dirt of India. We visited the underground city of Derinkuyu - 8 floors below the surface, built many many years ago... The people back in the time built the city to hide from the enemies - they had airshafts for ventilation, wells for water, secret entrances and booby traps, churches, kitchens, dining rooms, bedrooms and even a wine making area.... very clever back then.! An ...

... pounds in front of entrances. On the other hand, if they were living in peace, they would live above ground. From what I saw, our tour guide was making everything (which I doubt), or these were ver, very complex people. To communicate with other families and guards, they used little windows and the chimney. The chimney was a total of 360 feet up and down. It had little stairs in it, so if you fell, you ...

... at the carpet school. It was fascinating to watch the deft handiwork of the talented carpet makers. The man who had assigned himself to guide us through explained that the workers worked 7 hour days, 7 days a week. I'm not clear if this is exactly what he meant, but it certainly depressed us. 'Is it mainly women who make the rugs?' Jess asked. 'I would say 99% of the time, yes' our guide replied. The tour of the rug making lasted about 5 minutes and then ...

... after that. Alex: Today we lived in a cave. It was a hotel cave. Mom and me played a chess game and we had a lovely sleep in gigantic beds. Before that, when dinnertime came, we were invited upstairs for dinner. It was great. They had five courses. Of course, there were two courses that I didn't like, but the rest were fine. My favorite course was bread. I dipped it in the soup that I got and it was pretty good.

... the other would beat the daylight out of you! :) After all the aches and bashing around, I have to say I felt very good, but I was very unhappy as the guy who was exfoliating me told Borac (our tour guide) that apparently I hadn`t been bathing or showering sice birth! :( My skżn felt so smooth and I felt like a new woman! :) It is safe to say that although Steve was holding onto his towel with dear life he had thoroughly enjoyed his experience of Turkish Hamam.