Anatolian Houses Goreme

DISCLAIMER: This is another small blog just to put on the map where we've been over the past little bit. Again, I will elaborate on our events in Goreme at a later date when life is a little less hectic, and I don't have so much to do. Right now it's raining, however, but I still have about 6 more blogs to post.


Sarah and I arrive...

Forgive me, but this is gonna be a lengthy one.

After boarding the overnight train, which was surprisingly comfortable, we arrive in Ankara about 12 hours later. A brief stop for breakfast at the train station and away we go.

Traditionally our tour spends no time in the capital and heads straight out for Kapadokya, but our tour lea...

Du risque et de l'émotion au sommaire de cette deuxième semaine en Turquie avec une tentative de suicide au fromage de chèvre et un contrat sur ma tête par la mafia des taxis turcs.

Après les premiers 5 jours passés à Istanbul, j'ai pris le bus pour rejoindre le village de Safranbolu, 300km à l'est, où j'ai logé dans une maison traditi...

A big night of belly dancing and real dancing did not slow us down one bit on our first full day in Cappadocia. And what a day it was.

Goreme is home to an amazing "open-air" museum consisting of almost 20 Byzantine Churches carved into the rocks of Cappadocia, the oldest of which dates back to the late 11th century.

That was ...

What would you think if you went to Mesa Verde in the American Southwest and there were hotels built in along with the cliff dwellings? Or maybe you went to see the redwoods AND THERE WERE TREE HOUSES IN THEM? Yeah, me too, but that's exactly what you've got in Cappadocia, the badlands of Turkey, full of hoodoos and fairy chimneys, the phallic-l...

Hello from Cappadocia! DAY 1: Wednesday morning we woke up to our last delicious breakfast at Anzac Golden Pension in Kusadasi. After packing our belongings we were ready to take off, once again having to navigate the extremely narrow and bumpy streets. This time however, we made it pretty much unscathed until getting a little confused when tryi...

After much debate in Istanbul, we sort out our touring route around the country and head to Cappadocia next. Sometimes as a traveler you really have no interest in certain sites or cities but you end up going because it's on the trail or it has good connections to other locations that you do want to visit. Some places turn out as you expect, jus...

After the most of drives (think 12 hours and long long long straights we arrived in Goreme which is part of the Cappodoccia region. Famous for it's rock formations that people over the centuries carved out houses to live in. They are still lived in today. It was freezing here. The hostel was full so not all of us had a bed to sleep on so Pam, De...

Exhaustion has officially set in. Not only was my trip to Cappadocia wonderful, but it was a whirlwind. Dank was the prevalent word this weekend since the region is known for its caves and bizarre rock formations. My friends and I stayed in a cave room at a hostel (note that i had never stayed in a hostel before... it was quite the experience) a...

September 3rd - Ankara, Turkey

We have made the journey into Central Anatolia to escape the tourist honeytraps of Istanbul. As usual, we decided to get the bus instead of the train. It seems that here in Turkey you don't just turn up and get on a train, unless it's a local one. To travel long distance requires advance bookings and even ...