Arch Palace Hotel Goreme

... of 12 different outfits have emerged, and all of them seem to be busy, busy, busy.<br><br>After half and hour or so of drifting around Mustafa told us it was time to take it a bit higher, and boy, did he mean it. We started to ascend fairly rapidly, the ground below becoming like a model underneath us. Only three or four times a year are the conditions right to go above the cloud cover and really get some height. Amazingly, our day, and our group had it just right. <br><br>The ...

... A partir de Lundi je suis un planning tendu qui consiste à faire Istanbul, 1 jour à Helsinki, 2 jours à Péking pour faire le visa mongolien et finalement Ulan Bator ou je devrais retrouver Nico (Carerras), qui aux dernières nouvelles est déjà perdu sans moyen de locomotion dans un village du désert de Gobi. Ca risque d'être dur mais j'essaierai de donner des nouvelles durant les 4 semaines à suivre...si je trouve des NetYourtes en route.<br><br>A bientôt,<br>Rémi.<br>

... We drove across large fields of amber waves of grain...almost America-like, haha...with two snow capped volcanos looking Mt. Ranier-esqe in the background.<br><br>On our ride there we got more linguistic entertainment from Ibrahim, our bus driver who had by then told us his name. From my count he could say thank you in 13 languages. He quized us, but every now and then his Turkish accent made the words indistinguishable.<br><br>It was clear Ibrahim wasn't used to ...

... Pension and Hotel. Its merits: a cozy room complete with views of the town, heat, and two thrones for chairs. Over the last five days we have enjoyed not only the spacious and warm room but our view from the terrace. This hotel overlooks half of the Goreme Valley, which is in the center of Cappadocia, and its wondrous geography. How did the geography come about? The peaks of three volcanoes - Erciyes, Hasan and Melendiz Daðlar ...

... br>With so few towns around, the early morning sky opens up to a blue-gray day. With only about 30 KM to go, it&#8217;s drizzling and the terrain is a rugged looking and barren. We jump off the bus and wonder what we got ourselves into. After waking up a few pension owners, we find a room and are off to explore the area. We find a trail which takes us to what is named Love Valley; let&#8217;s just say there are interesting rock ...

... years have closed all but 8 of the levels to visitation.  Still, an amazing feat of human ingenuity and engineering.  Notably, a large Christian population took up residence in the cave cities to escape persecution by the Romans and later Arab invaders.   All the history aside, the cave cities are a wonder to behold both inside and out.  Now... a little about group tours.   In general, Im not a fan.   But today was actually great ...

... valley filled with ancient Christian churches, and a rock Monastery. The monastery was probably my favorite place... i was giving the dude from "man vs. wild" a run for his money (if you havent seen that show, please do... not only is it crazy and weird, but its hilarious and "intense") I was jumping from rock to rock, climbing higher and higher up the complex. i am so impressed and after centuries and hundreds of years, places like the Selime Monastery still exist. you feel ...

... and converted ýnto a stronghold that over a thousand people could fýt ýnto and lýve ýn for up to sýx months to escape enemýes. It was wýcked!! We sprýnted around the caves, up and down loads of týny, low-ceýlýnged passages and through lýttle doorways to dýscover whole new sectýons of the cýty. It was a crash-course ýn culture; Hot Rock style! So, f&#305;nally &#305;n Goreme and stay&#305;ng at a place called Fl&#305;ntstones- so named because the rooms ...

... made to look like cars that drove on the water. All of the paddlers were having fun. Looking around the lake at the faces of those who paid their 1,000,000 lira for an hour of water splashing and dodgem-like barging, none of them were without a smile. A fun fair was also on offer but we passed by the delights offered within and instead bought a meal of seed-encrusted bagels and roasted sweetcorn that came to no more than 3,500,000 lira (35p).<br><br>Tomorrow we are going to get ...