Cappadocia Cave Resort Nevsehir

... thing in the world, which was part of the frustration. It certainly wasn't bad enough to ask for 60 lira back. As we sat up there waiting for the spectacular sunset we'd eventually get to see, we noted that *****ing is an integral part of travel. When you put yourself in the hands of others, or when you try to make choices and organize things in an area that is new and different to you, there are inevitably screw ups and problems. It never seems to go just right. And ...

... about them are also the best. Imagine if the sport movie genre lacked "Bull Durham," "Field of Dreams," "Major League," "Rudy," "Remember the Titans," "Brian's Song," "A League of Their Own," "The Longest Yard" or "The Natural." I mean...it'd still have "Rocky" and "Raging Bull," but many of the greatest sports flicks ever made...well...wouldn't have been made without real football and baseball (which is becoming much more international, we'll call that a Western ...

... Armenian, because it's across the border in Turkey. And as long as Armenia occupies Karabakh, technically part of Azerbaijan, that's likely the way it will stay, barring any population exchanges as occurred in 1923. This says nothing of Naxchivan either, a splinter of Azerbaijan separated from the main country, along the Turkish border, whose residents must travel through Iran to get to the capital of Baku overland. It's a mess. <br><br ...

... pick up again in earnest Paul's journey. I step back in time a few centuries, focusing more on Roman times with St. Paul and less on the later empires and Paul's followers. What an encouragement this magical land formed by volcanoes thousands, if not millions, of years ago has been. What a gift it's been to encounter the church that thrived in the midst of persecution and that thereby gave us some of the greatest theologians the Church has known.

... square little cupboards all over, we find out afterwards these are for pigeons. The people are/were very taken with pigeons. Most of the areas are inaccessible to go in, for safety reasons I am sure. There are a couple of homes still occupied, like the one for the little tea house/cafe in the middle of no where. We stopped on a grassy spot for lunch and continued up the path out of rose valley into red valley, here we begin the climb out of the valley and to the ...

... pulled all of us in... as we became mesmerized by the circular movements of rippling robes as they formed billowing clouds of material, rising and falling as the spinning quickened.  For those who are unaware of what a whirling dervish entails... I encourage you to look it up... it is an ancient meditation ritual performed by the Sufi sect of Muslims founded by Mevlana Rumi... over 800 years ago...   http://www.allaboutturkey.com/dervis ...

... and started to get quite irritated with the next guy who didnt understand the shake of my head too well. Like I said, I arrived here by default so just wanted to see what I wanted to see then hit the road...Turkey was draing my cash Anyways, landed in Goreme in search of the hostel I read about that had a pool. I didnt find it so walked into the next one that came my way: Paradise Cave Pension. Its low season now so places are empty which suits ...

... he was amazing. Trevor so enjoyed his beer that he woud like to share a poem he wrote. It is eloquently titled, 'Beer'. Beer Beer, beer, beer I like beer. Beer is good. I like beer. I want more beer. Beer is good. I like beer. Beer, beer, beer Fin. Isn't he talented? Brings a tear to your eye doesn't it?

... later we arrived in the town of Goreme - the heart of Cappadocia and it was spectacular. Our first stop was for those who wanted too to book a hot air balloon ride for the following morning through Kapadokya Balloons. The English lady there was fantastic and I was sucked in straight away.... By now we were all pretty desperate for a shower so we trudged up the hill to Hotel Lazalar and we were in for a great surprise ...

... even without the many signs of human habiation. They were used as homes, and storage, for hundreds of years....and some appear to still be in use. There are also many pigeon roosts carved into the rocks.....there are wonderful views of Pigeon Valley from a roadside overlook (and shopping stop).The land is flat plateaus on top with these wonderful long valleys of sandy/grey colored rocks. We had been for a walk down throught the village....but this time we were going over.