Goreme House Cappadocia

... guy that lives in Salt Lake City, Utah... the hardcore biker and skier who traverses whatever mountain or canyon he can... if he's not heading to the local pool with his girls, helping a friend in need, shooting the **** with the mailman or eagerly watching his beautiful wife Dana prepare an early morning cup of coffee... <br><br ...

... the street, and Lindsey ended up carrying her most of the way back into town. We had lot of fun doing the sexy pose in the place sexy poses were meant to be done. Unfortunately we didn't think these were blog appropriate. <br><br> Our dinner that night was amazing. We had ordered two of the Testi Kebabs, one lamb and one chicken, and then ordered an assortment of other dishes on the menu. We tried out a traditional dessert from Goreme made of flour, oil and grape molasses ...

... for our rentals (which of course they somewhat rudely asked about). One of them was pretty...she'd bought a handbag from a carpet shot... The owner's best friend worked at Hitchhikers... So the two of the them took the two girls out to dinner and then for a dirtbike ride to the Love Valley, where after sunset they built a bonfire for the four of them.<br><br>"I mean, they were just so nice you know, they said they weren't going to charge us, just for gas you know, and then ...

... to stuff a couple of pieces of cake in our mouths before hopping in. Ballooning was a bit of a late decision for us but we were glad we made it as we soared over this most unique of landscapes. We had a fantastic view of the town and the region as a whole with our balloon pilot providing commentary on what we were seeing. The locals definately used the rocks to their advantage carving houses, castles and even monastaries out. Ballooning was a fantastic, although pricey, way ...

... the opportunity to ask the vendor for directions in Turkish. After much arm waving and pointing, we took off up the trail. In some places, to get a better view, we found ourselves scrambling up slippery slopes covered with loose gravel. Going down was even more of an adventure and I got some great photos of Judith sliding down the dirt slope on her butt. After two hours of scrambling up and down small hills the afternoon sun ...

... on details about the site. <br><br>We are cold, are hands are freezing and are feet are damp, but at this point but we tell each other the 2 KM (1 mile) back to town will be good for the circulation. Luckily our host drives by and scoops us up even before we get to the end of parking lot. We are dropped off at the town square and left to explore a bit we eventually find some good but cheap eats. The restaurant ...

... en suites - how's your luck : ) First night was fairly non-descript - bit of pool and a couple of quiets. have a massively big day and night tomorrow. The next morning we had a quick breakfast before being picked up by our guide for the day - Ulu which is apparently a famous name. We never found out what for though. We drove up to one of the look out points which overlooked Goreme. It was amazing. A huge sea of columns and rocks formations ...

... night! When we got there nobody was there... but then after a while it started to full up We got some meze (like the Turkish version of tapas) and waited for the show to start We saw whirling dervishes (not real ones obviously) and traditional Turkish dancing and a belly dancer so we had a good time and the food was pretty good also and it was unlimited drinks (beer, wine, and raka (arak)) but we weren't really in a drinking mood. So ...

We travelled over night from Istanbul to Cappadocia. The bus journey was a bit ******* the bottom - while bus travel in Turkey is big business we nust have got the worst bus. Cappadocia is an area of sensor assault. The area is is known for 100's of year of people living in caves - and they still do. We stayed in an up market version of what has for years been ...

... another planet. I would struggle to explain the landscape we found ourselves in. The ground beneath our feet was white sand. It is barren apart from occasional areas of lush greenness where an abundance of sweet-tasting grapes grow and some areas are filled with bulbous melon-like pumpkins that look as if they have fallen from the sky. Dominating the terrain are the colossal sand-coloured tufa chimneys, most of them riddled with holes that at some time served as windows and doors ...