Goreme Kaya Hotel Nevsehir

... the "Camel," a rock formation that looks like...well...you guessed it...a camel.<br><br>We got into this valley on the scooters that looked, for lack of a better way of putting it, just so Cappadocia-like. It was full of the rock formations that look like fully formed extra large hardened drip-castles that you make at the beach when you are a little kid. The road was so cool that I just kept stopping to take pictures of the road itself. I'm not sure the name of that ...

We left Olympos for Cappadocia around 8 the next morning. We were a little late getting going because our new driver, Aleem, had gotten mixed up on our time of departure...<br><br>We met our new "guide," Jeremy, another Kiwi who made up for his lack of command of the Turkish language with amicability and good naturedness. Jeremy was quite a good dude.<br><br>We met back up with Phoenix and Jess, who were headed to Cappadocia for 5 nights, us for 3. It was the four of us ...

June 15, 2009<br><br>We arr&#305;ve &#305;n Goreme, Cappadoc&#305;a after an arduous overn&#305;ght bus r&#305;de from Istanbul. Sleepy-eyed and starv&#305;ng we haul or stuff off the bus and check &#305;nto our hostel. We are dropped off outs&#305;de of a rockformat&#305;on and follow s&#305;gns up stone steps to the recept&#305;on area for the Backpacker`s Cave Hostel. We are greeted by a 10 year old boy play&#305;ng v&#305;deo games on a computer beh&#305;nd the recept&#305 ...

Another car sails by and I check my watch for the fifth time in as many minutes. We hadn't been here long- but it was getting late, and no one was stopping. The likihood of reaching Tbilisi this evening was looking ever slimmer. Having been forced to scrap Iran because of Visa issues I hatched an audacious plan to cross the middle east via Syria, Jordan, Saudia Arabia and UEA. Once at UAE I hoped to find a boat from Dubai ...

... database. I asked for directions and got a simple map from the proprietor here at the Kelebek. In the end, it seems I went the right way, just on a different road. Imagine me driving intuitively. Now there's an event. I actually did it very well and got where I needed-and had fun doing it. So tonight I had dinner with two wonderful couples from Montreal. I got a chance to practice some french, and that was good. I've met several people ...

... 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 ...

I'll get around writing this entry... Balloon ride ...

... as Cappadocia, one of Turkey's premier attractions. The area is reminiscent of the hoodoos of Dinosaur Provincial Park but different. It has been inhabited for centuries and many homes have been carved out of the hoodoos throughout the area. A popular activity is to take a hot air balloon trip over the area but the 180 Euro price tag was a little too rich for my blood. Getting up at around ...

... ares de cidade europeia. Pegamos o shuttle bus para a estacao de onibus. La pegamos um onibus (nro 2) para Gorome (Capadocia), foram 4 horas de viagem. A qualidade e o servico do onibus eram muito bons, com comida, bebida, TV, rodomoca, so nao tinha banheiro. Engracado que a rodomoca dava um alcool perfumado para a gente limpar as maos toda hora. Chegamos moidos no hotel, a viagem fora cansativa. O hotel, por sinal, era em uma rocha e ...

... t have been more amazing. So bizarre to think that people lived in these formations. We saw lots of small holes in the rocks. Turns out they were pigeon holes. Way back when, pigeons were raised and cared for in these formations so that the residents could collect their dung for fertilizer. It's illegal to do that now that these areas are protected, but there were still pigeons about. The first stop of our full-day tour ...