Legend Cave Goreme

... us all... and giving us 4 professional shipping boxes so we could safely bring our treasures home to Turkey with us... He was not only helpful, but honest and kind... He runs an awesome bike shop... and if anyone out there is looking for a great bike for a great deal... bought through great service... look up the SLC Bicycle ...

... group would fly, and none of us were the chosen ones. So we went back to bed crushed.<br><br>When we woke up, we learned that the people who had gotten to go with the man had ended up sitting in the rain for two hours and didn't end up flying after all. Unfortunately, the night before we had withdrawn the money for the balloon flight- about 300 dollars- and we had about 24 hours left in Turkey. We knew that we would lose money changing it, so we decided to spend what we ...

... back to Goreme before a short stop at the Pigeon "Walley" for another good photo opt. Then, of course, we had to be taken to a place to buy something. The "Onyx demonstration" was a pain, but luckily it was over quick and we could talk with Jennifer and Catherine (arriving for their own Onyx demonstation) in the showroom. They were headed to Dibek's for dinner, having ordered their pottery kebabs immediately upon arrival in Goreme. They were in for a treat.<br><br>Our ...

... tipped stick - towards them. If the thrower records a hit he has won a point but he can lose it if he in turn gets hit by a chasing horseman on his return to his end of the field. After 2-3 turns of this and with no sign of a dart getting anywhere near anybody due to bad throwing we were considering leaving them to it. But then suddenly right in front of us a horse being chased by another from the opposite team careered into one of his own teammates at full pelt ...

The call to prayer woke me up at 4:45am. Down the hall I heard knocking. When it got to my door I scampered up to answer. "They will pick you up at 5:30", Yusuf informed me. I grinned, brimming with excitement. I got ready in the dark so I woudlnt wake Alison up. I met up with the six others who were also going on this excursion, and we were off to the office. After tea and biscuits we were shuttled up the hill to what can be best described as a balloon ...

... yarn about the foolishness of the nigh before then we headed down to Fat Boys to chill out for the day and to have some greasies. We had a nice little outdoor spot sitting on cushions on the floor around a low table with a sheesha pipe - Good times. We called it a day pretty early today. We have a 6am departure time as we are heading to Syria which is about 6 hours drive along with a high chance of a 3 hour (maybe more) stop at border control.....

... We waited and waited out the front of an Internet café where the owner assured us the Dolmus left from. After 45 mins he double checked with someone who pointed us around the corner, and the bus came 5mins later! The walk was very cool, and took us through a little valley surrounded by high cliffs on each side. Into the cliffs dwellings had been carved, often the entire hight of the cliff famakingking tintoinot 5 story houses I suppose. We came around one corner ...

... are just walking around and exploring what you find. At times I really felt like I was either A: in the Flintstones (I expected to see Fred peddling by in his car at any moment) or B: on the moon. It was so different. The Ihlara Valley, the "Grand Canyon" of Turkey is also situated in the region, which is an incredible walk, and of course, there's tons of churches and dwellings scattered through it as well. The ...

... since it was closing, so he took me for a ride on his motorcycle (no, that's not a euphemism for anything) and then home. <br><br>It was refreshing just to sit and chill with one of my people - with no pretext or expectation. Why can't there be more like him back home? *whine* Did I mention he was hott? <br><br>Seen and Done a Lot <br>The Cappadocia region in central Turkey is famous for its fantastic rock formations. The landscape was formed from repeated eruptions from three ...

... some ugly incidents over the past few years. Walking down the main street on our first evening here we saw a group of Australians, wearing just shorts and sandals and swigging from bottles of beer as they walked noisily down the street. On the same street, women in the most orthodox hajib clothing peered out at them and the feeling of offence was almost palpable. It is hinted at in our guidebook that there may have been some attacks committed by the confused villagers. Michelle ...