Peri Cave Hotel Goreme

... parts. Its natural beauty and as well the touristic attraction makes it modern and rich. We can check in to a nice hotel - French owners since 14 years - and we enjoy a cold beer with a stunning view on the valleys of Cappadokia.<br><br>The food is as well remarkable as its combination of French and Turkish cuisine is delicious.<br><br><br>

... guy.<br> When we were not in a cave of some sort, we spent our time in the pool and walking around the town. Such a cool place. We highly recommend Turkey to anyone, but be sure to leave a good 2 weeks for it. There are a lot of other places we would have liked to visit but we need to keep moving. Next we are headed to Sofia, Bulgaria. The only thing I know about Bulgaria is that it is "nice". That was from a Bulgarian waiter we had once in Door County. We shall see...

... talking a lot about dancing and about goofy dance music.<br><br>My personal favorite uber goofy dance song: the YMCA. Well, actually I don't like the song, and it's actually not that fun to dance to. As only a crazy politico like me could actually think, I love the YMCA for the irony in it's popularity. Take any sporting event anywhere in America and you can find the YMCA. Everyone does it, old, young, male, female, etc. It's at baseball, football, basketball, probably ...

... onal Muslým head wear. Another thýng I have noýtced ýs that there ýs stray dogs everywhere but they dont bother you just potter around not lýke the stray dogs ýn Samoa or Tonga who wýll just go for you. Anyway ýts a found faýr well to Goreme ýts a great place and well worth the výsýt, there are some beatýful sýghts here. I am off to Istanbul tonýght on the overnýght bus and hopefully I should have 2 full days ýn Istanbul I have heard good thýngs about ýt so I am lookýng forward to ýt alot!

... for the air balloon to be ready, not up in the air. There were 9 balloons from another company getting blown up next to us, quite impressive. Then we got into the basket. There were 13 or 14 of us and I ended up with a group of Singaporeans! We had to wait for the other balloon next to us to be ready otherwise we could have flown into it! So we took off slowly and quickly made our way up as the sun was rising! Cool! The scenery was beautiful ...

... understand that you can pay a bit extra for the ease of joining a tour when you don't have to worry about transportation or mapping out your itinerary and often you get some expertise along the way from your guide. This was the case for us. We felt the price was very good as just the entry fees for the stops along the way were over half the cost - and that's not counting the extra money it would have cost us just to get there - let alone eat ...

... After getting up the morning before at 5am only to be made to wait for 2 hours and be told that it was too windy, followed by getting blasted by a sandstorm the previous afternoon, we were not holding out a lot of hope. But our extensive references to Allah during the morning call to prayer must have paid off because we had a beautiful crisp and clear morning and were up in the air before 6am. The view was ...

... deodorant.<br><br>We weren't the only foreigners in there. Tony and Pamela, from Basildon, are devoted to all things Turkish and Indian. They even told us they were planning to retire in Turkey ('You can buy a nice house for ten grand') in the not-too-distant future. Pamela, a devotee of the Hindu deity Shiva, told us to be careful in India. She said that one of their friends had been hit by a truck whilst motorcycling in a remote area and by the time his body was discovered the ...