Resort Dedeman Cappadocia Nevsehir

... were inside, so he decided to stop in and say hi. He'd already eaten...but he stayed the whole time. It was a great dinner among friends, filled with the same kind of ridiculous conversations about movies and god knows what else as on the bus the day before. We just had a great time.<br><br>And the food... mmmmm....the food was fantastic. The kebab stew was great poured on top of rice. I had the beef and Kristen had the chicken... I had the beef and half of the ...

... multicolored according to age, so the rocks are Red, Yellow, and White. It looks similar to the soutwest of the United States, and there are sections that look "desert-like," but perhaps what really makes it incredible is that it is not a desert area. There are beautiful grassfields and a lot of fertile farm land dots the surrounding area as well. In Goreme, all of the hotels are built into the rocks and you stay in caves. Our hotel, Shoestring, was completely built into ...

I decided today to just see some more of the countryside in the area. I just started driving and stopped at different scenice overlooks and other places. Having realized yesterday that I can't really get hopelessly lost, I was much more able to enjoy the drive and the scenery. This area is surrounded by three extinct volcanoes, and the varied and distinct terrain is the result of the vocanic activity and the ...

... that there were no guides there. This was unfortunate, as we had planned to hire a guide to help us navigate the underground city and put things in perspective for us. We proceeded without a guide, and climbed around the underground city ourselves. It was quite impressive, as it went down about 7 stories, with many rooms and narrow winding hallways and staircases. A guide would have been very helpful to tell us what all the different rooms were used for, but we enjoyed seeing ...

We have all fallen in love with the region of Cappadocia... a top spot for a weekend getaway from city life...  The region is filled with a multitude of activities to engage in... and we all chose a bit of what we wanted... Deb did some shopping, as the handicrafts in the region are hard to match throughout Turkey...  some of her favorites included ethnic dolls for the many nieces back in the States, pashmina wool scarves for her yoga friends and ...

... tunnels in Vietnam but on a much grander (and more comfortable) scale. The most amazing thing was that this once housed between ten thousand and twenty thousand people! Also included on the tour was the Ilhara valley which is billed as the "grand canyon of Turkey." We sent on a nice fourty minute hike through this area. While certainly no Grand Canyon, it was quite a pleasant place mostly because it had a small stream at the bottom which provided enough water to create an oasis in ...

... the pension, our tour guide, 'Spotty the Wonder Dog' decided to join us. (This is the owners dog and apparently he knows the valleys better than anyone else, and we were in good hands - no paws. Our trusty companion lasted the first 5 minutes until we came across two other dogs approaching us. Perhaps this ...

It was a bit of a struggle to get up today - Gem's phone received a text and I thought it was the doorbell so I fully woke up and got out of bed and almost got ready to leave...! A few hours later it was time to get up for real as those who were doing the hot air ballooning got picked up by the company... We stopped at their office for tea and bikkies and to see if the conditions were ok to go flying. They were a bit unsure and kept letting off little ...

... wrote of tolerance, forgiveness, love, and enlightenment. They are not theatrical spectacles but sacred rituals. The ritual, known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance to Allah. Mevlevi believed that during the sema the soul was released from earthly ties, and able to freely commune with the divine. Dervish means "doorway" and is thought to be an entrance from this ...