Star Cave Hotel & Pansion Goreme

... Samsung, each other or Manuel. The american girl who slept next to Manuel did not mind at all because she seemed to be in a delerium. It must have been about 6 in the morning when Samsung finally got up and threw the cat out again. And Manu had a hard time not reveal his fault by laughing...<br><br>We did a lot of walking around and for Manuel the self-catering valleys were just about perfect! Grapes, apples, berries... made him so happy ...

We have to leave our paradise and we are getting off towards Istanbul. Marco is blessing us with water when we leave and the group (4 bikes again) is heading outside the Cappadocia area. We have a good road ahead that allows a constant travel speed of 90km/h. In Turkey the official speed limit for motorcycles is 70 km/h which is a joke, but on the other hand the police is letting people away when the stay below 90.<br><br>The land ...

The final day before Damien's arrival was spent at weird little campsite on the sea of Marmara. We checked it out on foot and it just seemed to be scruffy little carpark, but when we tried to drive in, they tried to charge us 5 lira to get in. We only had 3, so they accepted that. An ice cream van pulled up next to us and ...

... amusement. We visited another Ottoman house, and met the occupant, the current resident in a line of family living in the house since 1717. The city's renovation project was one of exterior appearance only. The interiors were left to the occupants' well-worn discretionary comfort. Our last stop was the Osmanli Evi, or Osman House, a restored "mansion," now a restaurant. On the return to the tourism office we visited some of the commercial shops where meerschaum objects are made ...

... also the site of King Gordius and the Gordian Knot... yes, the knot that Alexander the Great could not undo... so sliced through with his sword... fulfilling the prophecy of becoming the ruler of the known world... It also happens to be the site of one of the oldest mosaic floors ever found...  an ancient site of a Celtic community... yes, the Celtic peoples... that finally settled and thrived in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland... it also contains the site of the ...

... saltar fins aqui. Aqui la gent es perd terra endins, i els pobles se separen f&#305;ns a perdre s la pista. Quilometres d hectarees solcades pel rasclet, pentinades al peu de les muntanyes pelades i rocoses, o de terra seca, esllanguides en llargues rectes que acaben lluny, amb la linia de la neu d hivern marcada com la dels mitjons d un alemany despres de les vacances a la platja. Quilometres de paisatges negres, retallats en corbes ...