Temenni Evi Urgup
Temenni Tepesi, Urgup/Nevsehir/Turkiye Urgup, Cappadocia, 50400, Turkey
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Hot Balloon Ride !!
Today is one of my highlight of the tour, its HOT BALOON RIDE day!! It was actually not in the original itinerary, we need to have an additional U$200 / pax to have a hot balloon ride, since it was a lifetime opportunity we didn't think twice and sign up directly.
We all meet in the lobby on 4.30AM; yes it was THAT early as the objective was to catch the sunrise from the balloon. Compares to the day weather, at that time of the dusk it ...
The Flintstones
... of ruby, sapphire, diamond and emeralds.
I managed to control myself and left without too much haggling. We left there on our way to catch the local dolmus but not before stopping in the winery. The environment around Keysari county is comparable to Central California actually. They have extensive agriculture including pumpkin, strawberries and dates.
I was starting to feel uneasy around Faruk with his ...
Favorite day so far in Turkey -- wow!
... Americans, the Turkish were nomadic people for a large part of their history so the carpets were used to cover the ground of their tents and temporary housing before they moved on. The carpets are actually weaved telling a story and someone familiar with the art of Turkish carpet making can tell what region it's from, the life of the person who made it and what was going on with them at the time. ...
Fairy Chimney's Galore!!!
... world where the weavers do a double knot weave. This makes the carpet stronger but also takes longer. On average there are 360 double knots/cm square. A room sized rug takes about two years for two women to make and Turkish rugs go up in value the longer they are in use. Also, true Turkish rugs are made with spun wool or silk and it is all dyed with organic products , things like onion skins, hazelnuts, bug juices, linseed ...
Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Ride and Ihlara Canyon
... got to sleep for about thirty minutes before getting ready to meet my group.
Today we had a new tour guide named Suak. He was much different from the guide we had yesterday, maybe a little more rough around the edges but we all agreed that we liked his style better because he was very flexible and altered the itinerary based on our input.
We drive to Ihlara Canyon, which was a little over an hours drive from Urgup. We stopped at ...



