Big travel day with entire group. Underground city, the Greek village, invite to drivers house, visit fairy chimneys.

We made it to the magical land of Cappadocia! We have called Goreme our home for the last week or so, taking some hikes around the very pretty landscapes, reading books and chilling out. Cappadocia is home to fairy chimneys, pillars made by years of erosions, after volcanic events. The people made houses, churches, mosques, monestries in them an...

After a bus ride from Pamakkale that took all night, I arrived in Goreme. I checking into a pension and headed right out for some hiking in the bizarre landscape here. Went to the Sword, Rose, and Red Valleys. Rather than try to describe, I'll just post these photos. I keep expecting to bump into Fred Flintstone, but haven't yet! Check here for ...

HE SAID: Today we did a great ATV ride through the land of fairy chimneys and ancient cave dwellings! What a great way to see the city. 2 hours for $17/hour each, what a deal! SHE SAID: Riding the quads was a great way to see the landscape from a new perspective. My only complaint is that the terrain is sandy, dusty, rocky, and the rental compan...

Hey. Well today Id signed up for a tour of Cappadocia - time to let someone else do the driving - so another day off for TİPO. Anyway after bfast of Turkish pancake - gozuleme - we went off on the tour. All told there were about 10 of us. First there was a panoramic viewpoint stop where there it was snowing - honestly Im sick of snow now an...

Hi everyone, We just spent 4 great, but cold (brrrrr) days in Goreme, which is basically in the middle of Turkey. We arrived on an overnight bus at 5:30 in the morning. After I wiped the sleep out of my eyes and looked around, I was awe-struck! The peaks and "fairy-chimneys" are out-of-this-world! They are like nothing I've ever seen before. Rum...

I've made it to Cappadocia safe and sound. The bus ride didn't kill me, though it did make me completely miserable. Cappadocia is out of this world! It's too strange to be called beautiful on first seeing it; the landscape is bizarre in a way that I suspect nothing else in the world could be. The whole area is full of strange rock formations tha...

Back in the mini-bus we hit the road for Goreme. On the way we made a stop at a school that likes tourists to come and visit. The kids were very excited that we had arrived. Some of them dressed up in traditional clothing and did some singing and dancing for us. Part of the classroom was set up as a traditional Turkish house. Spent the rest of t...