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Gharam* in Goreme
... was still time to go to the Open Air Museum, where we explored many caves, churches, and old frescoes painted and preserved inside of them. Even though it was late afternoon/early evening, Goreme was still gharam (hot) so it was a relief to go inside the caves. (Some background: a volcano eruption 2,000 years ago left a layer of soft lava rock across the region which early Christian inhabitants were able to ...
Balloon Ride Over the Fairy Chimneys
... that erupted about 3 million years ago and were created from the ash and lava. The soft rock on these hills eroded away to leave the pillar-like formations. The rock is soft enough to carve out caves. We stayed in one of these caves - it's nice and cool in summer (and retains the heat in winter). On the first day we walked to the Open Air Museum which is a museum of these historic caves. There were many churches which were painted inside with pictures of ...
Found the truck
... and homes. The whole valley, and Goreme itself, is just like the pictures I have seen and on first impressions doesn't disappoint. Its like a fairyland, quite magical. But more in the next blog when I have had a chance to explore. Already I have sorted two days worth of walks out. Then there are the surrounding villages to visit, maybe a hot air ballon ride, a turkish bath ...... the list goes on. Who cares that the truck will be ...
Last update from Cappadocia
... at home. It is like a crepe, or a thin roti, stuffed with choice of meat, cheese, spinach, potato, or God knows what else. Tonight, we had dinner with a local family in a nearby village. No meat. Bread, gozleme, soup, rice and beans, water melon, and tea (cai, pronounced chai.) Turks drink a lot of cai (regular tea), apple tea, or Turkish coffee (that stuff is terrible.)
We leave tomorrow for a village ...
Goreme, Turkey
... Other tourists had to share their basket with 26 others - bloody peasants! As you can imagine OHS is not big in Turkey and the pilot told us a rival company used cheaper more balloon material and they had an accident where a passenger was paralysed - not great with the Turkish healthcare system.
It was a fantastic experience, so peaceful - the pilot was very charming. We went really close to the rock walls in the valleys - highly recommend it.
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