We only had two days in this area but managed to cram in so much. Unfortunately that also means a lot of photos, but I have tried to cut it down as much as poss!
Cappadocia really is a hard place to explain, but if you can imagine a lunar landscape with rocks which look like asparagus spears or giant penises (depending on your perspective) then you're probably starting to get the right idea.
On our first day we wandered around the Goreme Open Air Museum. The entire area is covered with these rocks where people burrowed their houses and churches into stone cliffs and also created underground cities.
Looking down over Goreme. We were staying in one of the 'fairy chimneys' below:
Overlooking Goreme at sunset:
We met some random carpet guys who took us into their very posh showroom. I never thought I could be interested in rugs, but when they change colour as you walk over them, and are worth about $30,000 USD it was easy to be impressed! I think in this photo I am wrapped in about $50,000 USD worth of carpet:
The very posh carpet shop people were also associated with a very posh luxury boutique hotel and they gave us a tour. It was ridiculous just how 'swish' it was, but I'll leave you to judge for yourselves: http://www.anatolianhouses.com/Our hot air balloon flight was fantastic and something that I would recommend to anyone. I was expecting to be a little scared, but it was so gentle that often we would have risen a few hundred metres in the air without me even realising it.
Getting started:
The way they could control the direction and height of the balloon was amazing, mostly demonstrated by being able to land our basket on the back of a trailer which probably had about 30 cms of space on each side!
Deflating the balloon - although I wish they had told us how dirty you get doing this!
And a glass of champagne to celebrate our return to solid ground:
1 comment:
more amazing photos! love the silhouette shot. Turkey is one of my favourite countries in the world
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