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Sometimes you find a place that you just don’t want to leave
and for us that has been Cappadocia. We arrived here a week
ago after taking a bus from Antalya. Turkey’s bus system is
amazing. The country is far too mountainous for trains and
so they have one of the best bus networks in the world. Most
of the buses are very modern, with plenty of space, live TV
and you even get served tea and cake along the way.
We headed inland through the mountains climbing up to about
1800m at one point. Then all of the sudden when reaching
Konya, one of Turkeys most religious cities, the land just
seemed to flatten out and we were driving along a plateau at
1000m all the way to Cappadocia. We also felt like we jumped
from summer to autumn. For the first time the colours of the
trees began to change along with the temperature.
Formed by the eruptions of huge volcanoes in the region,
Cappadocia is one of the world’s most bizarre and mysterious
places. Over thousands of years a weird and wonderful moon
like landscape has been carved out by both nature and the
people who have lived here. Leaving behind the so called
fairy chimneys, underground cities, rock churches and
impressive valleys and gorges.
The first morning we woke up to a noise that Suus thought
was a very large washing machine only to look out the window
and see 60 hot air balloons just hanging there. The sight
was spectacular and so we decided for sure that we would do
this during our stay. It was one of the best things we’ve
done on the trip so far and we have some great photos to
remember the experience.
Towards the end of the week an amazing coincidence happened
when Nico a good friend of Susan’s dad walked into a cafe
where we were having lunch. Nico is a regular to Cappadocia
and was able to show us a few of the local sights we had not
yet seen. We can definitely understand why he keeps coming
back, you somehow feel privileged to be here and can't
help saying, ok just one more day then! |
