Day 28 21 September 2010 Tuesday
Day 29 22 September 2010 Wednesday
Day 30 23 September 2010 Thursday
Goreme (Cappadocia)
On Sunday we traveled from Selime to Goreme which is under 200km but included two hitch hikes to the bus station in Aksaray (because the buses don‘t run often on Sunday), an intercity bus to the Nevsehir bus station, and a city bus from the bus station to the center of Nevsehir to catch another bus to Goreme. We found a pension we liked and spent the rest of the afternoon at its pool.
The second day in Goreme we just visited the Open Air Museum, a dense collection of churches with nice frescos and plenty of tour buses trying to monopolize the site.
The first night we had a 23 bed dorm room to ourselves.
Another classic motorcycle.
The third day we took a minibus north, near Avanos/Zelve, and walked back about 12km along trails which were also incredible mountain bike single track!
Between the rock homes the locals have terraced vineyards and orchards.
7 am over Goreme is a balloon fest everyday.
1st millennium apartment block.
Many of the trails travel through natural water drainage tunnels.
The fourth day we visited one of several “Underground Cities” in the area. We chose the site in the village of Mazikoy. This was a much more intimate tour with just a handful of people from our pension. It is estimated that these underground cities could house hundreds of people in security in the event of a siege for up to six months!
Drying white bean pods.
On the fifth day, with the help of our host at the pension, we visited other interesting chapels.
We got to slot travel a half mile slot canyon off of the beaten track.
Unique chapel with demonic icons.
Beautiful grapes on terraced vineyards.
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