The times they are a-changin’.
This post seems to be older than 13 years—a long time on the internet. It might be outdated.
Cappadocia, Turkey
26 June 2009
I’m going to start by appologzing profussely for all the pictures of rocks. Cappadocia is, in essence, a giant collection of cool looking rocks and I’m pretty sure I got a picture of every single one of them. Out of 215 photos I took today, I ended up only rejecting 84 of them. Typically, I reject just over half. Not today.
Anyway, the bus ride was less than ideal. Charlie smelled like a sweaty rugby player after an all-day round robin tournament and the bus driver refused to keep the AC on. We awoke in Nevsehir and were called off the bus. A bit dazzed from just waking up, Charlie and I got off, thinking this was the guy who was going to take us to the hostel from the bus depot.
As it turned out, we think it was just a way to get tourist to purchase a tour of Cappadocia, as the guy quickly put us back on the bus once he found out we had already booked a tour. Still super confused about what happened, we finally did off at the right stop.
We got to the hostel and learned that both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett had died while we were in transit. Sad times.
A quick turn around and we were off to explore the northern region of Cappadocia with our guide, Esra.
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Üçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Üçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Üçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Ortahisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
Many of the holes in the rocks were for roosting pigeons. The previous inhabitants used the guano as fertalizer.
We spent most of the day hiking around. One kilometer here, another four there. For two guys who barely got any sleep, I thought we did pretty good. We befriended Shazia, another traveler from the States who was on vacation with her mother; had an amazing buffet lunch (that’ll teach them to let to college grads eat all they want); and, toured a pottery shop, among other things.
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Ortahisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Ortahisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Ortahisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Ortahisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Üçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Üçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Üçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Üçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Üçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Üçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkey
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, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Turkey
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Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Turkey
For dinner, we walked into town and had pide (a Turkish pizza) and a beer at a restraunt that Shazia had recommended for their kunefe, which is amazing by the way.
We wandered back to the Bat Shoestring Cave and promptly fell asleep.