Hi all Just thought I'd set up a travel blog so that anyone who is interested can check out what me and Tom have been up to. I'll try to add photos later but internet isn't the fastest in here. At the moment we are in gorome in cappadocia in Turkey which is the location of some amazing geological and archaeological sights which we have just spent the day exploring. The terrain in this region is is made up of very soft volcanic rock which meant that 4000 years ago, with wood being in short supply, people were able to dig houses into the rock. For the next 2500 years various groups for various reasons expanded these houses culminating with the early christians of the region who, to escape persecution from the Muslims, carved large cities
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