November 15th 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
Turkish Syrian border crossing and Goreme. The drive from Aleppo in Syria to Goreme in Turkey took the best part of 14 hours. Quite a few of those hours were taken up at the border crossing. Getting ... 14 photos [full story]

November 2nd 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
I woke today today to lıght raın and then got snowed on very heavıly durıng my mornıng walk! The day proceeded to dump the fırst season of snow for Cappadoccıa and ... [full story]

October 20th 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
The second day in Göreme I went out for some 17 km hike with two women from Canada and California. Directly north of the town there is a rock massif consisting of several small and compact valleys ... 9 photos [full story]

October 20th 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
G'day all, Well we left Lada heaven (Yeravan - every white lada in the world ends up in Yerevan!) we headed to a greek temple that had been restored but was very nice and a monestry complex carved ... [full story]

August 5th 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade win ... 69 photos [full story]

July 9th 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
Day 6, Cappadoccia: We rent our mountain bikes from Osman and Mad-Kadir, two fun loving Turkish guys. Before we head out we have the mandatory teas, and then we hit the climb to Eskeshir before it g ... 4 photos [full story]

July 8th 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
Day 5, Cappadoccia: We take an organized tour of the underground city, valley, and cliff dwellings. Robin buys her first (and only) real souvenir on the way out of Goreme, a black tablecloth. The u ... 3 photos [full story]

July 7th 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
Day 4: The 12 hour overnight bus ride wasn’t so bad. Poor Robin stumbled out of the bus in her sleep at a 5 minute stop in who knows where, and found a toilet. The Kent bus seems to only stop ... 4 photos [full story]

June 27th 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
Our day started with a 4:11 am call to prayer. All of our hotels are located near mosques, sometimes we can hear the call, sometimes not. This morning, it was loud and clear. It didn’t real ... 17 photos [full story]

June 27th 2009  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
We finally arrived in Kayseri around 4PM and had a 1 hour drive to Cappadocia and our hotel. We were a bit worried when we saw the outside of the hotel, but upon entering the room we were pleasa ... 9 photos [full story]