Blogs from Central Anatolia, Turkey, Middle East - page 12

Rano opat budicek vdaka novo prichodziemu japoncovy. Tato izba sa mi javi totalne utulna,to bude ale asi hlavne tym,ze vonku je kosa a vvnutri pekne teplucko. Po vydatnych ranajkach (v cene ubytka ako skoro vsade v turecku) sme sa spolu s etienom vypravili smer Open air muzeum. Isli sme popri hlavnej ceste po chodniku,tak pohodicka. Pri muzeu uz kopa turistov (v sezone predpokladam,ze sa tu neda hybat). Muzeum je platene,su v nom prakticky vsetky veci co sa daju vidiet gratis ak si to tu clovek sam pobeha po okoli. To sme mali v plane aj my,ved naco platit ked to clovek moze vidiet zadarmo a hlavne bez mnozstva turistov,co len vytiahnu fotak,spravia tisice zaberov,napakuju sa nazad do busu,dalsia zastavka a zas to iste do kolecka. Pokracovali sme dalej po ceste az ku kempingu (podla mapsgoogle sa ... read more

Rano o 8/20 ma zobudil novy prichodzi. Tak mi nic ine nezostavalo ako sa prebrat a ist sa naranajkovat. Na stole ma cakal plny tanier,dzem,nutela,syr,maslo,olivy,salam,tvrdy syr,susene ovocie, vajco natvrdo,rajciny a pecivo. Caj sa capoval z konvice,opat 1/2caju 1/2 vody. Vsetko som zlupol okrem vajca dzemu. Napratany som sa vydal nazad do jaskyne (ubytko). Na nadvori som stretol francuza,zhanal recepcneho,tak som ho spravne nasmeroval. Po jeho ubytovani som sa s nim vypravil na prvu turu. Plan bol love valley,uchisar a nazad cez Pigeon valley. Za mierneho snezenia sme vyrazili, batoh som nebral,vo vacku horalka a jablku,v ruke voda. Isli sme smerom na mesto Avanos,kde bolo treba odbocit dolava asi po 3km sme zbadali odbocku. Co sme mali mapy z ubytka + z LP nic moc. Dostali sme sa do udolia Love,uplna parada. Udolie vytvorene vodou,plno skalnych kominov. ... read more

We had a HUGE day today! We were collected at six o'clock this morning for our balloon flight over the Göreme Valley. It was still dark as we drove out to the launch site. Once we arrived, we didn't have to wait very long before all of the balloon companies started to arrive with their balloons and baskets. In no time at all there were balloons inflating all over the place. Very exciting. Yalçin escorted us across the snow to our balloon while it was still being blown full of hot air. Before it was fully inflated they started loading us into the basket and handed out an instruction sheet. The first instruction was - No Smoking. Hmmn, the guys working on the balloon already broke that one! The second instruction was no-one within a five ... read more

The hotel last night was more modern again, but the rooms were quite cool because the heating only operated when the key fob was in the slot to activate the power for the room. The Grand Onder may have been a bit old-fashioned, but at least they kept a card in the slot so that the a/c ran all the time to keep the room lovely and warm. The Richmond's room was compact with a bed that was very firm and the world's smallest doona. There was barely enough of the doona to cover us both!! On the plus side, the shower at the Richmond was our best yet, but it was a bit strange having to step down into the sunken bath to take a shower. After breakfast this morning we had only a few ... read more

Our second day in Cappadocia was supposed to start with an adventure we had not done before and were very much looking forward to. We were to take the hot air balloon flight that is so famous in Cappadocia. We were picked up from our hotel at 4 am and were taken to the vast open field. In the dark of the night, the field was strewn with numerous huge colorful air balloons those were being prepared for the flight. There were huge fans blowing very hard –which were used to fill the insides of the balloons with air. Once the balloons were somewhat filled with air, fires was blown directed towards the inside of the balloon so that the air inside would get hot and the balloon slowly started to rise. It was as if ... read more