Blogs from Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey, Middle East - page 7

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

Our first stop today was at Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic settlement that was occupied for around 1,400 years more than 9,000 years. During the period that it was occupied old houses were abandoned and new homes were built on top of the remain which, over time, created a mound over 21 metres high. The dwellings were built closely together without streets separating them so it is believed that the inhabitants walked across the rooftops and used ladders to climb down into the homes' interiors. Archaeologists have explored the site during two periods of excavations. Initial excavation works were undertaken between 1961 and 1965. The site has been explored further since then with annual investigations taking place since 1993. Most of the findings uncovered at Çatalhöyük over the last 50 years are housed in the Museum of Anatolian ... 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

We had a MASSIVE day today! Our wake-up call was at 4am to get up to go hot air ballooning! At least this early start was for something super exciting, not just to get up and get on the bus. So we crawled out of bed literally after very little sleep and heard the Call to Prayer which is the prayer for Ramadan. We’re not usually obviously awake for this so was the first time we heard it. Thankfully the only time! What a racket! J Anyway, most of us piled onto a mini bus and they drove us to the lil restaurant we paid for the flight and had “breakfast.” It was the weirdest breakie ever! Apple tea (normal), chocolate cake and sausages. Very odd but we were all hungry so we attempted to eat ... read more