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Fairy Chimneys and the Flintstones

September 22nd 2008
Hi all, what a wonderful day today was! Took a guided tour to an underground village and to a monastery high on the hillside. Both are in caves that were originally inhabited by the Hittites. The history here is so amazing, its hard to comprehend that people lived here in 3000BC!! The cave city was 7 stories down and we went down down down thru dark passages, so narrow many times that you felt th ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia

Turkish Flag Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more
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