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Balloon trip in Cappadocia

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April 30th 2015
While in Cappadocia we were offer the opportunity to take part in a hot air balloon ride over the World Heritage listed Goreme Valley with it fairly chimney. This is the trip shown on all the tourist posters and tv travel programs. While expensive at 200 US dollars and involved an early start of 4am it was too good an opportunity to miss, about half of our tour group took this option. As this w ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia

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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