Second Day in Cappadocia, Turkey

We knew what we wanted to see, we made a plan, and we executed it.  We hired a little scooter, and got ourselves a map.  A map that somehow didn't correspond to actual roads, and nearly led us to giving up on finding anything and throwing in the towel.  Thankfully at our third attempt, and after about one hour of driving, we finally managed to get the right road and we were on our way to an underground city.  It was worth it.  Along the way we stopped in the country side for a quick rest break, waved to some farmers passing on their tractors, and reconsulted the map to make sure we were still going in the right direction.  All was well.  Here are the photos!

It's incredibly hard taking photos with an iPhone in a very dark space, and these shots are the best we managed!

 

 

Here are just some more stunning viewpoints we drove to. 

 

These next couple of photos were taken on top of an ancient castle in Uchisar, the highest point in Cappadocia.

 

 

 

Some delicious looking dried apples at the entry to the castle in Uchisar.

Our map clearly got a good workout.

And here is the view we had of all the hot air balloons going up the next morning when we left (bright and early at 5.45am).

I love Cappadocia (or rather Kapadokya) and hopefully will return one day...with enough money to ride in a hot air balloon.

Flintstone Living in Cappadocia, Turkey

If you've ever wondered what it must be like to live on the moon or in an alternate universe, then Cappadocia is the place to be.  It's simply surreal.  The landscapes are beautiful and weird, and both of us were pretty much speechless.  After the awful overnight bus ride to Cappadocia from Antalya, we both passed out in our dorm for most of the day a few hours, and got up in the late afternoon to go and explore the town of Goreme.  So here are some photos from our wanderings.

 

 

After spending the whole afternoon and evening pretending to be the Flintstones, we ended the day with a delicious feed and of course some apple tea.

 

Oh and incase you were wondering, my shorts are from H&M, crop t-shirt is from a random, little shop in Langkawi (sorry) and the shirt and my bag are both from Urban Outfitters.

Pamukkale, Turkey

We're currently lucky enough to be in the completely bizarre yet totally amazing location of Pamukkale in Turkey.  An easy and short (3.5 hours) bus ride away from Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, Pamukkale is one of the main tourist attractions in Turkey.  This didn't put us off, and we had an absolute ball this morning playing in the water of the travertines and the ruins of Hierapolis for 5 solid hours.  Tan: check.

We were completely snap happy today and did just about every tacky tourist pose we could think of.  The water in the travertines is supposed to be really good for you, full of calcium and other minerals, so we swam in it for as long as possible and had a great old time.  Enjoy the pictures!