ihlara valley

The second day-tour was the 'green' one, it included a short
walk through another pretty valley,

if I haven't mixed it up, that was Ihlara, bounded by steep
cliffs with more caves. The terrain is changing all the time,
I never got tired of looking.

far, far away villagevoice on new york art

red tour

We joined 2 one day tours, due to the arrangements of our
main tour of eastern Turkey. It's one way of seeing a lot
fast (look right, that was ..) my advice is rent a car for
more distant areas. Though there were some very
interesting people on the 'red' tour.

If you like horse riding, this sounds like a really great way
to go

tourists

Tourism is big in Cappadocia. Efforts to cash in on that
range from the modest to .. rather ill-advised

5 days was a relatively long time there, though I could
have stayed much longer. For instance I'd have liked
to visit all the old caravanserais

cavusin

Coming out of the valley there is an exceptional view,
hard to convey in photos, something happens to the perception
of distance, as if the eyes shift it back,
it's too vast to take in, yet is closer than it appears.

abstractcomics

love valley

We walked all morning hardly seeing another person,
though I felt for sure many others had seen the faces
in the rocks, before me. & other resemblances.
Probably if you live a whole life in one place you know
every nook & cranny. It sparkled from night rain.

far away, the fabulous fashions etc on anabundanceof

churches

We checked out churches large & small, some in caves.
Myriads of dried wildflowers, must be a sensational spring.

You can see how some cave entrances might become
forgotten by most ~ a bush grows, some rocks fall,
the farmer's children move away.

mexican day of the dead decorations

villages

Cappadocia has a number of attractive villages,
each with it's own character

It would be fun to stay a few days in each; this is Urgup
I think ~ hard to keep it all 'accurate' when there's
so much each day.

really interesting photo blog, the space in between