Cappadocia

We left Istanbul on the over night bus, which was not a fun experience, because we didn't get much sleep. We arrived at Cappadocia at around nineish, I think and went to our hotel which had been carved out of a rock. It was cool. We went to the tourist's office, and found there was nothing to do in the town except climb a hill. After that we went back to the room, and relaxed for the rest of the day. The next day we went on a tour. We first drove to Rose Valley, and hiked to the top of one of the hills for a great view. There where hoodoos everywhere, and some yellow rocks, that Mom thought might be sulfur. Next we drove to an ancient village carved out of rocks. I thought the houses looked a bit like wyers (Dragon Riders of Pern) There was some really nice engraving on some of the houses. Then we went for lunch, which was pretty good, but I was sitting beside people who didn't speak English very well, so I couldn't ask for any food! Then we drove to an under ground Hittite village built 3,000 bc. It was really cool. They had huge round door with holes in the middle so they could stab people. They also put wedges under the doors so that they couldn't be moved. Then we went to an onyx factory, and Emy got an egg. It was a bit boring. Then we drove to see pigeon valley, which was very pretty. We now have to take another night bus....


Josephine