Cappadocıa ........ and star wars :)

Back in Cappadocia :) This place is just as impressive as last time! We have spent the last few days exploring the amazing rock formations and valleys surrounding Goreme. It's magical to wake up and look out over the rock caves and be able to wander in any direction and see so many different types. We've seen caves, fairy chimneys, honeycomb cliffs, Rose valley, Pigeon valley........ so much to see and explore :) Just like a scene out of star wars, the rumour around here is that they did film some of it here but no one really knows!


We spent a day at the Goreme open air museum which was full of churches, chapels and monasteries with amazing frescoes in some of them. You could almost visualise what some of the churches would have been like and the main chapel was pretty impressive in terms of the size (dug into the rock) and frescoes.

We did a hot air balloon ride early one morning and saw amazing views of Cappadocia from above. Not to forget the crash landing at the end when the wind picked up and we ended up landing on the side of the basket and dragging along in the dust for a good 500m or so! Added to the adventure :)


Yesterday I hired a scooter with two guys from the hostel and we cruised around the valleys on them. All good considering that I'd never been on a scooter before and the guy who hired them to us showed me how to start it and then said you'll be fine :) Was so much fun though and we went up into a valley that we thought was the love valley (lol, great navigation skills!), the love valley, an ancient city on the end of a cliff and just enjoying the scenery as we cruised around. In the afternoon we hung out with a really cool bunch of people at the hostel before grabbing some food and jumping on the overnight bus to Istanbul ...... back to the big city looking forward to seeing how much it has changed :)