Saturday 31/05/2014 to Tuesday 03/06/2014 - Cappadocia
Ankara to Göreme journey with Metro bus company, of course.
Ankara to Göreme journey with Metro bus company, of course.
Ankara's bus terminal.
Bus stop underway, near to Serefli, in front of the huge salt lake.
The huge salt lake, 80km x 50km large, only 2m deep!
Sunday 01/06/2014 - Göreme (Cappadocia).
Göreme Open Air Museum.
The Göreme open air museum resembles a vast monastic complex of christian cave monasteries. Most of the churches date from the 9th to the 12th centuries.
Photo shooting was strictly forbidden, even without using flash, so all of the following pictures were made in a hidden way, explaining the sometimes poor picture quality.
http://www.goreme.com/goreme-open-air-museum.php
Outside the museum.
The Göreme open air museum resembles a vast monastic complex of christian cave monasteries. Most of the churches date from the 9th to the 12th centuries.
Photo shooting was strictly forbidden, even without using flash, so all of the following pictures were made in a hidden way, explaining the sometimes poor picture quality.
http://www.goreme.com/goreme-open-air-museum.php
One of the oldest churchest, when only symbols were used.
(Picture legally made from outside the church).
Outside the museum.
Ecological protest against the misuse of plastic bags.
Some of the hurches became destroyed by natural elements.
Hiking the Zemi valley (5.6km, 3.5h).
Strange rock formations.
The trail runs through a natural tunnel!
Many, many natural arches over the trail, and outside.
Preparing for a new job.
End of the nice Zemi trail.
Followed by successfull hitchhiking, the 1st car stopped already!
The rock citadel of Uçhisar.
Overlooking Cappadocia from the top of the rock citadel of Uçhisar.
Strange shop.
Monday 02/06/2014 UNDER ASSEMBLY
Breakfast at the guesthouse.
Turkish coffee in Urgurp.
Urgurp mosque.
Urgurp icecream.
Urgurp: famous icecream parlour,oposite to the wine cellar.
Urgurp automated kebab machine.
Mustapasa landscape.
Old greek cave church.
A kind old man spontaneously propses us to visit his house.
It looks as an ordinary house along the street, but it's a cave house behind.
The living room is located in the cave.
The ceiling of the cave doesn't seem that stable.
Then, after having showed all his house, he wants to be pictured.
Bye bye, nice old man!
Kaymakli underground city.
Tuesday 03/06/2014
Morning: Rose valey hiking (3h).
Afternoon: an exciting journey from Göreme to Soganli: dolmus to Urgup + dolmus to Mustafapasa + hitchhiking (tractor) to Taskinpasa (13km) + hitchhiking to Sahinefendi (4km) + hitchiking to road fork (2km) + hitchiking to Soganli (16km) + family stay with our last drivers
The day starts in an unique environment, but with unreliable weather.
One of churches observed along the hiking trail.
Our prefered restaurant in Göreme, worth three dinners,
where we picked up our backpacks, dropped earlier in the morning.
ready to leave Göreme for Soganli.
Stranded in Mustafapasa. After having taken two dolmus, dead-end, no more dolmus (minibuses) going further South...
After ten minutes arrives a tractor, the first engine...
Hitchiking worked well!
A 'Selfie' taken underway.
And these two gentlemen-drivers even make a detour for us and guide us
for 20 minutes through another rock church, Keslik monastry.
Also a cup of tea is offered by the owner.
for 20 minutes through another rock church, Keslik monastry.
Also a cup of tea is offered by the owner.
The church.
Painting details on the church ceiling.
Our drivers restart the engine.
Wednesday 04/06/2014
Visit of Soganli's rock churches (now I get saturated of it !).
Found the Flintstone house (French: Pierrafeu) in front of the Saint George church.
The "domed" church, the only one with a dome on top.
Santa Barbara Church (V or VI century).
Santa Barbara church.
Santa Barbara church.
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