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Visiting Cappadocia, a couple of the underground cities should be added to your tour. The Hittites began the process of underground dwelling and defenses around 1800 BCE. There are 200 underground cities in the area of Cappadocia and 9 are open to the public—many or these underground cities connect through tunnels.The two underground cities I Read more

I have four posts loaded for the next four days. This new scheduling feature on blogger I find to be wonderful. I really like Silifke, I could stay here longer, but I must move on, I guess I have a deadline having to be in Athens by mid November. I will be heading to Konya Read more

The pictures are of the sunrise and Mount Erciyes from the view of the hotel I was staying at in Uchisar.I arrived in the town of Tarsus on Tuesday, which is the birth place of the Apostle Paul. This area is near the Mediterranean Sea and considerably warmer than Cappadocia. I arrived around 6 PM Read more

The panorama view from Uchisar is outstanding. The hotel I am staying at is icing on the cake that will end my independent tour of Cappadocia. I decided to splurge because of the incredible view and the room is the cave style room.Mount Ercyies in the background and the castle at Ortahisar can be viewed.Uchisar Read more

Well, you’re looking at it—the love valley of Cappadocia, the land of giant erected penises. I am not to sure if the reader can discern a little Divine direction in the natural sculpture work of these giant erected penises, but I do. This can be kind of strange for some, I mean really, Mother Nature Read more

The village of Ortahisar is well worth the visit that resides only six kilometers from Urgup and three kilometers from Goreme. The high stone citadel dominates the non-touristic village.Ortahnisar is indeed a worthy option as an alternative base for Cappadocia, although conservative, but relaxed without the tourist syndrome. Ortahnisar is a quite farming village where Read more

Yesterday I went trekking from my base in Cauvsin to an open air museum, although I was above on the mountain of the area while all the tourists from the tourist buses were down below, from that area I hiked to another open air museum that there were very few tourists. This area was wonderful—I Read more

Being based in Cavusin is ideal for trekking around the different valleys of Cappadoica. Today I hiked around the Rose, Red, and the Kizilcukur Valleys. There were very few tourists, I did not run into any in the first two hours.These valleys are spectacular and diverse in color. I found some spots that created echos—my Read more