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East Meets West - Turkey Part 2 -Capadocia
I though of posting this in the underground cities thread but I want to continue my series here. Capadocia for the most part has been at the world cross roads. The people who lived there started digging in the soft vocanic rock to make houses, some of the earliest churches, fortresses, and entire cities (up to 10,000 people). Please enjoy these photos. All photos by me except Google Earth Aerial











Early Church



Lady pitching home-made dolls



Typical Village Buildings



Women baking bread in the Village Oven



Early Monestary


Inside, Completely Carved out of Solid Rock



Ancient Frescos Inside


Dinning Room in an old greek village


Village Shot


Village Doors


Abandoned Church


Hotel


Scenary


Underground City






Rock Carved Church




Keeping the Melons Cool




Another Planet










Large Church Interior




More Scenary, Kinda Like Utah but with over 600 ancient rock cut churches, numerous Roman/Greek/Hittite Ruins, Ottoman Mosques, and Sejuk Caravanarsaris. Pretty Awesome









Capadocia is wine country














This is a tourist Camel-camels are not part of Turkish life.


City in the Rocks


Hotel


Castle


Landscape






High Density Housing


City in the Rocks


Old Hotel Complex fron the 1100s, Seljuk Empire




Mosque Inside


"Rooms"




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Wild Dwelling! Never seen anything like that, thank you for sharing your photos. I hope you bought a doll from that lady?
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no I had to beat her off with my walking stick
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Fascinating. Add another spot to my lengthy vacation list!

How would you even describe this to someone?
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I've always wanted to go there. How did you get there from instanbul? Did you take a train? and how long did it take?
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Fantastic photos.

Did you also went on one of the many hot air balloon tours over Cappadocia? IMO one of the most spectacular ways to see the region.
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I've always wanted to go there. How did you get there from instanbul? Did you take a train? and how long did it take?
I flew from Istanbul, its about an hour flight.

"Did you also went on one of the many hot air balloon tours over Cappadocia? IMO one of the most spectacular ways to see the region."

No unfortunatley. It was so expensive, around $200 US perperson. I regret not doing it but that gives me another reason to go back.
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Wow. I'd never heard of Capadocia. Very interesting. Thanks for posting this.
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The city in the rocks is amazing.
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Now that is wild. All the more reason to trek through Asia (Minor and otherwise) someday.
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That is unlike anything I've seen before.
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That is so awesome, thanks for sharing!
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Cool pix. . .
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Something completely different - thank you.
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