Cappadocia, Turkey

Late April - Early May 2002

Cappadocia is famous for it's fantastic natural rock formations.  Over the centuries people have carved houses, churches, fortresses, even complete underground cities where early Christens sought refuge, into the soft eerily eroded volcanic stone.

We had a look around several of the main groups of 'rock cities' around Goreme. 

Rock formations and the 'houses' or 'buildings' carved into them.

More houses and fortress

Me with my tongue hanging out.  Time to get a new look I think.

Entrance to church or hall.

Church or hall.  Some of these caves are huge.  Miranda is pretending to be an angel.

Note the ornate carving and the painting on the columns.

Corridor

Canyon

Nearby fields

Christian settlement rock formation theme park.  This wasn't to bad as it had more descriptions on what each of the rooms was used for as opposed to the previous place (above) where we just had to guess or go on what our 10 year old guides were saying using their 20 words of english. 

Didn't take many photos as my camera decided to go spastic. 

Goreme. Home of carpets, massages, hot springs and great kebabs.

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Turkey, 1. Istanbul, 2. Gallipoli, 3. Troy, 4. Selcuk, 5. Ephesus, 6. Pamukkale, 7. Cappadocia,

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