Too much to see, too little time

"Turkey is always warm, we don't need to be prepared for cold weather during the winter," exclaimed Wim in one of his less clever moments. However, he is much wiser now, and knows that Turkey can be cold and rainy in October. When we saw the bad weather approaching on the internet, we started running. From Balikesir, we made our way to Cappodocia (1000 km east) via bus and hitching a ride with friendly turkish guys (shockingly enough, these both involved drinking a lot of tea). Lucky for us, the weather here has been dry, sunny, but freeeeeeezing at night.

So we've been hiking, biking and camping in and around this amazingly beautiful area for the past days. Here are some photos to make you jealous:

We slept in one of the caves in this big rock! This was very, very cool. People have scraped out cute little homes from the soft volcanic rock. Even the table, chairs and cabinets are carved out of the rock!

Christians used to hide out in this area during around the 11th century and they carved out huge cathedral sized churches and painted the insides. You can walk through any unpopulated valley and explore these abandoned old structures.

We also saw an underground city which was like a big swiss cheese carved out underneath a little village. Up to 10.000 people used to live to escape invading armies.

Wim going off of the edge of a cliff.

uncanny resembelance, eh?

This place is littered with ruins...very interesting indeed.

Of course we keep meeting old guys and drinking tea....