Turkey: Gorgeous Goreme

After the rather taxing week at Oktoberfest we parted company with the rest of the group to spend 2 weeks in Turkey. We had a flight booked to Jordan in 2 weeks and would meet back up with Adam and Pasq there. So to increase the fatigue we flew into central Turkey, arriving at 3AM, then caught a series of buses over the following 7 hours to arrive in Goreme, completely exhausted. A truly individual area, Goreme is famous for the millions of dwellings carved out of the rock over the last two thousand years. Christians seeking protection from various raiders build their homes and churches into rock faces or underground. In fact huge underground cities capable of housing 10,000 were built and are still being excavated. After a few days exploring these fascinating villages and recovering from the possible swine-flu outbreak we headed off on another overnight bus. The food in Goreme had been another highlight, tasty lentil soup and pide bread going for a couple of dollars.