To the centre of Turkey

Off to Cappadocia to see these rocks everyone keeps talking about! ;) The one thing that has amazed me about Turkey is the terrain. I hadn't expected to see such varied landscapes. The morning drive involved winding up and down mountainous roads, where at one point we peaked at 1900m. Now and then I would have to pop my ears. Not something I experience driving everyday to work in Dubai. Also, many road signs warning us of cows were around and it wasn't until we saw one standing in the middle of the road, oblivious to the traffic that we decided to take more note. Personally I thought I wasn't going to encounter this behaviour from the wildlife until India. Oh, how I have been wrong, where only 16 hours earlier we were stopping for a herd of goats. Not the first time in Turkey.

As we arrived at Konya, about 160km later, I was lucky to avoid being pulled over and getting a body check and the car inspected from the local authorities ... for... Hmmmm, anything related to Syria? Who knows? By now the road had leveled out and it was a straight, flat drive on the D-300. As we got closer to Cappadocia the road signs that should have been directing us, just weren't anywhere in sight. After a few choice words at the GPS and the random sign here and there, we found our way to the town of Goreme - pop. 2200 - The hub of tourist activity in Cappadocia. With so many options on choosing accommodation we decided to go with the write up in the lonely planet for the Kookaburra Pension. Maybe it was our patriotic side coming out, but the roof top terrace looking over the town was the clincher.

Once we were settled we headed into town to the ever popular lookout point. From there it gave us an excellent view of the town which has been built around the once rock houses. Nowadays some people have built either their hotels or shops in and around the old rock homes. A sight to be seen!