Cappadocia and Ankara

November 5-9, 2009

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Turkish Bananas

Turkish Grand Canyon

Okra Soup

Mausoleum of Sufi Founder

Volcano

Caravanserai

Ottoman Architecture

Mosque in the Caravanserai

Stables in the Caravanserai

Starting up the Hot Air Balloon

Rose Valley

View from the Balloon

Dwellings Carved in Rock

We Flew with Sultan Balloons

Love Valley

Town

Party Time

Our Hotel

View from the Hotel

Uchisar from our Hotel

Uchisar from afar

Beginning Our Hike

Erosion
D
welling carved in distant rock

On our Hike

Pigeon Houses

Pigeon House Entry

Inside the Pigeon House

Church Decoration

Church Entrance

Church Carved in Rock

Curved Columns

Church Interior

Back on the Trail

Layers of Tuff

Climbing Into Another Church

Decorated Dome

Church Carvings

View from the Church

Red Russian Olives

Uchisar at Dusk

Local Family

Making Pectin
D
oing Business on the Donkey

Volcano

Çemil's Friend

View from Friend's Home

Village Carved into Rock

Caravanserai

Whirling Dervish Hall

Police Station

Göreme Museum

Many Churches

Carved in Rock

Art in Churches

Refectory

"Tandoori"-like Oven

Churches

Older Art

Bible Stories

Underground Church

Blessing

Mary Tested for Witchcraft

Erosion

Unusual Formations

Hermit's Home

Unusual Erosion

Embedded Onyx

Wine Pitcher

Chez Galip

Galip Lectures

Hand Decorated Pottery

Galip's Store

Detailed Art

Galip's Birdhouse

Tandoori Cooking

Underground City

Underground City Story

Entire Village Underground

Grinding Wheel

Heavy Stone Doors

Turkish Great Salt Lake

Restrooms

Ankara Museum

Museum Sculptures

Stone Carvings

Museum Artifiacts

Attaturk Mausoleum

Attaturk Mausoleum

Plaza before Mausoleum

Changing of the Guard

Mausoleum Guard