Graptolite - Over Cappadocia
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Mon 23 Nov 2009 20:38
Turkish roads are something of a relief after the ruthless efficiency of the
German autobahns. Here road signs seem to be more or less optional and road
markings are just suggestions. To be fair though nobody speeds too much as
the roads are usually just too full of boulders, potholes, chickens and
unlit tractors. Police roadblocks are everywhere but they seem nice about
it. I did a large amount of mountain driving this weekend from Marmaris to
Antalya airport to collect Heiki then on to Central Anatolia and Cappadocia
and back. The weather was sunny and cool. It seems to be the season for
roadside stalls selling oranges.
The accommodation to get in Cappadocia is a cave. We stayed in the Museum
Hotel high up in Uchisar. Parts of the place used to be a museum once but
now it is a hotel with rooms made mostly of ancient dwellings cut out of the
rock. Ours had a fabulous view out over the whole of Cappadocia. The strange
rock formations and underground early Christian cities and churches here are
about as unusual as it gets and an early morning hot-air balloon flight is
the only way to see them. The pictures speak for themselves.
M