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Cappadocia has been on our bucket list for a long time but a lot of people have told me they have no clue what or where it is.\u00a0 So, here is a bit of a backgrounder:
Thousands of years ago, people carved a tunnel and chamber complex into the soft rock and in the 4th<\/sup>century, an underground urbanisation was created in central Turkey. The landscape is a honeycomb of man made caves, places to live, work, and worship. Entire towns were formed by tunnel complexes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a lengthy video of our visit to Cappadocia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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We climbed through tunnels in underground cities and searched for Christian churches with their elaborate frescos carved out of the rock. Fourth century Christians fled Rome\u2019s persecution to (in the Bible referred to as Asia Minor)\u00a0 Central Turkey \u2014 arrived in some numbers and established monastic communities. The monks excavated extensive dwellings and monasteries and created Byzantine frescoed paintings<\/a> in cave chapels beginning in the seventh century, which endure in well-preserved isolation to this day (although the frescoes have been heavily damaged by graffiti).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We centered in a town called Goreme & bedded down in the\u00a0Cave Hotel Saksagan<\/a>\u00a0carved out of fairy-chimneys where we met some very interesting characters including the cleaning lady and the Chinese student. You will also meet our new friends from Brisbane: Anna & Marcus and a couple who work and met in Bahrain (he from Katmandu & she from Jakarta) but have to escape it on the weekends.\u00a0 And, then there\u2019s the restaurant with a band playing Turkish tunes & a bonfire in the middle of it \u2014 we planned an escape route because this was a scary bonfire.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0There is the trip into\u00a0Derinkuyu Underground City<\/a>\u00a0where we ran into a group of Chinese tourists \u2014 note that the guide was speaking Turkish & then\u00a0translated to mandarin \u2014 we were only into the 1st of 5 levels of the city of 10,000 (in ancient times) and climbed through only 4 or 5 narrow tunnels when Claustrophobia set in:\u00a0Hugh said \u201cI am not going any further, lets get out of here\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Finally, I hope you get an idea of the\u00a0incredible fair-chimney landscape<\/a>\u00a0that might remind you of \u201cmiddle earth\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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