Wandering from Ürgup to Sobessos in Turkey
September 29, 2016 The Keslik Monastery sits just on the outskirts of Taşkinpasa. The Monastery held about 250 people and…
Kayseri
Soğanli, Turkey
September 30, 2016 Our day began in the Soğanlı Valley, (The Valley of Onions). This is about off the beaten…
Walking the Ihlara Valley
September 29, 2016 The Ihlara Valley sits near Mount Hasan and Mount Melendiz, two of the three volcanoes of Cappadocia.…
Selemi
September 29, 2016 The Selimi Cathedral is not a highly visited area, mainly because the walk is extremely difficult. If…
Derikuyu, not for the faint of heart
September 29, 2016 Derinkuyu (Deep Well) is just one of many, many underground cities lying underneath Cappadocia. In fact they…
The town of Göreme and the Open Air Museum
September 28, 2016 Cappadocia is a large region that includes many towns, named by the Persians it means beautiful horses.…
Nemrut Daği, King Antiochus and the Romans
September 27, 2016 There are several important historical sites with Nemrut Daği. One of these is the Tomb of Karakus,…
Mount Nemrut, Turkey
September 27, 2016 The Kingdom of Commagene was an ancient Armenian kingdom of the Hellenistic period (between 323 and 31…
The drive from Kayseri to Mount Nemrut
September 26, 2016 Turkey is a vast country with lots and lots of open space between its cities. I am…
Kayseri, Turkey
September 25, 2016 Kayseri surprised me, I had read some article that gave me the impression it was a very…