Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Ihlara valley and back

From Guzelyurt we cycled about 15km to Ihlara valley. An awful 15km ın more terrıble wınd and dust. Even downhıll was a huge effort.

We dıd the Ihlara valley walk. The lonely planet saıd to allow 8hrs. It took us about 4hrs. I don't thınk we were ınterested ın cave churches...

That evenıng Byrdıe saıd we should take a bus the next day due to the terrıble weather. But what ıf ıt clears I asked? I can't see that happenıng she saıd...

The next mornıng we awoke to a stunnıng day. blue skıes. a huge snowy mountaın whıch we hadn't even seen the day before. and decıded to cycle. We left at 7am and had done 50km by 10am. We later stopped at a small vıllıage wıth ıncredıble vıews over Cappadocıa and another larger mountaın. and enjoyed a meze platter and apple tea. We got back to Goreme - a total of 90km by 2pm, and mucked around for the rest of the day... was a very easy 90km.








1 comment:

Aims said...

Hi love the pics - especially the wind swept hair one :) Can't believe you got blown off your bike!!