Cappadocia...Land of Unearthly Volcanic Rock Formation

Culaquier adjetivo que utilice para describir a la region de Capadoccia no le haria justicia, simplemente es una area extraordinaria y espero que las fotografias hablen por si solas.

La region de capadoccia tiene una extension de 400 km este-oeste por 200 km norte-sur asi que para tratar de ver lo mas posible tomamos un viaje por globo la experiencia es inolvidable. Esta region tiene aprox 36 ciudades subterraneas, 20 valles y cientos de cuevas e Iglesias adentro de las formaciones volcanicas algunos de los frescos de las Iglesias hen permanecido casi intactos.

Ademas de la experiencia de esta region increible tambien tuvimos oportunidad de conocer y hacer amigos con 2 mujeres de Hong Kong (Carol y Connie), una chica de SurKorea(Heong Ju) y Pascal un chico de Francia. Con ellos cenamos 2 noches que estan dentro de las noches mas divertidas que hemos tenido en el viaje hasta el momento. Con la chica de Korea del Sur intercambie unos pesos mexicanos por huons, las chicas de Hong Kong nos ensenaron cantones y con el humor especial de Pascal nos la pasamos riendonos de nuestros problemas de comunicacion con la chica de Korea del Sur.

Con ellos regresamos a Ankara (la capital de Turquia) el viaje fue igaulmente divertido... todos aprendimos cantones, frances, urdu y espanol lo unico que recuerdo ahora es Ni Ay Wo (Tu em amas) yWo Ay Ni (Te amo). Tenemos unos videos... Cuando encontremos una coneccion mas rapida a internet los voy a subir... esten al pendiente

Cappadocia...Its hard to find words to describe this region of Turkey. Hopefully the pictures will do some justice to the incredible landscapes that make Cappadocia what it is. The regios extend 400km East to West and 200 km North to South...its huge!!!!

In order to see teh most we could in our short time there, we decided to take an early morning hot air balloon ride. (the first and probably last time on this trip that we were awake at 5:30am). This regions has 36 underground cities, 20 valleys and hundreds of caves and churches built right into the volcanic rock formations.

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In Cappadocia we met and befriended 2 young women from Hong Kong (Carol and Connie), one from South Korea (Hyeon-Ju) and Pascal, a guy from France. We had dinner with the four of them on two nights and those two nights are definately among the most fun evenings we have had on this trip so far. Carol and Connie taught us Cantonese. The only thing I remember now is Wo Ay Ni (I love you) or my personal favorite...Ni Ay Wo (You love Me) said sort of like an order! Hyeon-Ju tried to teach us Korean but that proved to be futile. Pascal's unique sense of humor, Heong Ju's crazy antics and Carol's devious comments kept us laughing nonstop whenever we were together.

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We drove back to Ankara with them and the ride was just as entertaining as the previous evenings. We all learned a bit of Cantonese, Urdu, Spanish, French, and Turkish. It has to be said that hearing our friends from Hong Kong try to pronounce the French letter "J" was quite entertaining...we have a few videos of that..hopefully we are able to upload them!