Yesterday DawnO and I had a pretty low key day by our standards. We knew we had to save our energy for what was to come. We spent our day walking around our town and we stopped long enough to have a nap before the evening. For dinner we had an amazing dish that they cook in a clay pot. When they bring it to your table they have to crack it open with a knife.
After dinner we walked to the top of a cliff on the edge of town to watch the sunset. This also gave us a great opportunity to take some more pictures of the surrounding landscape in an ideal light.
In the top left corner of the following picture you can see the cliff’s platform:
Once the sun went down we went straight to bed because our morning was going to begin at 4am. We were scheduled to watch the sunrise from 700 meters in the air…
Our favourite Cappadocian, who arranged our hotel and this balloon trip, ended up being our hot air balloon pilot. It seems like Mustafa can do anything, but I bet he can’t sing a solo in a Community Musical Theatre production… where was I? Oh yes, pictures.
Finally, here is a shot of us with Mustafa.
This is our last day in Turkey. We head to Istanbul this evening and then to Jordan (The Kingdom) tomorrow.
Wow! I can see these pictures big on a wall! Amazing!
Awesome!! A hot air balloon ride is on my "list". I hope I get to do it somewhere half as cool as that!
It's like a Kinder egg with french fries! Great pictures.