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insid the Buckle Church
The Buckle Church
DSCN1719 site map
Goreme Open Air Museum (4)
Goreme Open Air Museum (2)
DSCN1715 outside St Basil's
DSCN1716 St. Basil's
DSCN1720 there are pigeon holes everywhere
DSCN1721 site view
DSCN1724 one of the larger sites - you had to pay extra for entry
DSCN1725 doorway to heaven
DSCN1727 pinnalces with rooms inside
inside St. Basil's (2)
inside St. Basil's (1)
Goreme Open Air Museum (1)
selfie at Goreme Open Air Museum (2)
blocked offf access to the Apple Church
St. Barbara's
view looking down
a long table inside
Doug in one of the cave rooms
this area would have been the square
The Snake Church
the larder area
a long table that could seat 40
inside the cave shots (1)
inside the cave shots (2)
inside the cave shots (3)
inside the cave shots (4)
view out the door
entrace to another dwelling
self in front of the view (1)
self in front of the view (2)
a closed off church
view from above of the open air museum
people entering the Dark Church - an extra
so many openings
remains of frescos
camels for hire (2)
camels for hire (3)
camels for hire (1)
fairy chimneys by the parking lot
camel
entrance to gauntlet of vendors
on drive into Goreme town
Goreme
trying to make it to a wild camp - nope (1)
trying to make it to a wild camp - nope (2)
trying to make it to a wild camp - nope (3)
Doug on his ATV
Fran ready for the dust
Fran driving
ATV tour scenery
the queue of ATV's
through a tunnel we go
Fran in front now (4)
Fran in front now (1)
Love Valley (3)
Love Valley (4)
Love Valley (1)
DSCN1728 view from above
DSCN1730-3 Love Valley (4)
DSCN1730-3 Love Valley (1)
DSCN1730-3 Love Valley (2)
Doug in front (2)
Doug in front (1)
ATV tour scenery (2)
lots and lots of ATVs
stopped again
getting cool put on a vest
View from back of Sunset point
one side of Sunset point
another side of Sunset point
people on top of Sunset point
at Sunset point (8)
far view at Sunset point (10)
Rose Valley from Sunset point
in our helmets
at Sunset point hills
crowd atop Sunset point
view down to atv parking lot
sun dropping at Sunset point
it's a zoo
at Sunset point (20)
at Sunset point (21)
at Sunset point (22)
the horads at Sunset point
DSCN1736 Getting ready to lift on - look at all the cars
DSCN1737 a few all lined up
DSCN1742 several more lift off
DSCN1754 it got up
DSCN1757 rising above the cliffs
DSCN1760 it's getting brighter
DSCN1761 a single
DSCN1762 as more balloons go up, fewer people and cars around
DSCN1763 there's always more to launch
DSCN1768 up up and away
DSCN1775 still more
DSCN1780 over the peaks
DSCN1782 some well into the clouds
DSCN1787 a little bit of sunrise colour
DSCN1789 a basektful
DSCN1791 more floating away
DSCN1795 sun trying to peek through the cloud cover
DSCN1797 rounding the ridge
DSCN1800 more going up into the clouds
DSCN1802 flying way past town of Goreme
DSCN1803 this one has landed and is deflating
DSCN1804 balloons around Minou
DSCN1805 The Great Caves
DSCN1806 shops amoungst the caves
DSCN1808 still some balloons out there
DSCN1810 St John the Baptist church
DSCN1812 a cave hotel up there
DSCN1813 cave walls
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these ones float towards town
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DSCN1805 The Great Caves
DSCN1806 shops amoungst the caves
DSCN1808 still some balloons out there
DSCN1810 St John the Baptist church
DSCN1812 a cave hotel up there
DSCN1813 cave walls
DSCN1831, 3, 4 and 7 frescos around the windows (1)
DSCN1832 Zelve views
DSCN1831, 3, 4 and 7 frescos around the windows (2)
DSCN1831, 3, 4 and 7 frescos around the windows (3)
DSCN1831, 3, 4 and 7 frescos around the windows (4)
DSCN1838-41, and 46 Zelve views (3)
DSCN1838-41, and 46 Zelve views (4)
DSCN1838-41, and 46 Zelve views (1)
DSCN1843 a balanced rock
DSCN1848 weird rocks
DSCN1851 St. Simeon Church
DSCN1853 group of fairy chimneys
DSCN1854 is that a duck
DSCN1855 by the doorway of St. Simeon
DSCN1856 fairy chimneys
DSCN1857 St Simeon's from the side
DSCN1859 and 63 quite catelevered (1)
DSCN1859 and 63 quite catelevered (2)
DSCN1864 fairy chimneys 2
DSCN1865 triplet fairy chimneys
DSCN1866 cave openings
DSCN1867-0 more tripliets and close ups (1)
DSCN1867-0 more tripliets and close ups (2)
DSCN1867-0 more tripliets and close ups (3)
DSCN1871-6 Goreme (3)
DSCN1871-6 Goreme (5)
DSCN1877-81 views from lookout (2)
DSCN1877-81 views from lookout (3)
DSCN1877-81 views from lookout (4)
DSCN1877-81 views from lookout (5)
DSCN1882-7 views driving into Uchisar (1)
DSCN1882-7 views driving into Uchisar (6)
DSCN1882-7 views driving into Uchisar (2)
DSCN1888 decorated tree
DSCN1889 a different set of decorations
DSCN1891 there's a police station in there
DSCN1892-6, 900 (6) Uchisar castle
DSCN1895, 7-9, 901-4 Uchisar castle valley (3)
DSCN1892-6, 900 (4) Uchisar castle
DSCN1895, 7-9, 901-4 Uchisar castle valley (4)
DSCN1895, 7-9, 901-4 Uchisar castle valley (7)
DSCN1895, 7-9, 901-4 Uchisar castle valley (8)
DSCN1895, 7-9, 901-4 Uchisar castle valley (1)
DSCN1895, 7-9, 901-4 Uchisar castle valley (2)
fake cop cars by the roadside are frequest
Entrance to Zelve Open AIr Museum
view from the parking lot at entrance
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sign showing the area
views inside Zelve (4)
views inside Zelve (5)
views inside Zelve (6)
views inside Zelve (1)
views inside Zelve (2)
a ground level opening
mosque insid and out (1)
mosque insid and out (2)
mosque insid and out (4)
Zelve views
section behind the fences (2)
checking out the rooms (2)
checking out the rooms (4)
checking out the rooms (3)
checking out the rooms (6)
checking out the rooms (5)
checking out the rooms (1)
Zelve views (5)
wall with windows that have frescos
checking out the rooms (9)
checking out the rooms - must have been a kitchen
checking out the rooms (8)
Zelve views (7)
Zelve views (1)
Zelve views (2)
Zelve views (3)
checking out more rooms (3)
checking out more rooms (1)
Fish Church
Grape Church
Views of Dervent Valley (2)
Views of Dervent Valley (3)
Views of Dervent Valley (4)
The DucK
The Duck from a distance
Views of Dervent Valley (5)
Views of Dervent Valley (6)
Views of Dervent Valley (7)
Views of Dervent Valley (1)
in front of fairy chinmeys at Pasabag
in front of Catlevered rock
Fran in the archway
caves at he fairy chimneys
Fran in the archway (3)
room in a cave at the fairy chimneys
Fran climbs back down
more fairy chimneys
fatter fairy chimneys
nice view of the fairy chimneys
pancake on top of a group
view from below of fairy chimneys
they look like hobbit houses
looks like a crested bird's head
there's always more fairy chimneys
a peek a boo hole
set up with the Turkish flag
DSCN1813 cave walls
DSCN1814 in the cave village
DSCN1818 more of the cave village
DSCN1819-27 first stop at Pasabag Valley (1)
DSCN1819-27 first stop at Pasabag Valley (2)
DSCN1819-27 first stop at Pasabag Valley (4)
DSCN1829 there's a tree growing upside down from the ceiling in there (1)
DSCN1829 there's a tree growing upside down from the ceiling in there (2)
entrance to Underground City
side view of undergound city
scale model of this site
a mill stone
Doug inside
you can make out different levels
inside the church
a communication hole (covered in plexi glass now)
one of many rooms
food storage rooms
easy to get lost in here
the tunnels can be quite short
mill stones were used as doors
rooms are going in every direction
not sure what these were for but they were in several rooms
view down the ventilation shaft
doorways can be many sizes
part of the winery
a living room
tunnel with stairs
one side of kitchen area
kitchen area
more tunnels (1)
more tunnels (2)