The open road and wonderful Cappadocia!

So we awoke to a heavy covering of snow and a motorway inn early as we where both renewed at last with being on the road and with a very interesting destination of Cappadocia to aim for…. Breakfast was not too flash something we where getting used to. We got a destination typed into sat-nav and a rough idea on our oversized map of turkey and headed off with big smiles on. It seemed to get colder as we headed further inland we pasted many more and more interestingly loaded trucks as no longer where we surrounded by European rules and regulations. we where now discovering the amazing loading ability of Asian truck drivers and the way they turn a ten ton truck to a twenty tonner, with extra boarding, precarious extra loading and it would seem a large dose of optimism….

Then landscape was open and snowy with large pine forest on ether side we headed down the motorway toward the capital of turkey Ankara or at least its circular motorway and on around that down toward Cappadocia. About half way between Ankara and Cappadocia we briefly stopped in a town to check we where on the right road and where greeted by a very chirpy gentleman… who was fluent in German and just about every language we weren’t good at (which is no impressive list counting up to about two and a half) however we are good at communicating past the language barrier, in fact I have decided its my favourite thing to play with this form of language. Sound effects, smiles and mime are a great way to get laughs and good vibes flowing. And it amazing how much of a non communicated conversation you can walk away with… for instance if I remember rightly we found that This guy was Turkish Lived and worked in Germany for seven years and now lived with his daughter who was married to a dentist. All this with lots of smiling, good wishes and jazz music coming from our stereo, as he pointed which road was our next target and waved us of on our way.

Many of the Homes where basic and not too attractive and then land had become fairy endless Mooreland with a mild mist dropping in and out of the grassy snow covered valleys… then I caught may first glimpse of these impressive rock formations and the most incredible river bank which must have been shaped by centuries of wind and water leaving a very impressive wave formed shape with beautiful ripples and swerves… too fast for a photo and two men on a mission to see something even more impressive….

By the time we got there it was the last light of the afternoon and there was a mist which was hard to see through after 100 or so meters. We saw a camel massive and hairy on the side of the road by all the tourist shops… perfect photo opportunity then as I walked towards this beast looming out of the mist was our first of many amazing rock castle like cave homes of Cappadocia… or fairy chimneys as we where to find out later from the locals

Love it!