Pamukkale, Turkey

A must see! This place looks like it should be Christmas time and it is one of the most beautiful places we've seen. In addition to seeing these chalk ponds we were able to have our feel exfoliated. The fish give off what feels like little shocks on the bottoms of your feet. Very different experience, but necessary after all the walking we have been doing.

Pottery in Cappadocia

Two weeks ago we went to a pottery shop where everything was handmade. The entire shop is located in a cave which was 4,500 sq. meters. In Cappadocia they take advantage of the caves for many of their businesses like making wine, hotels, and pottery. In this video they are showing the kick wheel technique. Our friend, Alexander from Canada, who we met on the tour that day, got to try out the wheel and shows that it is not as easy as it looked.

Hunter

Busses

In a 5 day marathon across Turkey, we spend 3 nights on busses and 1 night in a cave. I highly recommend the cave over the bus because I slept much better in the cave. The cave didn't have air conditioning, but its temperature was better than the bus. There were no crying children in my cave. In the cave, lights did not turn on at 1 -hour intervals and I was able to lay flat in the cave. In addition, if I need to go to the bathroom, there was one in the cave I could use whenever I felt the need and I didn't have to pay extra. I can't say this for the bus.

Seriously, we covered a lot of ground on the bus and by traveling overnight, we were able to accomplish a lot. We went from Istanbult to Cappadocia (where I stayed in a cave hotel), from Cappadocia to Pamakkule, and from Efes back to Istanbul and on to Sophia Bulgaria.

I hope we won't be taking any more overnight busses on this trip.