Cappadocia - Weds Part Two

Amy went on a mini hike. Our hotel is directly across the way from a small valley with a few cave churches and other formations. Kadir, the owner of our hotel, said it would be safe for Amy to wander there. Just to be safe Amy picked up a stick she could use to defend against wild dogs. :-)

Amy's 1.5 hour adventure included:
1) Cave church with elaborately carved walls, alter, and some kind of podium.
2) Random caves to investigate (no guards here telling me not to take pictures, etc)
3) super cool rock formations shaped like cones and blobs
4) a pretty horse tied to a tree
5) lots of gardens and fields planted with watermelons, apricot trees, and all kinds of other yummy things
6) another cave church with a locked gate but I was able to reach inside and take pictures of the art (no flash of course)...it turned out to be one of the nicest art yet
7) two turkeys by a tree...imagine that a TURKEY in TURKEY!!
8) stopped by the Flintstones Cave Hotel on the way out to see how much it cost to take a dip in their pool. Flintstones is actually a pretty accurate description of this area sometimes.

Speaking of clever names... I like the name of the Coffeedocia cafe. :-)

Dave and Vince returned around 6pm...so they spend 6 hours hiking in Rose Valley and Red Valley. They also visited a little nearby town. Dave sunburned his face and Vince appears to be suffering from a bit of heat exhaustion. They hiked with Crystal, our new friend from Canada.

Later in the day. Dave and Amy hiked to the other side of this little town and caught the sunset.