Well today we headed for the region of Cappadocia. It's close to the centre of Turkey, so leaving the coast meant a long day in the saddle.
The first few hours were slow as we had to cross the mountain range. Went passed one of nine volcanoes in Turkey, but once we were on the plateau the going was quicker.
We had a few stops on the way, mostly for the loo, to breakup the journey.
One stop on the mountains was at a fruit stall
Then off again to the
Mausoleum of the founder of the dervish dancers and Prophet.
The Dervish dancers are a religious order, you would know them as the guys in white dresses who spin in one spot.
We were traveling along the Silk Road. Along this trade route there are some of the remaining shelters. These were 20 miles apart, the distance a camel would walk per day. Some were free and some they had to pay to stay protected each night.
We have finally made it to our Hotel, left at 7am and arrived at 7pm. Tomorrow we are up at 4am to head off to go hot air ballooning. Our guide said I will get a cheap rate, because they wont use as much fuel as I have plenty of hot air, more than enough for our flight!
Night all. xxxx
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