Fairy Land

Fairy Land

                We found ourselves in the land of a fairy tale since the time we step in Cappadocia. An odyssey of 10 days started in Avanos and ended in Ihlara Valley.                 While travelling towards Avanos, the view around us is different than everything we saw before… The only similarity I can describe is the surface of Mars, as much as I saw on photographs. Or an archaic planet from the universe of Star Wars… But definitely, not a place from this world. After a while, we see some fairy chimneys rising in the middle of the land. A gallery in which nature represents its supernatural crafts… But what we have seen until now, is just a postcard for tourists…                 We leave Avanos, where we stayed for one night, and go towards the south of Kızılırmak. While we are approaching Göreme, some details are added to the postcard that we are in. Human art added into the nature’s work. Rooms and houses made into soft rock. Drawings on fairy chimneys looks like made by fairies…                 In Göreme, we could visit just some of the houses in a land beyond our horizon. It feels like travelling in time and visiting the houses of people thousands years ago. In the rooms we visit, we are trying to understand the feelings of the people who lived there once upon a time, by looking at the drawings on the walls and designs of the homes. From high houses with a good view to halls with a small entrance, from geometric drawings to asymmetric designs, we explore how they designed their living...
Steppes of Anatolia

Steppes of Anatolia

                We walked on mountains of Aegian Region, travelled in the green fields of Marmara. Now, we are in the steppes of Central Anatolia.                 We sent our last telegraph from Jade farm (stop). Just after, we worked in the construction of adobe house for two days in Yeryüzü Eco-village. This was the fourth construction we have participated since the beginning of our journey. Now we are ready to settle.                 Yeryüzü eco-village named their home as “Burcu”. That’s the name of the architect. We were together with a crowded, nice group of people… We have posted their photos on our website though. Also we ran into “Recognizing Plants Around Us While Walking In Nature” event. With guides from Zeytinburnu Medical Plants Gardens we have examined the plants with their names in Latin, which I can not remember now, and categorized as what is edible, which is drunk as tea, which one directly kills us. It was nice. At night, we sang songs and danced while playing bottles.                 Then we went back to Jade Farm as we promised before. Actually, we were planning to make Tarhana Soup there but we couldn’t. By the way, we spent a couple of days by working in the garden and asking questions to Berin. Berin’s farm was so green, because there was too much moisture. Humid every night. Also there are too much caterpillars this year. We were hearing their sound while they were eating leafs. They will become American Butterfly when they grow. As they don’t have any natural hunter up here, they ate all the trees. American Butterfly imperialism!                ...