by Sezgin | Sep 24, 2014 | SeedsonWheels |
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...
