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October 21st in Cappadocia
| We rented a car - small Fiat with a
diesel engine - from "The Hitchhiker" [they rent cars, 4 wheel drive
and regular; mountain bikes; and small ATVs] so that we could visit Kapuzbashi,
an interesting geological phenomenon where seven waterfalls spurt
right out from the solid-rock cliff face. We intended to visit Urgup on our way there and if possible on our way back; we also wanted to visit Mustafapasa and see the Old Greek House. Mustafapasa was once a Christian (Greek Orthodox) village - just like Guzelyurt that we visited the day before - in the population exchange of 1923 Mustafapasa and other villages became Muslim. The Old Greek House is exactly that, a well preserved house from that period. Another place we visited on our way was the Sultan Marshes (Sultan Sazligi) hoping to spot Flamingos there; what we didn't know was that this ecosystem of lakes and marshes has almost completely dried up - again Faruk said that one of his guests had already informed him that the wetlands had dried up and that there are no birds left; we saw this for ourselves when we visited one of the old observation points at Ovaçiftlikkoy, the bird watching center was closed, the observation tower was broken down. I have since found out why - check for yourself. We continued through Yahyali, but did not stop there since we were running out of time, but continued till Kapuzbashi. The return trip was much faster (better roads) and we managed to revisit Urgup at sunset and be at the Temenni Hill (Wishing Hill) before returning to Goreme and dinner at Nazar Borek Gozleme |
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Urgup
אורגופ
The three sisters - famous group of fairy chimneys in Urgup - shows how the Chimneys were created, the small Basalt rock protecting the softer Tufa below from erosion, while its surroundings are eroded
The three sisters
The three sisters
Urgup Fairy Chimneys
The three sisters, Yakov and Yael
Another Chimney
More Chimneys
Sunset views from Temenni Hill (Wishing Hill)
Sunset views from Temenni Hill (Wishing Hill)
Sunset views from Temenni Hill (Wishing Hill)
Sunset views from Temenni Hill (Wishing Hill)
Sunset views from Temenni Hill (Wishing Hill)
Sunset views from Temenni Hill (Wishing Hill)
Sunset views from Temenni Hill (Wishing Hill)
Roof with pumpkins - grown for their seeds
Mustafapasha
מוסטפה פאשא
Tree near the Old Greek House
Tree near the Old Greek House
Next door to the Old Greek House
The Old Greek House
Old Greek House balcony ceiling, note the rain gutter and its drains
The drains are symbolic flying dragons
This dragon has a full tail, wings, a fancy collar and lots of teeth
Old Greek House - inside court
Old Greek House - iinside court
Old Greek House - only two sets of stairs
Old Greek House - upstairs hall between the two dining rooms
Old Greek House, one of the two main dining rooms - window side
the other side
door on the left and wooden panelling on the wall
Wooden colored ceiling
Old Greek House - second of the two main dining rooms
Old Greek House - view of the neighbor's homes from the roof
Another view from the roof
The neighborhood of the Old Greek House
The neighborhood of the Old Greek House
The neighborhood of the Old Greek House
Road to and from Kapuzbasi
הדרך אל וחזרה מקאפוזבאשי
Ovaçiftlikkoy - since the wetlands had receded so much we took photos of the village instead
Dung store whose walls are made of dung and straw circular bricks
Nylon sheet is used to cover the opening
Close up of the circular bricks
Houses along the route
Houses along the route
Valley road on the way to Kapuzbashi
Valley road on the way to Kapuzbashi
Mount Erçiyes
Mount Erçiyes
Mount Erçiyes
Mount Erçiyes
Kapuzbasi
קאפוזבאשי
First one on the East side
Old foot bridge near the first one
The first one again
The second waterfall - now we are on the West side
The second and third waterfall
The second waterfall
The second waterfall - its mouth
The second waterfall - its mouth
The third waterfall
The third waterfall
The third waterfall
The third waterfall - Upper section
This doesn't count since it is just a long fissure that drips in comparison to the others
Another fissure in the cliff raining water down
If this counts as a waterfall then there are seven that we saw
If this doesn't count as a waterfall then we only saw six of them, that means the seventh would be further away
The fourth waterfall
The fourth waterfall
The fifth waterfall
The sixth waterfall - probably the most impressive and the only one we could get close to
The sixth waterfall
The sixth waterfall
The sixth waterfall - lower part
The sixth waterfall - upper section
The sixth waterfall - Nitza in the foreground
Nitza and Aharon in front of the sixth waterfall
Nitza and Aharon in front of the sixth waterfall
Yakov in front of the sixth waterfall
The sixth waterfall - top right section
The sixth waterfall - top right section
The sixth waterfall - top center section
The sixth waterfall
The sixth waterfall
The sixth waterfall
Nitza
The sixth waterfall - just imagine the pressure that caused the rock face to look like that
The sixth waterfall
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