Katpatuka” The Land of the Beautiful Horses
Five Minute Geology Lesson Eons ago, this was an active volcanic area. Three now-dormant volcanoes covered what is now known as Cappadocia with ash (think Mount St. Helens, not lava flows in Hawaii). During periods of eruptions, some ash layers hardened into welded tuffs, while others remained soft. Over time, the soft layers eroded more […]
Hiking the Rose Valley
We took a 3 km hike through the Rose Valley. Our guide dropped us at the top and told us to “just walk down” and he would pick us up in the village. “Simple, simple,” he said as he drove away. Basically, it was except that the signs sometimes pointed one way to Rose Valley […]
Girl with a Dog
There are packs of wild dogs in Turkey. Yet wild is not quite the right word, as it connotes dangerous packs of dogs who jump people in the middle of the night and tear them limb from limb in a feeding frenzy. Here, they don’t seem to roam in packs and appear to be sedated, […]
