On to Cappadocia

Leaving Konya we continued our journey heading for Cappadocia. On the way we pulled off the main road to explore an ancient camel stop known as a Karavansaray. Caravan drivers would stop to rest here in summer and winter, allowing their camels to shelter and water, protected from the wind and snow of the plateau. These fortress-like stone structures once dotted the main travel route every 30 or 35 kilometers, the distance, I'm guessing, an average caravan would cover in a day. Once in Cappadocia province, the terrain changed and I had my first glimpse of "faerie chimneys", formations resulting from millennia of erosion of packed volcanic ash. After a long day driving and touring it felt wonderful to take a dip in the pool of our five-star hotel.