Cappadocia

We are in a really cool place: Goreme in the region of Cappadocia. It is hard to describe the area, it is like nowhere else. Valleys full of these "fairy chimneys" formed out of volcanic ash and erosion. For almost 3000 years people have been carving out caves and building whole cities in and under the rock. There are also tonnes of early Christian cave churches with very interesting frescoes. Today we went to an old Hittite and Roman underground city which had more than 2000 rooms! We are staying in an incredible hotel called Elif Star, where our room is a cave! See pıcs at: http://www.elifstar.com/

Yesterday we went hiking in a valley and saw a lot of these...

PS - you may notice a new haircut in the picture above. The buzz happened after a barber gave me a bowl-cut and then a reverse mullet afterwhich I had to beg for a full shave.