Kapadokya Cave Living
April 4th, 2002
Touring Kapadokya
A visit to remains of an ancient cave civilization
From Istanbul we departed on an overnight bus to Ugrup, Kapadokya where we rested for one hour, put our bags in our hotel and started the first leg of the Kapadokya tour. Day one we toured Devrent-the imagination valley, Avanos, Zelve, Causin, Goreme, Canak Somlekci in Avanos-a pottery factory, and Uchisar. The tour provided historical as well as geological information about the caves & rock formations. The layers of rock on top of the soft hardened mud are puzzling. The formations are explained by volcanic ash below harden volcanic rock and the erosion of the ash which supports the rock below. Each year the rock formations grow up or rather the volcanic ash below the rocks erodes down into the stream, hence the ground is sinking.
Welcome to my site and I hope you enjoy it. When I first travelled to Europe while I was in college I really had the time of my life seeing the many different types of cultures. The flavors of the food, the welcome of the people, the love shared across the world was so much greater than living in the United States ... 
