Captain Caveman got up early to watch the Balloons again on Tuesday 2nd September but I stayed in bed until almost 7am! Breakfast was good and quieter at the hotel so we sat inside – away from the wasps. Our Green tour started by 9.15am and included Pigeon Valley, Selime and the Kaymaklı Underground City, which Captain Caveman had been excited about seeing. I last went there with The Aussies but had freaked out so didn’t complete it. There was lots of history in today’s tour, a lovely lunch and, although I had been before, it was still interesting. We also went on a nice walk down to a valley where the riverside cafes were no longer there – it was not for the faint-hearted in the heat though and, obviously, I was the slowest in the group. When we got to the underground cave, I couldn’t bring myself to go in and I had to turn back, along with another tourist who had pushed lots of people (including children) out of the way to get out.
When we got back to the hotel, I was quite tired so we got ready and tried to go for an overpriced drink in the hotel bar. It was closed so we went to the rooftop bar if the hotel next door. The staff were a bit slow and it took a while to get served but at least there was nice views to look at.
For dinner we went back to the Turkish Ravioli restaurant from last night. Captain Caveman was keen to have the bulgur balls again. We ended up having 3 portions of them between the 2 of us plus some hummus, bread and a bottle of water for 640 lira (£11.85). After dinner, we went back to the Fork in the Road pub for another buy one get one free wine and ended up spending 1,029 lira (£19.06), even though we left before 10pm. We were still peckish so went to a local cafe in a kind of square where we had 2 soft drinks and 2 lahmacun for very cheap and the service was excellent. At bed time we were still deciding as to whether we would leave Cappadocia tomorrow or check in to the lovely hotel down the road.
Gratitude List
1. Another great day sightseeing in Cappadocia
2. More bulgur wheat balls
3. Having another wonderful day in Cappadocia.
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