2015 Gap Year #1

Left Brisbane on the 26th of January and flew to Dubai for 5 nights. Dubai a bit of a blur as 3 of us sick with the flu and spent most of our time asleep in our little one bedroom apartment. Only had one day out with a visit to the old city of Dubai. On the 1st of February we flew on to Istanbul and then into the heart of Turkey to Cappadocia and just had 4 wonderful nights exploring this amazing place.

Leaving Brisbane

Our one bedroom apartment in the outer suburbs of Dubai

View of Ajman from the apartment window - what we saw most of Dubai

The spice souk in Old Dubai

The Gold Souk in Old Dubai - Wendy looking for a new outfit

Farewell to Dubai and on to Turkey

Waking up in Goreme, Cappadocia, central Turkey

Yes that's a layer of ice in the swimming pool

The Goreme Open Air Museum, churches from the 2nd century built into the rocky hills

Goreme Open Air Museum

Goreme Open Air Museum

Zelve Open Air Museum with lots of fairy chimneys

Lots of places to climb and hide in the fairy chimneys

Zelve Open Air Museum

More Fairy chimneys

Uchisar Castle

Breakfast at the Canyon View Hotel

Canyon View Hotel - very hard to find, but worth finding

Our trusty wheels jetting us around Turkey (right hand side, right hand side, right hand side)

Snow on top of Uchisar Castle

Drinking Apple Tea while watching a pottery demo by the professionals

The amateurs get a go

The amateurs get a go

The amateurs get a go

Rock houses near Uchisar - that's the girls exploring near the bottom

Looking back up towards Uchisar Castle from the bottom

View over Goreme

Hiking in the Rose Canyon

Our Cave room - warm and cosy

The parents room in the cave

Kaymakli Underground city - rabbit warren 45m underground originally built by the Hittites 4000 years ago and later used by the Christians to hide from the Romans

Kaymakli Underground city

Kaymakli Underground city