Thursday, 27 September 2007

Travellıng from Casablanca, Now in Cappadocia

I'm sitting in an Internet cafe ın ürgüp right now ın the middle of Cappadocia, Turkey - struggling with yet another different keyboard. (someone will need to explain to me someday why there is a need to change the entire keyboard layout including numericals when you only have a few different or additional letters in the local alphabet. In Morocco, you'll need to press shift to get to the numbers, in Turkey an "i" without the dot has taken the exact place of the actual "i" (which itself has been moved down and to the right).

Ok, enough complaining, Cappadocia is great. I'm in Turkish wine country right now. Been doing some great hiking through the really amazing countryside scattered with underground cities, geological oddities and some very interesting history. Also visited the local barbershop, which was a bit of a must see for me. Why you ask?, or at least I can imagine you asking. Well, they use thıs little burning sticks to burn any excess hair on your ears, nose, etc Cool, huh? I'll try to get some photos online soon, for now though, this wiki article is also an interesting read (honestly :)

The journey here was rather nice too, though a bit uneventful to be honest. After Marrakesh, I took to traın to Casablanca (a city with a real bad vibe), flew to Istanbul with a short stop-over in Madrid. Enjoyed the sights of city where they sell Turkish Delight by the kilogram for a ridiculous low price, then had one of the most luxurious train rides taking the sleeper to Ankara... with the a little washing basin in my compartment, sipping some whiskey, enjoying the views.