goreme
Rediscovered by Europeans in the 18th century, Göreme has been inhabited for millennia. The Romans used it as a necropolis and it was a very important Christian location in the early Middle Ages. The small city is just one example of many towns carved into fairy chimney rock formations in Cappadocia, central Turkey.
Read MoreSeptember 2018.
It has been one week since we have arrived to the near-east lands. We are currently in The Valley of Göreme in the central land of Cappadocia. Continuing Dr. Samuel Ferguson’s five week African journey of 1863, we are exploring caves and homes of the ancient people that here lived. In this adventure we will start with an aerial observation of the terrain using the same means of transport as Dr. Ferguson: the balloon. But we’ve learned to use oxygen instead of hydrogen. The Hindenburg taught us.
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