Turkey Photos: Hiking in Cappadocia.

	Cappadocia is a region with fairy chimneys and underground cities carved out of the tufa, a porous rock created by ashes from volcanic eruptions.
	First hike in the Ihlara Valley, we are crossing the bridge to get to the open air restaurant.
	This open air restaurant provided excellent food and refreshing beer by the river.
	The Ihlara valley is a favourite spot for families to have picnics on Sundays.
	Taking a break in the Ihlara valley.
	Breakfast in the hotel in Goreme, I liked the Turkish decor.
	The town of Goreme is built amongst fairy chimneys.
	White Valley: we can see the many geological layers, the terrain was eroded by a river.
	This is the fresco inside the Church of the Grapes.
	In the Kizilkukur valley, this chimney located by the Church of the Grapes sheltered wine.
	St-Mary Church built in a hollowed-out fairy chimney.
	We stayed at the Old Greek House Hotel in Mustafapasa. Greeks lived here but had to go back to Greece when Atatürk declared the Republic of Turkey.
	An old abandonned Greek house in Mustafapasa.
	An early morning view over the town of Mustafapasa from the roof of the Old Greek House Hotel.
	The town of Çavusin sits on a partly collapsed underground city.
	A rock formation in the Valley of the Priest where monks lived in and on the chimneys.
	We crowned our last evening in Cappadocia with a relaxing swim in this hot thermal pool.

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