"Chimneys on the moon" O_thou_bandit's photos around Göreme, Turkey Monday, March 14, 2011

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Göreme, Turkey by TravelPod blogger O_thou_bandit titled "Chimneys on the moon" O_thou_bandit's travel blog entry: "What may stand out most vividly in my memory of the first Star Wars film is the group of devilish, cloaked jawas wearing dollar-store flashlights for eyes. Who knew that their surreal moon-caves were nestled dreamily in the vast lunar-landscape of Cappadocia, a desert region in central Turkey? An even lesser known fact about Göreme, the main tourist hub, is that for years it has been home to 200 foreign wives - all hostel or restaurant owners - married to Turkish men. In just the next village over, Uchisar, the case is the same; exept the wives are strictly French. In some years to come I foresee an overpopulation of Turkish babies with gnarly Australian accents. But enough anecdotes. Truth is I wasn't laughing when we pulled into Göreme in the morning, sick as a skunk after a long and uncomfortable overnight bus trip from Antalya. At around 3 in the morning the bus stopped at a roadside restaurant. I was feeling ill and delusional and surrounded by people selling bizarre ceramic ornaments: witches with dragons coming out of their bellies and weird dream-catchers with sickly teddy bear heads glued on. It made my stomach churn. I whispered to Beth, "Where the heck are we, and why must we be looking at this right now?" The memory of it still makes no sense to me. There seems to be a series of locations like ...



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