From the Pasabag Valley, we left to visit one of the famous ceramic factories
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| So *that*'s how they make these pitchers... |
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| Our hosts served us Turkish pizza :) |
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| Designing a horse... |
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| Finishing the horses |
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| All from ceramic |
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| These designs are all done by hand! |
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| Imagine the precision! |
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From the Venessa Seramik factory, we left to take a few snapshots at the Natural Citadel of Uchisar
Very Short History on Uchisar
This location is actually the highest point in the area, and is one of the locations where the first Christians carved out churches and homes out of the rock to get away from attackers.
We stopped here only for a picture.
REMINDER: If you click on the photos, you see them full-screen, as they are all HD
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From there, it was a relatively short bus ride to Kaymakli Underground City.
Short Lesson on the History of Kaymakli
This underground city was built by the Early Christians in order to protect themselves from persecution. Containing almost 100 tunnels, Kaymakli is an elaborate maze of passageways and caves.
Interestingly enough, the most impressive aspect of this city is that it is organized and structured, containing specific sections for stables and for communal cooking and it has designated living areas. There was also a lot of storage rooms.
With it's numerous small passageways and tunnels, the people here could easily fend off anyone seeking to attack them.
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| My tour roommate Freddy |
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| Into the city |
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| Lecture from within the Underground City of Kaymakli |
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| Some of these caves were pretty low... although I think that's Matt (exceptionally tall) |
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| No these are not urinals. This is storage for grain |
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| Another carved out room |
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| This is apparently where they stored their spices... |
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Thus ends the visit to the Underground City.
On our journey back it finally began to rain, and then it cleared up, and we got treated to a rainbow :) |
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Finally, the day ended, we arrived at the town of Konya (a.k.a. Iconium, in Biblical Times), the site of one of Paul's first missionary journeys.
Here's some shots of the hotel
Tomorrow's journey would be:
The Mevlana Whirling Dervishes Museum, and the ruins of Laodicea!
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