Wednesday 15  October

Up at 7.00 and left camp by 8.00 for the short trip to Goreme.

 Here the landscape is just as I imagine the moon to be. In the valley are volcanic cones and pinnacles honey-combed with cells and painted churches which were the sanctuary for the Cappodocian. Christians during the Arab incisions in the 7th century AD. What would have been excellent wall paintings have been ruined by people writing on walls – incredible! Over a very bad road to Incesu and south. Passed Nigde to the coast road. On our way we drove over the Taurus Mountains and through the narrow Cilician Gate – famous corridor through which passed the armies of Alexander the Great and the Crusaders on the way to their eastern conquests.

The road, though narrow, was good, but we saw at least three overturned lorries – a good reminder to watch out. Along the good coast road passed giant cauliflowers fields to the Mo-camp at Selifke. Here after some trouble with the manager over wine we settled down for an early night.