📌 Arriving at 11am in Cappadocia after the overnight bus, we checked into a hotel and went for a wander, obviously being a super popular tourist destination it was more expensive and touristy restaurants. Cappadocia is famous for a few particular dishes such as meat cooked in terracotta pots.
📌 We enjoyed a unique dinner in a local Turkish restaurant where you could sit on the ground next to the fire. We enjoyed some dips and bread with hot wine and stuffed eggplant. Of course tea was consumed at the end.
📌 The main highlight arrived on the morning of day 2, the air balloon ride. We got up at around 4.30am and arrived at the balloon field around 5.30. It was about 3 degrees so it was freezing but all the balloons were getting ready and it was exciting. We were waiting around for a bit and then we were told to wait 30 minutes, they weren't sure if flying was going to happen due to some temperature or wind issues (potentially not windy enough). We got the greenlight at about 6.30 and about 20 people got into our basket including a lovely Kenyan family.
📌 We were up in the air for about 45 minutes with about 100 balloons, it was amazing! The journey was so smooth and we went up, down and around the rock valleys, it was such a clear day we could see the huge mountains in the background. It was a great time limit too, not too short or not too long. When we touched down the cars and crew speed to the area and run over to grab the basket, it's all quite chaotic but fun and in the end they prevented us from landing on our side. We finished with champagne type juice and a certificate.
📌 We spent the rest of our days wandering around Cappadocia, quite a small place but gee we were glad we went up the first morning because the next two mornings were cancelled. It was nice to not do much but wander, we went through the canyons on walks which involved a dog following us inevitably. We went inside the rock dwellings and explored a few viewpoints. Overall Cappadocia was a very unique place and the balloon was incredible, a bucket list item.Les mer