Just MY LIFE stories: Once upon a time in ... Turkey, 4.1 Cappadocia, Derinkuyu Underground City

Haaaish ...
baru masuk day 4 nih
ader lagi 6 hari to stori
huhuhu ....

jom sambung!

so, after solat, duduk duduk
we went back to the hotel...
to wait for the shuttle to pickus up.
oh yes, tuk beli the bus ticket to cappadocia ni
we asked the reception to belikan for us.
ok, listen!
a word of advice ...
kalau nak beli bus tiket from
IST - Cappadocia - Pamukkale - Ephesus - IST ...
just ask the hotel staff to buy for u
BUUUT ... only for IST to Cappadocia SAHAJA!!
we made a mistake ...
but, x yah citer la ye ... buat sakit hati jer.
Tiket bus tuk tempat laen laen tu ...
Sampai kat each destination jer, trus beli the next tiket.
Tiket diaorg banyak ...
most of the bus only jalan malam
samada 8, or 9pm
except for Pamukkale - Ephesus
they have evening busses.

okay, back to the stori.
the shuttle van was on time
in fact b4 time pun.
6.25 dah sampai.
round round pickup kat otel laen
then terus to the otogar.
Jauh jugak nak ke Buyuk Otogar ni.
8pm baru sampai.
8.30pm bus pun jalan...
kitaorg pun terus zzzzzzzzZZZ.

Sedor sedor sampai kat mana ntah
stop kat R&R ...
rasernye time dlm kul 1++ pagi kut
turun nk gi toilet ...
Mak aaiiii ... sejuuuknye
Cakap keluo asap!! Jakun jap hihihi
Setel bisnes .. cepat cepat masuk bus.
the bus made another stop pastu.
Tpi, x turun dah ...

7.15am, we reached Nevsehir bus station
Sape yg nak ke Goreme stay in the bus
Ynag nak ke Urgup, tukar nek van
Rupanya dalam bus tu, 80% was tourist
and out of 80% tuuu, ai think, less than half jer nak ke Urgup
Yang laen sumer nak ke Goreme, termasukla kitaorg ...

8.00am sampaila di Goreme ...
Alhamdulillah, selamat sampai.

Sampai jer, terus gi kat i-centre
tanya org kat kaunter to kolkan our hotel
within less than 10minutes, Ahmet pon sampai
nice guy, very peramah.
ai communicated ngn dia thru emails
Terus jer dia ... "u must be XXXX"
ai pun, dengan tersengih sengihnye ... Yes
otel dia dekat jer ...
x la deekat sangat, berpoloh jugakla klau jalan kaki
Malangnyer ... weols x boleh checkin lagi ...
kul 2pm baru leh checkin.....

Goreme bus station. ade 2 3 ekor anjing, beso beso lak tu, and manja jer. Datang kat org dok gesel gesel badan dia ... eeee riso teman

bekfast in Cappadocia ... x banyak variety kat sini. makan saja la, jangan banyak kerenah. Lapar pun, last meal was at 6 ptg semlm.

view from the restorant terrace

Ai dah book ngan the hotel the Green Tour -TL100/pax
after breakfast, freshenup sket
9.30am datangla diaorg pickup iols berdua.

Our tour group adela dalam +/- 20 org kut
imagine ... satu group dia dapat TL2000 ... klu 3 4 group ...
Untung tuuu !!
Dalam our group, ader Koreans, Chinese, Puerto Ricans, Russians, Tunisian, British
ntah dari mana lagi ... lupa dah.
macam surreal jer seeing people from other parts of the world
selama ni dok tengok ... indons ... bangla ... myanmar ... filipinos ...

Our first destination is the Panoramic view.

nothing much here ... nak tunjuk view Goreme from atas bukit jer

Gour tuur guide >> Ali, explaining the geographical / population ... and aper ntah. X dengar sangat pun. Sebok amek gambo.

Then to Derinkuyu Underground City
TL25/pax, but its included in the tour fees
mase sampai, macam x der org
Tapi, kat dalam tu ... penuh!!

Derinkuyu Underground City is an ancient multi-levei underground city of the Median Empire in the Derinkuyu district in Nevsehir. Extending to a depth of approximately 60m, it was large enough to shelter approximately 20,000 people together with their livestock and food stores. At present 20 levels have been discovered underground. Only 8 can be visited at the highest levels; others are partially blocked or restricted to archaeologists and anthropologists who study Derinkuyu. The city was used as a refuge for thousands of people living in the basement for protection from the frequent invasions suffered Cappadocia, at various times of their occupation, and by the early Christians.

pinjam frm makcik google

According to Ali, we are only allowed up to level 4 jer
Yang bawah bawah tu ... a bit dangerous kalau masuk ramai ramai.
Ye la kan ... bende dah beratus ratus tawon ...
kenala jaga the heritage
Tapi, really amazing!!
macamanala diorng boleh duduk cam tu.
hinggakan boleh bela ayam itik bagai dalam tu
Someone tanya ... 'kat mana their toilet?'
Ali kater ... diaorg buang kat ctu, bila malam baru bawak kuar sisa sisa toksik tu ...

Kat dalam tu ...
penuh sesak org, sbb byk tour group..
rimas gak, cam x sabo jer nak kuar dari bawah tanah tu...