Yesterday, Tuesday 17th November 2009, marked the twentieth anniversary of the start of the events that led to the Sametov Revoluce, the Velvet Revolution, which saw the demise of the Communist government that had ruled Czechoslovakia for previous...

Because of the soft nature of much of the rock that covers Cappadocia, not only are there Underground Churches but also several complete Underground Cities. One of the most interesting and best preserved is at Derinkuyu in the south-west of...

Along with Fairy Chimneys, the other unique attraction in Cappadocia is a whole series of Underground Churches, carved into the soft rock. Most have been decorated internally with an amazing variety of wall paintings and frescoes. There are rock...

I remarked in my previous post, that the landscape of Cappadocia in places looks more lunar than earthly! I think the two photographs above give a fairly clear indication of what I mean. The one on the left is a scanned slide taken during my trip in...

In the early afternoon of Wednesday 14th October 2009, we drove into the town of rgp, located in the central Anatolian region usually known by its ancient name of Cappadocia. Here the landscape in places looks more lunar than earthly! This is the...