Cappadocia

Cappadocia is a region of Turkey that has the most magical rock formations. It started with some ancient volcanos that erupted and created a thick layer of ash. Over centuries, wind and water shaped it into big towers. Later on people built houses inside of them. It was like a fully decorated cave, with shelves and rooms. Seamus and I could walk around inside them. 

In America something this old and amazing would cost at least $100 to look at. For us it costed $0 dollars to climb on, walk around, and explore. We would walk through the dark small hallways inside the cave and ask our dad how old it is. He would say casually "over 2,000 years." These formations are almost like grand thumbs, sticking out of the ground, sometimes they have little rocks balanced on top of them. Other formations are like hills made of whipped cream. They would swirl up to the top, were there would be a plateau or another bunch of towers. 

The best part about it  is the balloons. At 6:30am in the morning, at least 50 hot air balloons rise up into the sky. The combination of the colorful balloons and the amazing rock formations is just amazing. The first day in Cappadocia, we had some breakfast and took a hike through the incredible valley of giant rocks. The sights we saw that day were amazing, but they did not compare at all to the sights we saw the second day. The second day I woke up at 5:45am in the morning knowing that it was the day we were going on the ballon. A van drove us and a bunch of Australians to an empty area where there was an deflated hot air ballon and a table with snacks and drinks. 

It took a while for the ballon to inflate so we were waiting there for at least 30 minutes. It was worth it. The view I had was amazing as we rode high over the plateau. We floated high above the ground in our hot air ballon and saw all the towns and rock formations below us. We looked around and saw all the colorful balloons floating up along side us. 

Then when we landed it felt so good to be back on the ground. Over all, I think I'll never see anything like it again.