Cappadocia

Cappadocia (Kappadokya to the Turks) is a region of Turkey, defined by the unusual landforms everyone comes to see.  We stayed in the village of Goreme which is the hub of the ballooning business in Cappadocia.  The region was laid down in eruptions from surrounding volcanoes in a way which resulted, in many places, in layers of hard rock being laid on top of thick layers of softer rock.  Over thousands of years the soft rock has eroded more quickly, resulting in the many pillars of soft rock topped by protective hard "caps".

An aerial view from our balloon

Another precarious formation