We reluctantly left our cave hotel at Cappadocia and headed
towards Ankara, Turkey’s capital. En-route
we visited an underground city dating back more than two millennia, carved out
of the soft rock as a refuge for early Christians. We walked through rooms where stock were
kept, through living areas, kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms, with some of the
passages so low that you had to almost double up to get through.
From there we continued on to Ankara, passing lakes that
comprise thirty per cent salt, which means that no plant or animal life can survive
in the area. On arrival in Ankara we
visited the Museum of Anatolian Civilisation, housed in two 15th
century buildings and containing relics and artefacts from the Bronze Age as
well as the most valuable collection of Hittite artefacts in the world.
That was it for the day; we headed off to our hotel, passing
the site of the 2015 bombing that killed one hundred and seven people, and
getting a glimpse of the small photographic memorial to the victims. After a
delicious three-course dinner we are having an early night before our last day tomorrow
of what has been a wonderful tour.
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