Cappadocia, Turkey – Phallic Landform Central!
Cappadocia, in located in central Turkey.
Can you imagine waking up after a big night on the booze, and stumbling out the door to see this.
What would you think? I reckon someone must have teleported me to the Land of the Giant Dildos.
Actually, this is region of Cappadocia, near the town of Goreme, in central Turkey. This region looks like a Star Wars set minus the far-fetched battles.
So how did these bizarre landscapes originate? Well, volcanoes spewed lava across this high, flat section of the Anatolian plateau three million years ago and the subsequent erosion – by wind, rain and snow – gradually battered the lava, leaving weirdly-shaped hills and mounds made of soft, white volcanic rock called tuff, or tufa.
How Cappadocia Formed
When the volcanic lava eroded, it left thousands of curiously-shaped conical rocks giving Cappadocia its uniqueness. The Cappadocia valley was littered with thousands of these penis-like formations.
People even carved houses out of these formations and lived there for thousands of years. I’ll write another post about that later!
More Cappadocia Stuff
You can read more in this book about Cappadocia and Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia.
Also in Turkey, you can also visit Gallipoli, Buy A Carpet, or visit Ephesus. And drink Efes Beer. I’ve spent over a month in Turkey, and that wasn’t enough.
There’s so many things to do there, but one of the coolest places I’ve been to is Cappadocia.
That is funny.. I traveled twice to Istanbul and still cant get enough of Turkey.. to the point I tried to learn Turkish on my personal blog.. now I am planning my third trip to the Turkish Riviera .. they are all short trips.. but after Antalya and Cirali.. Central Turkey will be the next trip.. I saw a hot air balloon trip on one of the travel magazines and I just have to do it..
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It’s a lovely place to visit. I wish I had time to go for a few weeks
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That is so funny. Those do like giant dildos lol! Turkey is a beautiful country.
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It’s not cause of the marijuana, there are some very alien looking palces on earth and Turkey has penty of those.
Google for “10 alien places on earth” and you will find more bizare yet beautiful palces.
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I’m not quite sure what i would think seeing a landscape quite like that one after a drunken parade. I’m going to take iphone’s advice and take a look at googles top 10 alien places on earth.
Great post and thanks for sharing.
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there are some very alien looking paalces on earth and turkey has penty of those. i’m going to take iphone’s advice and take a look at googles top 10 alien places on earth..
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turkey is beatiful country. sea , beaches , sun and very cheap holiday opportunity.
i recommed to everyone.
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I have my hotel booked in Cappodocia for the first week in November. planning a trip in a hot air balloon as well. Hubby reckons i am crazy! Nice Blog BTW – like your style of writing
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have been visiting your site around three days. absolutely love what you posted. btw i’m doing a report about this area. do you know other websites or perhaps forums that I might get more? thanks a lot.
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anthony Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Try the turkishtravelblog.com
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I spent a wonderful 2 days tour in Gallipoli Troy by TTG Travel. Everything was well organized. It was really worth the visit since we visited almost all historical places. Turkey Travel Group is really professional http://www.toursingallipoli.com my Turkey trip was great. I love Turkey – especially Istanbul and Troy – It is a wonderful place with wonderful people. I had a great stay in Istanbul and Gallipoli. I was given a nice room by the hotel and people were very polite at the front desk and they were smiling all the time so i felt fine.
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