It was a complete relaxing day today. I slept in until 7:30, I am still feeling ill but I'm also sick of being sick. So, I've started to take the Advil Cold and Flu I brough with me to Turkey... feels great to not be coughing up a storm or to be constantly blowing my nose. One of my tour-mates gave me a cold and flu to mix into hot water, I'm going to give that a go tonight.
After breakfast we headed out on a light hike through the hills of Cappadocia towards the little town where we had dinner with the local family. It was a light hike with some amazing views of where people lived in the mountains.
From there we headed to see the Fairy Chimneys created by the two densities of rock created be volcano eruptions millions of years ago. There are so many and so very beautiful, if not a bit phallic.
From there we headed for lunch where I had Lahmacun, which is another type of Turkish "pizza" where you added parsley, lemon, and onions. I held on the onions but it was delicious. You load it up and then roll it up and eat it a bit like a wrap. We they had the dessert speciality of this place which has thin strings of dough with a mild cheese in the middle with a syrup and pistachios sprinkled on top. Most desserts are painfully sweet here, but this one wasn't, it was really delicious!
From there we want to the pottery shop where we watch an expert potter in action. He made a perfect teapot in about 5 minutes. Amazing stuff as he cut the teapot in half and you can see how perfect the work was all the way through.
From there we headed back to the hotel and then on to a Hamman. So freakin' amazing! It starts with a mud face mask and then sitting in steam for 10 minutes then a shower followed by being completely scrubbed down by one lady then a 10 minute message with bubbles to be super clean. From there they dump bowls full of warm water and wrap you in fluffy towels and show you to a rest area for apple tea.
I paid extra for a 30 minute 'medical' massage which was so amazing even when she was pulling my arms behind my head... I felt a bit like a sail on a sailboat!
I skipped the Turkish night tonight that was planned. I need an early night to recoup and get better.
Time to down the New Zealand drink remedy and hope that I wake up well tomorrow!
** I had to remove all the photos because the internet connection is so slow it's failing to upload the photos. I will try and add them to the next post in two days as I will not have internet in our village stay tomorrow.**
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