Cappadocia, Turkey: Land of the Giant....

[Joes Place]

...Penises

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fairy-chimneys-turkey-180956654/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/turkey/cappadocia-kapadokya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia

This needs to be in a SouthPark episode.

 

[TexMichFan]

Looks like something Ancient Aliens can include on their next show. Be interesting to see what they think they signify.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

are they circumsized?

 

[ping72]

I've been there and taken the hot air balloon ride. Really cool place. You can see the white strip in the rocks that is volcanic ash, it's softer than the rock above or below so it weathers like that. There are a lot of cool man-made caves (some of which are hotels now) in the area.

 

[Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo]

That's why bells in Turkey only "dong".

 

[ThorneStockton]

I've been there and taken the hot air balloon ride. Really cool place. You can see the white strip in the rocks that is volcanic ash, it's softer than the rock above or below so it weathers like that. There are a lot of cool man-made caves (some of which are hotels now) in the area.

Turkey really is a great tourist destination, I spent 6 days in Istanbul last summer and wish I had more time to go to Cappadocia, Ephesus, and a coastal destination like Bodrum. Did you happen to make it to either of those?

 

[aflachawk]

Looks like something Ancient Aliens can include on their next show. Be interesting to see what they think they signify.

Is this ancient alien porn?

 

[HawkMD]

I've heard if you commit a crime in the area, the penalties are stiff.
The guy who runs the balloon rides is named Peter Johnson.

 

[naturalmwa]

Looks like something Ancient Aliens can include on their next show. Be interesting to see what they think they signify.

I got an idea.

Best thread ever!

 

[TexMichFan]

I got an idea.

Best thread ever!

Careful they might be an attraction to very large female aliens.

 

[naturalmwa]

Careful they might be an attraction to very large female aliens.

They are called "fairy chimneys" so I think it's clear which team they play for.

 

[TexMichFan]

They are called "fairy chimneys" so I think it's clear which team they play for.

Assuming that the large female aliens know that they are "fairy chimneys" is a fact not in evidence. I still think this could turn out badly for you.

You could be saved by ISIS since if they take over Turkey they will knock them down just in case they may be a religious symbol.

 

[naturalmwa]

Assuming that the large female aliens know that they are "fairy chimneys" is a fact not in evidence. I still think this could turn out badly for you.

You could be saved be ISIS since if they take over Turkey they will knock them down just in case they may be a religious symbol.

Big ladies don't threaten me. Historically Isis was a very big lady who was very into penisis. She made one out of gold and masterbated creation into existance. Isn't that a better story than the rib and apple version we are all familiar with? Imagine a world where jerking off was a holy act. "Let us pray."

 

[TexMichFan]

Big ladies don't threaten me. Historically Isis was a very big lady who was very into penisis. She made one out of gold and masterbated creation into existance. Isn't that a better story than the rib and apple version we are all familiar with? Imagine a world where jerking off was a holy act. "Let us pray."

You might not be threatened by big alien ladies but if they are capable and want to they could take all the fairy chimneys and not leave any for the rest.

 

[SpartanHawk]

Though they didn't actually film there, it is said that this region was what influenced the design of scenes from Star Wars films of where Luke grew up...

Scenes of Star Wars in Cappadocia

Perhaps they didn't film there to avoid jeopardizing the "G" rating for the film?

I remember traveling there when living there as a kid. One of the best trips to take in Turkey. Not sure if it was there, but in one of the cave grottos we travelled to while I was there, when going through the many caves there I actually found an old roman coin lying near one of the porous cave walls there which I still have as a souvenir. Still haven't got the value of it assessed.

 

[SpartanHawk]

Turkey really is a great tourist destination, I spent 6 days in Istanbul last summer and wish I had more time to go to Cappadocia, Ephesus, and a coastal destination like Bodrum. Did you happen to make it to either of those?

Another area to visit is the hot springs near Pamukkale too, that are even fun to travel to during winter time.

We used to go to Bodrum for the beaches there when I was a kid for many vacations there. I swam across the bay there from the hotel on the far side of the picture here to this castle on the other side of the bay one time, and learned to scuba dive there too.

Also a trip through Konya and seeing the whirling dervishes too. Though hopefully they have better hotels there now than they did then.

 

[ping72]

Turkey really is a great tourist destination, I spent 6 days in Istanbul last summer and wish I had more time to go to Cappadocia, Ephesus, and a coastal destination like Bodrum. Did you happen to make it to either of those?

We flew into Istanbul, but then traveled down the whole western coast to Izmir. I know we stayed in Canakkale and Bergama, can't think off the top of my head the others. We did see Ephesus; while it wasn't my favorite it was a neat juxtaposition to some other ruins as Ephesus was very crowded with tourists and there are others where we were literally the only people in the ruins of an ancient city which was spooky. We didn't make it down to Bodrum. We flew from Izmir to Goreme and then back to Istanbul for several days.

The think I didn't realize until I started researching the trip was that if you want to see ancient Greece, don't go to Greece. Other than the Parthenon and a few other things it's all destroyed or built over in Greece. In Turkey there are many ancient Greek cities that are just empty buildings, vacant amphitheaters and toppled columns.

Eastern Turkey is very middle eastern. Southwest turkey is very Mediterranean; even though they were still largely muslim they would still sit at an outdoor bar and drink a beer, so obviously not very strict to their faith.

 

[SpartanHawk]

We flew into Istanbul, but then traveled down the whole western coast to Izmir. I know we stayed in Canakkale and Bergama, can't think off the top of my head the others. We did see Ephesus; while it wasn't my favorite it was a neat juxtaposition to some other ruins as Ephesus was very crowded with tourists and there are others where we were literally the only people in the ruins of an ancient city which was spooky. We didn't make it down to Bodrum. We flew from Izmir to Goreme and then back to Istanbul for several days.

The think I didn't realize until I started researching the trip was that if you want to see ancient Greece, don't go to Greece. Other than the Parthenon and a few other things it's all destroyed or built over in Greece. In Turkey there are many ancient Greek cities that are just empty buildings, vacant amphitheaters and toppled columns.

Eastern Turkey is very middle eastern. Southwest turkey is very Mediterranean; even though they were still largely muslim they would still sit at an outdoor bar and drink a beer, so obviously not very strict to their faith.

And if you miss having bacon or sausage for breakfasts in the morning while down along the coast in Izmir or the like since most Turkish places don't serve that (though perhaps times have changed since I was there many years back), take a boat trip over to the Greek island or Rhodes, which isn't too far from Bodrum or other coastal cities in that area, where there's also a lot of great sites there too to visit including places like Valley of the Butterflies, which is a great place to see an explosion of orange monarch butterflies inside a wooded area.

 

[ping72]

And if you miss having bacon or sausage for breakfasts in the morning while down along the coast in Izmir or the like since most Turkish places don't serve that (though perhaps times have changed since I was there many years back), take a boat trip over to the Greek island or Rhodes, which isn't too far from Bodrum or other coastal cities in that area, where there's also a lot of great sites there too to visit including places like Valley of the Butterflies, which is a great place to see an explosion of orange monarch butterflies inside a wooded area.

Why do they use demolitions on butterflies??

 

[SpartanHawk]

Why do they use demolitions on butterflies??

It isn't really an explosion, but looks like an explosion of color if you throw a rock in the middle of a stream where the butterflies are all gathered on trees, etc. around it. They fly up and suddenly there's an "explosion" of color. You have to see it to be able to appreciate it. And in an age where even the Monarch's are being threatened in many places of the world with our encroachment on them environmentally with GMO stuff and through climate change, etc. it is probably something worth seeing now when you still have the chance.