Love Valley

08/08/2025

Poop. Not pigeons this time, but poor J. So we’ve stayed put pretty much. We did manage a short walk into Love Valley.

Cavusin and Rose Valley

09/08

An easy day with J feeling weak so a short drive to Cavusin. Bit off put by all the quad bikes at the approach, but the village is lovely.

Walked Rose Valley first whilst J had some energy and before it got hot.

Cavusin was another rock cave village but big rock fall destroyed much of it. The way the remaining rock is so narrow, it does look like a case of over caving. Now, it is another construction site with many of the ruins being turned into hotels. Seems to be done sympathetically. The guide book was anti the development, but it was a habitation long before the guide book was published.

We walked up to the old castle and St John the Baptist church, with great views.

Having now exhausted poor J, we returned to our previous nights park up to ‘admire’ all the quad bikes going past.

Balloons and Avanos

10/08

J woke up still not right. But look what I woke up to. Certainly over 100. And so peaceful. Other than the amount of traffic queuing below us and people viewing the balloons, literally beside our van. I asked one lady why the traffic was so heavy … balloons. We have noticed with the concerts, that Turks just don’t give themselves enough time to beat the traffic.

We moved to Avanos after lunch. I like it a lot. Big park. Wide river with gondolas. A pottery town.

With a bizarre hair museum. Last time I saw hair in a museum was at Auschwitz. But here locks of hair are given voluntarily. Stuck to small cards with a few personal details and then drawing pinned to walls and ceilings in 3 rock chambers. Free but no photos allowed. Love a bit of the bizarre.

So we’ve stayed put in the car park watching the locals all come out for the evening. And we can hear live music again.