12 August 2019
Orux map screenshot:BLUE line is the planned route
RED line is the actual route we drove
But before we leave our camp, Hosain has to clean the car from tar rests, that are spread on the sides of BlueBird while driving over a freshly asphalted street the day before.
Yesterday we only enjoyed the nature around Lake Emra, so today we will visit the historical attractions around the lake, starting with "Emre Lodge", an Ottoman artifact from 18th century, which is under renovation. Some covered bodies, not very impressive...
... but with a nice view
"Aslankaya" the lions rock, the most important rock monument of phrygian art in the south area dates back to 7th century B.C.
Not far away on the opposite side of Lake Emra are cave dwellings, graves and a cave church from phrygian and byzantine times.
After driving around Emra lake on some dust roads with fine sand from the tuff rocks, our BlueBird needs a really good shower.
Through the natural park and small undeveloped villages we are slowly driving to reach Ayazini with its cave town "Metropolis".
Shepherds
The shepherds dog with spike collar sleeping guarded by the goats
Poor village....
.... expensive machines
Old graveyard
Metropolis from Roman and Byzantine times is build into tuff rocks. The carved Basilica was the center of the Byzantine time in this region, build around 1000.B.C.
We have a relaxing lunch under the shady trees, surrounded by rock settlements
The Turkish people we meet are very helpful and friendly, specially in the villages. It seems to be unusual that a camper with Austrian plate number drives around in small villages, so they often stop their cars to ask if we need some help. A farmer woman gives us both a handful of fresh picked cucumbers as a present... delicious. Several men in Ayazini village come to our car, welcome us "Marhaba" and wish us a happy feast "Eid bayram". Till now we didn't see anyone being unfriendly.
The way to the Avdalaz Castle is slightly tight.
Avdalaz Castle is carved into a huge tuff rock.
There we meet Edrin, a friendly young man from Adana. He is slightly disabled and can't climb up the steep fortress, so he starts a conversation with Hosain in German and English. Accompanied by his mother and father he is spending his holidays in this area. He is very proud to translate for his parents.
Somewhere after Iscehisar we find a place to camp over night beside a field., where Tara can run free.
Very nice and clean, but in the late evening I get really scared, because I hear not far away someone chopping wood or something similar. The next day we find out it must have been the shepherd who spent the night with his animals near us.
We have a relaxing lunch under the shady trees, surrounded by rock settlements
The Turkish people we meet are very helpful and friendly, specially in the villages. It seems to be unusual that a camper with Austrian plate number drives around in small villages, so they often stop their cars to ask if we need some help. A farmer woman gives us both a handful of fresh picked cucumbers as a present... delicious. Several men in Ayazini village come to our car, welcome us "Marhaba" and wish us a happy feast "Eid bayram". Till now we didn't see anyone being unfriendly.
The way to the Avdalaz Castle is slightly tight.
Avdalaz Castle is carved into a huge tuff rock.
There we meet Edrin, a friendly young man from Adana. He is slightly disabled and can't climb up the steep fortress, so he starts a conversation with Hosain in German and English. Accompanied by his mother and father he is spending his holidays in this area. He is very proud to translate for his parents.
Somewhere after Iscehisar we find a place to camp over night beside a field., where Tara can run free.
Very nice and clean, but in the late evening I get really scared, because I hear not far away someone chopping wood or something similar. The next day we find out it must have been the shepherd who spent the night with his animals near us.
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