Today was Judi's 21st birthday so we had booked a balloon flight (mine was for my birthday next week). The flight started at dawn, so we were up at 4:30 am for a transfer to the balloon company's office. This was a restaurant 5 miles away where we all had breakfast (Ken moaning he could have had another hour in bed). Suddenly we were all off, piled into a minibus and drove back towards our hotel and then into a field where the balloon was being inflated. W...

We had a relatively easy journey to start the day - 9:15 taxi then a 3 ½ hour bus ride to Cappadocia. It was quick and problem free and we were in our hotel in Goreme just after lunch. We have 4 days here and so we used Mustafa the hotel owner to help us plan our time here. After this, we set off to have a look round Goreme. Goreme is a small village with volcanic rocks everywhere - known locally as fairy chimneys. It is an amazing, unique landscape. ...