Day 11 : Konya
A day without cycling. Konya has the reputation of being a very religious city. It's famous for its whirling dervishes (I met these guys at the museum 🙃). The dervish lodge (or Sufi or Mevlana lodge) is an ancient order, founded in the 13th century by followers of Rumi. Rumi was a mystic poet and philosopher in the Muslim world. The dervishes are rather spiritual and known for tolerance and peace. The dervish dance is a ceremony of meditation and getting into trance. At the Mevlana Museum, the tomb of Rumi, located under the turquoise dome, can be visited. It's a place of pilgrimage for many muslims. Typical for the sarcophagi here: the turban on top of it! On the way to the hamam, it was time for the call of the muezzin for the Friday prayer, which is around noon. Most men hurried to the mosque, their prayer rug under the arm. An older man rushed on his bike to the mosque. He hastily locked his bike and limped up th...