Day 15 : Helvadere to Yaprakhisar
With 6 °C outside, I stayed a bit longer in mij sleeping bag, listening to the noises of the awakening village. Today I made a short tour in order to go easy on my knee. Temperatures are pretty low right now, only 13°C during the day and 5°C at night. But clear blue sky. That means hotel, no tent tonight. It'll get warmer by the end of the week. I found a quite chique hotel for peanuts. Because I bargained the price 30% down. It's low season, everything seems quite deserted, people are preparing and renovating... which makes it easy to haggle 😉. This area is the beginning of Cappadocia. Selime monastery is the largest religious cave complex in Cappadocia. All the structures were cut directly into the volcanic tuff. It was built in the 900s and is located at one end of the Ilhara Valley. Two things I visited after checking in. Luckily it was no problem at all to check in at 1pm. The Selime monastery: Then I asked one of the security guys whether it ...