Photo's of Turkey

I realise it is sideways but it is difficult enough using a computer only in Turkish, I cannot figure out what the turkish for rotate image is! ny way this is me in Istanbul on the policemans sedgeway.

I have really enjoyed my time in Turkey. Afterleaving Ephesus we moved along the beautiful Turquiose coast to the resort of Olu Deniz. There I agreed to do a tandem paragliding jump. Paragliding is different from hangliding; handgliding you lay down in a sort of sleeping bag,paragliding you are sat up in a seat. I was taken up to the top of the mountain, 1700 metres high and had to run off the edge. It was so scary at first but luckily I adapted quite well and very soon I was loving every minute of it. We rose with the thermals and at one point I was at 2000m above the ground. I managed to take some pictures, those are my feet you can see at the bottom of the photo.

After the coast we moved inland towards the strange landscape of cappadocia. Here the wind and weather has eroded away at volcanic rock deposits to create very strange rock formations.

As well as walking away I was also able to go up in an hot air balloon. These go up at sunrise because of the weather conditions, so that meant having to get up at 3.45 in the morning. It was worth it though.

I have been dressed in traditional turkish clothing but today I have been measured up for my Iranian clothing. It is called a chadour and it is a headscarf and cloak that comes to my ankles. I need to wear it as we cross the border into Iran. I will be crossing the border tomorrow, it could take us over 8 hours simply to cross so it is going to be a long day. When I am in Iran I am not allowed to use facebook or any blog sites so it will be 3 weeks before I am able to update anything. I will post photos though at the earliest opportunity I get. This afternoon I have been invited to a Kurdish wedding ceremony, so I better go get my party clothes on!