Travelogue: 星月紅白藍之旅 Day 12 CAPPADOCIA(GOREME)

2009年7月25日星期六

星月紅白藍之旅 Day 12 CAPPADOCIA(GOREME)

終於來到了，傳聞中在NEVSEHIR會有人上車來欺騙客人下車，然後扼錢之類，我們坐的係METRO，講得好清楚去GOREME，各國的TOURISTS 都在看戲，點知有一班KOREAN的BACKPACKERS 跟著他們下車，最奇的是，另一位KOREAN 的同胞卻不聞不問，為什麼﹖

幸好，那班曾迷途的KOREAN都回來了，太好了。那些騙子在車上叫這裡是CAPPADOCIA，鬼唔知咩，CAPPADOCIA (又名KAPPODOKYA)好大，人人都想去GOREME，你地D土黑道不要再欺騙人了，全世界都知你地是壞人，不過，土耳其旅遊局又做過D咩呢... 唔知呀.. POLIS 都唔識英文既.. 點會理你呀...
我們坐了一夜，又沒有訂住，只好希望在INFORMATION CENTRE中找，我們找了是非多多的COCO CAVE，是非我不太會講(其實同一個英國人講過，是第一次以英文說那麼詳細的是非吧。)，自己找找就知，有部份內容是一個當地人同得講的。

一睡到下午一時，去吃飯，昨一天一夜實在是累爆了。

去吃飯，真係有飯呀....好掛住你的味道呢。我是中國南方人，唔係食飽大既。

Cappadocia is the common name of the plains and mountainous region of eastern central Anatolia around the upper and middle reaches of the river Kizilirmak. It's name is said to be derived from Hittite language, Katpatuka, which means land of the beautiful horses. http://worldsnaturalwonders.com/2008/09/rock-formation-of-cappadocia.html

The interesting rock formations, known as "fairy chimneys", have been formed as the result of the erosion of this tufa layer, sculpted by wind and flood water, running down on the slopes of the valleys. Water has found its way through the valleys creating cracks and ruptures in the hard rock. The softer, easily erodable material underneath has been gradually swept away receding the slopes and in this way, conical formations protected with basalt caps have been created.

The fairy chimneys with caps, mainly found in the vicinity of Urgup, have a conical shaped body and a boulder on top of it. The cone is constructed from tufa and volcanic ash, while the cap is of hard, more resistant rock such as lahar or ignimbrite. Various types of fairy chimneys are found in Cappadocia. Among these are those with caps, cones, mushroom like forms, columns and pointed rocks.
Fairy chimneys are generally found in the valleys of the Uchisar- Ürgüp-Avanos triangle, between Urgup and Sahinefendi, around the town of Cat in Nevsehir, in the Sogani valley in Kayseri, and in the village of Selime in Aksaray.

Erciyes, Hasandagi and Golludag were active volcanoes in the geological periods. Alongside with many other volcanoes, eruptions of these volcanoes started in the Early Miocene (10 million years ago) and have continued until the present day.

The lava produced by these volcanoes, under the Neogene lakes, formed a layer of tufa on the plateaus, which varied in hardness and was between 100 and 150m thick. Other substances in the layer are ignimbrite, soft tufa, tufa, lahar, ash, clay, sandstone, marn, basalt and other agglomerates.
Plateaus, having been essentially shaped with the lava from the bigger volcanoes, were continuously altered with the eruptions of smaller volcanoes. Starting in the Early Pliocene Period, the rivers in the area, especially Kizilirmak (the Red River), and local lakes contributed to the erosion of this layer of tufa stone, eventually giving the area its present day shape.

Fascinating Curves
Another characteristic feature of the area is the sweeping curves on the sides of the valleys, formed by rainwater. The array of colors seen on some of the valleys is due to the difference in heat of the lava layers. Such patterns can be seen in Uchisar, Cavusin/ Güllüdere, Goreme/ Meskendir, Ortahisar/Kizilçukur and Pancarlik valleys. http://www.cappadociaonline.com/nature.html

世界十大被埋沒的奇跡

第十名：土耳其卡帕多西亞的“精靈煙囟”(Fairy Chimneys)

那些對侵蝕效應恨之入骨的人最好到土耳其的卡帕多西亞地區看一看：當地被慢慢風化的岩石造就了世界上獨一無二的旅遊奇觀。
所謂的卡帕多西亞“精靈煙囟”實際上是一些特大號的圓錐形岩層，

鬆軟的岩石酷似錐形的尖塔，尖塔頂端被大自然賦予了一塊更加鬆軟的玄武岩　“帽子”。但你不要因此誤解，因為這個鬆軟的岩石實際上是典型的火山灰產物。

“精靈煙囟”的魅力不僅在於它們生殖器般的長相，更為吸引人的是，經過無數次的風雨沖洗，偉大的自然建築師已將它們打造成適於居住的天然公寓。
有興趣的旅遊者可以下榻　“精靈煙囟”　客棧——一支由窯洞組成的　“複合建築”，不要小看了這個“複合建築”，它們曾經是拜佔庭帝國修道院的酒榨場所。

http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=3476564&extra=page%3D19

去了四圍逛

唔小心，走進一個農夫的家，要提高警覺，他在田中拔了兩條青瓜給我們吃。這是他的家，他一定要我地入去，他不懂英文，記住，不要隨便入別人的家。當時四野無人，其實真的不該入去玩，他仲問我地飲唔飲茶，我地影完相就撇，但很多謝他，因為他真的很友善，又對亞洲人很是好奇....大概是好人吧.. 不太確定，或者，他覺得他的家美到不行，想我地去睇。有齊CAVE ROOM，TURKISH LIGHTS，有CARPETS，有CAY 茶...仲有好客之道... 老實說，土耳其人很NICE，很有人情味... 香港人可能只對動物有「狗情味」...香港人一定要有「人情味」呀....