Touring Turkey Style

Well we have arrived in Goreme in Central Anatolia province, just about the middle of the country. We took an overnight bus from Istanbul to Goreme. It took 12 hrs from hostel to hostel. The journey went like this...

We were told to go to a travel agency around the corner from our hostel to get picked up and shuttle bussed to the main station. We completed this step no problem! Our bus however did not. It was about a half hour late and finally someone met the guy at the travel agency and took us down the road to another travel agency where we waited for our bus supposedly, No bus cam and our new found coordinator just kep arriving with more people until it was about 20 of us all geared up and going nowhere fast. Finally our bus picked us up and it was already half full. We all managed to pile on, squished like sardines, and half of us were told we were to get off at the sea for our bus. The other half, which included the three best friends that ever were, were told to continue on to the bus stop. When we got to the sea this was not to happen, our bus driver herded us all off and left us in a random parking lot with a bus and some guys on cell phones. So there we were having one direction to follow and we had failed! Despite the doubt our bus returned with still more people and we got back on to continue to the main terminal. This took another half hour and then we managed to get our seats on our bus. Catherine and I sat together and Sas sat with Jam a super chill dude from Calgary who was on the same leg. The bus ride was surprisingly pleasant and painless...but alas another transfer. We arrived in Nevsehir and had to board our final bus to our final destination, which actually wasn't quite our final destination. We transferred and low and behold there is everyone that rode the bus that left from the sea. we arrived in Goreme and half gotoff but again the three best friends continued on. We arrived 10 mins down the road at a place called Urgup where we were met by a guy on a cell phone who took us to his travel agency and then drove us in his car back to Goreme and our hostel.

All that done Goreme is amazing and the hostel is the best yet. Ourtour was fantastic today and we have done some hiking on our own. Weare alllooking forward to Turkish culture night tonight!