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First day in Turkey - this is the view from the Pasha Palace looking down to the town of Doggybisquit (sounds like that anyhow)
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The Pasha Palace Mosque.
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Anyone seen my Ark?? Mount Arrarat
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6am - campsite cooking breakfast - shortly after we broke camp the truck got stuck in the clay and we had to dig it out and get a lorry to help drag us clear!!
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I was still not completely happy with the Ethnic shirt look.
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Valerie amoungst the rocks. Nuff said!
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Group in Turkey amoungst the rocks. Valarie, Keith, Joanna, Paul and our guide Ozgur.
Rocks shaped like willies. Strange as I have a willy shaped like a rock!
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What Outstanding Beauty. Yep, and you guessed it - the landscape is pretty special too!! Naked amoungst the Rocks of Cappadocia.
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Valley in Cappadocia - Nice eh?
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Dawn, silence apart from the soulful roar of a Turkey in the distance.
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Several Balloons
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Alexander the Great's tomb - oh hang on, sorry just another stunning Ballon shot
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Sunrise over Goreme - as you can see I took a few shots during our ride
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Coca Cola Balloon just after getting rid of some Japanese Ballast
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Hotel near penis shaped rocks - nice pool though
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Ballon ride - stunning scenery - sun rising, this was one of the accompanying balloon full of Japanese Tourists
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Have a Coke and a smile!
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lots of balloons - just after this picture was taken an F15 blew up the one on the left - sadly i was changing my battery at the time so missed out on the Pulitzer prize. Oh well
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Pretty Ballon briefly before they exploded in a firey eireworks display
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A another balloon from above (no really)
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Funny how views like this really made me think "why the effin hell didn't i leave the crappy company i was working for and see some of the world before i die?"
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Stunning scenery over Goreme - Turkey
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The sister balloon on a particularly good sky background
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Safe landing and beer and cake at 7:30am. Joanna, Paul, balloon guy, Valerie, me and Keith.
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Views from Krak - One of the 'best' crusader castles - wasn't overly impressed myself
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Krak - Syria - Mighty Crusader castle on top of hill
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At Krak we were mobbed by 50+ Syrian schoolgirls - sort of know what boy bands go through. Photos, autographs, questions galore - Valerie attempting to rescue me here. Paul and I got caught up for about half an hour until we managed to escape!
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Syrian Truffle Vulture - the Bedouin train them to find guilded truffles, the rarest of all truffles!
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Clock tower in the most famous mosque
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Damascus - most famous mosque in the world apparently - very pretty
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The ninja lined inner sanctum of the most famous mosque
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Dome inside the sanctuary od the most famous mosque
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Courtyard of the most famous Mosque in Damascus - Paul, me and Keith feeling the heat
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Temple of Zeus at Jeresh - this is my attempt at a reconstruction using sand castles - scale may be a little off but quite pleased with it over all
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North theatre at Jeresh - there are 4 tea-toweled gents playing Scotland the brave on bagpipes and drums down the front? Dunno why all a little surreal
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Pillars at a jaunty angle. Corrinthian obviously
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Temple at Jeresh in Jordon
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Figleaves at Jeresh (Keith, me and Paul)- it was suggested we do an 'only leaves' photo but i couldn't find any clover to cover my modesty.
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Damn i am tourist - reading in the Dead Sea 400m below 'sea level'
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Was never able to get an arch like this in freefall!! Almost Mantis position too!! (Ok maybe not)
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