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Welcome2goreme.com shares the love for the central Anatolian region of Cappadocia in the heart of Turkey. Welcome to Goreme is the first independent portal with travel information for travelers by travellers. Lots of detailed travel information and dynamic images on Cappadocia with its fairy chimney landscapes. We inform you about outdoor activities like trekking on hiking trails through Goreme National Park and snowshoeing in the valleys or hot air ballooning. travel photography of Cappadocia and information of destinations and villages like cavusin, Uchisar, Goreme, Ortahisar, Ibrahimpasa, Urgup, and many others.Check out our recommendations for accomodation in Cappadocia and especially the cave hotels and pensions.

<a href="http://Welcome2goreme.com">Welcome2goreme.com</a> shares the love for the

<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/places-of-interest/the-valleys-in-cappadocia-turkey">central Anatolian region of Cappadocia</a> in the heart of Turkey.
<a href="http://Welcome2goreme.com">Welcome to Goreme</a> is the first independent portal with travel information for travelers by travellers. Lots of detailed travel information and dynamic images on
<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/places-of-interest/the-valleys-in-cappadocia-turkey">Cappadocia with its fairy chimney landscapes.</a> We inform you about
<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/places-of-interest/the-valleys-in-cappadocia-turkey/ihlara-valley-the-deepest-in-anatolia-turkey">outdoor activities<a> like
<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/activities-ballooning-biking-hiking-touring-snowshoeing-in-cappadocia-turkey/hiking">trekking on hiking trails through Goreme National Park</a> and
<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/winter">snowshoeing in the valleys</a> or

<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/activities-ballooning-biking-hiking-touring-snowshoeing-in-cappadocia-turkey/ballooning">hot air ballooning.</a>
<a href="http://www.photoshelter.com/c/adventure4ever/search?I_DSC=cappadocia&I_USER_ID=U0000c9dYXn9dWPI&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=search" target="new" >travel photography of Cappadocia<a> and
<a href="http://Welcome2goreme.com">information of destinations</a> and
<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/places-of-interest/historical-villages-of-cappadocia">villages</a> like
<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/places-of-interest/historical-villages-of-cappadocia/cavusin-village-in-cappadocia-turkey">cavusin</a>,
<a hraf="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/places-of-interest/historical-villages-of-cappadocia/the-village-of-uchisar-cappadocia-turkey">Uchisar</a>,
<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/places-of-interest/historical-villages-of-cappadocia/the-village-of-goreme-in-cappadocia-turkey">Goreme</a>,

<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/places-of-interest/historical-villages-of-cappadocia/the-village-of-ortahisar-cappadocia-turkey">Ortahisar</a>, Ibrahimpasa, Urgup, and many others.Check out our recommendations for
<a href="http://welcome2goreme.com/c/living-in-a-rock">accomodation in Cappadocia and especially the cave hotels and pensions</a>.

Well my ear is well and truly buggered, but I will be buggered if I am going to pass on a dive with a dolphin. So I brave the stinging salt water that runs into my throat while I pass the 10 meter mark. The dive is not much deeper and a perforation of the eardrum does not actually suffer from the dive, because there is no imbalance of the pressure. Anyway I am sure it is not recommended, but so far… 10 days later when I write this I have no earpain.

The instructions from Gearge the Dolphin trainer of the Dolphin Academy are clear: let her Annie, the dolphin come to you, and don’t start reaching out right away. If you stick to that, she will hang around.

And hanging around she did. For a full 30 minutes she races over the reef like a dog of his leash, to come back to us and play for a while. Soon Annie becomes cuddely with most of the divers, interacting with most of us.

I can immagine how much swimming with a dolphin must mean for autistic children, because by the time I surface I almost feel sane again .  Although Anne Marie of Habitat seems to think I should go for 2 more sessions , to even come close to sanity.

Even though Annie was captured in the wild in Central America, she was trained in a record 6 weeks and goes out to open sea regularly, without wanting to disappear. Dolphins are very intelligent underwater mammals, so I guess if she wanted to get away, she would have done it a long time ago. In the meantime she has convinced me that she is having a good time playing around with landbased mammals of a dive. After diving with an Elephant this is the next best thing I have experiences and I am glad that I decided to withstand the ear trauma.

Annie comes to Jillian for a cuddle

This morning TV brought the first images of the devastating powerful earthquake in Italy’s Abruzzo mountains. Epi centre is the town of l’Aquila where Jillian and I spent a full week covering the regions beauty for Dutch travel magazines. The main story was just about to go to press, but developments in the coming hours as the news breaks, will tell us about the state of the emergency situation there. There are no reports at this time about the destruction of other villages that litter the mountains.

The City of l'Aquila in the Abruzzo of Italy before the Earthquake

The Piazza del Duomo, before the Earthquake struck l'Aquila in the Abruzzo Mountains of Italy

200 Kilometers south of l’Aquila we visited Pasetta, a colourful mountain man who is the grandson of the last wolfhunter of the Abruzzo. Based in the medieval village of Barrea he runs a camping La Genziana. When we called him this morning to check after his health he answered: “Everything is OK here, there is no damage in Barrea. I was doing a pipi this morning when the tremour started, It is not uncommon so I went back to bed.”

Pasetta, grandson of the last wolf hunter of the Abruzzo mountains in Italy

I was just browsing through my archive to research some pictures for a magazine publication, and came across this picture from the Egyptian Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey. The bazaar is known for its oriental spices and pastries and sweets. What less people know, is that it also offers a very succesful Natural Viagra! I guess the salesperson is the best advertisement for the product

At the time of taking pictures, I had to smile about the Viagra sign, as all they sell is a jar stuffed to the brim with nuts and honey, according to the Turks a major aphrodisiac. As my eyes panned to the right I suddenly bcame aware of the big belly and a picture was born. Stealthilly I focussed my wide angle on the honey and the unsuspecting woman became the crown on the picture. I think I am slowly discovering the secret behind the large families, some of whom have up to 12 kids.

Istanbul is a vibrant city and I can recommend anyone to come and see it. Check out all the images in this photo gallery of Istanbul, Turkey