Thanks everybody, I am glad that you like the photos... well it was not
difficult to take good photos of such a wonderful place.
Just to explain: I was stationed at Incirlik AB from Feb to Jun 2000 as
the Deputy Air Component Commander (DCFACC) for Op Northern Watch.
Although I do not like being separated from my wife and family, it was
an ideal opportunity to take a couple of OMs and as many lenses as the
RAF would carry for me <g> to a country that I had never visited, but
whose scenery I anticipated would be beautiful.
I was not disappointed: we used to have the main brief for the day's
flying at or before sunrise and the snow-covered mountains to the
North, West and East of the Plain of Adana were normally bathed in a
sunrise glow as I exited what was normally a tense and difficult brief
(if I was in charge that day). I normally had about 1 hour before
anyone would start needing monitoring so there was time to watch in awe
at the wonderful scenery about 50 miles away.
In March, the Feast of Sacrifice prompted the Turks to ban flying for
some days so 4 of us headed off to Cappadocia. The plateau to the
North, past the mountains, was covered with snow and was like the
steppes of Russia - desolate, bleak, cold and completely strange to my
previous experience (perhaps similar to the Shemiran Mountains in
Iran). The first photo, of the tree and Mt Erciyes was taken once we
had passed a few hamlets.
We visited several sites of troglodyte dwellings, including an
underground one. I could almost imagine living in some of the
villages. The one at Goreme (or Nevesehir, I forget) contained a
monastery built-in to the side of the valley. The hill at Uchisar
(Kale Uchisar) was like a fortress in some futuristic Hollywood
production, but it is crumbling and the steps are dangerous, so get
there soon and be careful ...
Marc, the roads through Turkey are particularly romantic as they are
ancient routes from West to East. You might almost say that we are all
descended from there in some way or another.
Chris
On Tuesday, Mar 18, 2003, at 21:06 Europe/London, ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
In <FA3EA179-5939-11D7-9AC4-003065F568DC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 03/18/03
at 12:05 PM, Chris Barker <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
http://homepage.mac.com/zuiko/PhotoAlbum6.html
Fascinating stuff...some of the places are exotic enough to star in a
Steven Spielberg movie!
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