Impressions of Ankara Impressions of Ankara Impressions of Ankara Impressions of Ankara Impressions of Ankara gossips Cybele lion out of time bird-men 20th Century (BCE) pottery pottery - c. 20th century BCE The Goddess Kubaba lion hunt - 9th - 8th century BCE gate lion - 10th - 9th century BCE IMG_0588 Hittite - 1450 - 1200 BCE smug Hittite - 1450 - 1200 BCE from time, into time the drink merchants the last of Turkish wares (for now) Perge unfinished house Impressions of Ankara Impressions of Ankara ... leaps tall busses at a single bound... Turkish countryside Lake Tuz tire, Lake Tuz cow along the roadside concentration painting a container cattle at Lake Tuz the pumpkin wagon wares wares wares wares wares fabric for the tourists patiently waiting for the tourists camel ride, anyone? the lace seller remains of a monastery to avert the evil eye remains of a monastery worn painting, rock church early Christian symbols, rock church worn painting, rock church fairy towers early Christian symbol fairy towers, once inhabited early Christian symbols, rock church hoodoos a small cottage the police station typical terrain map of Cappadocia for tourists rock dwellings sunrise scythe - caravanserai caravanserai - tile inner door detail of inner door old wood in the caravanserai caravanserai door takedown 2 collapse takedown neighbors traffic hazards balloons kiss abandoned buildings ridges the countryside to pop a balloon? morning carved out dwellings Pigeon Valley by night fire waiting for fire passing along knowledge Pigeon Valley wares