MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure.

[nicholsong]

Spectacular, love those volcanic landscapes

But just imagine the sludge were Tam is parked when it rains!

 

[Just smiffy]

Fantastic….

 

[Dutch 68]

We stayed over last night at mëke golu, a dormant volcano , sadly the lake part has been mostly dry since 2015 but its still impressive. This area of Turkey is pretty barren, its the closest to desert they have . We had a nice sunset last night, bit windy this morning but still managed to put the drone up for some photos. Couldn't fly it over the crater as it kept losing signal not sure if it was some kind of interference due to the volcano itself or what as it wasn't that far distance wise and nothing to block the antenna so very strange . View attachment 871626View attachment 871627View attachment 871628View attachment 871629View attachment 871630View attachment 871631View attachment 871632View attachment 871633View attachment 871634View attachment 871635View attachment 871636View attachment 871637View attachment 871638View attachment 871639View attachment 871640View attachment 871641View attachment 871642View attachment 871643View attachment 871644

Exceptional photography Tam

 

[Carol]

Northernraider Tam those are pretty spectacular crater shots. I'm really enjoying my virtual tour with you and the pups.

 

[KiwiKampers]

I had no idea of the scale of that volcano until I spotted your motorhome. That is a spookily barren landscape. Here in NZ, we are more than a little wary of volcanoes after the eruption of White Island that killed 22 people in 2019.

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[Northernraider]

I had no idea of the scale of that volcano until I spotted your motorhome. That is a spookily barren landscape. Here in NZ, we are more than a little wary of volcanoes after the eruption of White Island that killed 22 people in 2019.

Yeah the whole area around there is one big volcano. If you look at the pics you will see there's a few other craters in the background. Interesting place for sure

 

[Northernraider]

When we left the volcano yesterday we drove through a very flat very boring area .....I never knew long straight boring roads like this existed outside of America.... I'd guess we drove between 40 and 50 miles where there was next to nothing. There was a huge snowy mountain in the distance that took nearly an hour to get to

Definitely a lot cooler up here , not sure what elevation we are now from sea level but from the coast we have climbed a lot of hills and don't seem to have went down many. Got out for diesel at one point and it was freezing. We arrived in Aksaray around 2pm , had lunch and a walk around the park that we're parked up in. Came across this wee family , mum and 2 pups. The poor buggers look like they've got mange or something lots of fur missing, possibly the most feral of dogs I've met ...not aggressive as such but not wanting to come near. So I put some food out for them ,puppy food for the babies and ordinary kibble for the mamma, she wouldn't eat while I was close by but she did go get it when I had backed off to the camper.

Big pack of dogs running around the park last night , can hear them barking those morning but can't see them . Hopefully they're friendly enough when we go out for our walk.

Rained a fair bit last night too and forecast shows a bit for today again . We will be heading to selime today to see the cathedral etc. Only about 40 minutes drive away.

 

[jumartoo]

When we packed up work and went on the road in 1998, many of our friends said they wished they could live our lives, but they needed to work for various reasons. Now 25 years later and they've retired, guess just how many of them have taken the chance?

Love the photos of the volcanoes, Tam.

 

[Northernraider]

When we packed up work and went on the road in 1998, many of our friends said they wished they could live our lives, but they needed to work for various reasons. Now 25 years later and they've retired, guess just how many of them have taken the chance?

Love the photos of the volcanoes, Tam.

Yeah it's sad really that people have been socially conditioned to always concentrate on the future that they completely miss the present. Possessions are the ultimate goals these days.

 

[Mikey RV]

Great location Tam and great photos. Love the open road also.

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[Pixies]

So many people will go to Turkey on holiday, but have absolutely no idea of what a varied place it is. Thanks for sharing your trip Tam

 

[Northernraider]

And it's feckin snowing lol. It's been raining all morning we've been soaked twice and now it's snowing big flakes

 

[berni109]

According to ventusky app low pressure system in the black sea with big cold front sweeping across central and eastern turkey.
Fortunately just some intermittent rain showers here in Cyprus and a pleasant 20°

 

[Northernraider]

We arrived in selime this morning, been a shitty day weather wise. I parked in a carpark some clown put on park4night saying it gave a good view of the selime cathedral.... so between rain we ventured out to go see these rock, cave houses and the cathedral ... only to discover afterwards this was not the cathedral or the proper place lol... its further up the road a bit but as the weather's crap I'll visit the proper one tomorrow when it's a bit drier. But may aswel post the pictures of the ones we discovered ..

Very interesting though

 

[Langtoftlad]

Very interesting though

Indeed - including the what and the why... and the when and are they still in use.
Did the weather make it dark outside, your pics look as if the ISO has been pushed up a bit.
The dogs with spikey collars , friendly?

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[Onemanandhisdog]

Those dogs just look sad

 

[Fraggle 22]

Those dogs just look sad

They look just like Anatolian Shepherd Dogs which is about right for the area. Friendly but wary of strangers. Used to protect the flocks

 

[Gina M]

Indeed - including the what and the why... and the when and are they still in use.
Did the weather make it dark outside, your pics look as if the ISO has been pushed up a bit.
The dogs with spikey collars , friendly?

I agree who puts a collar like that on a dog

 

[Northernraider]

Those dogs just look sad

They're kangal shepherd dogs , there were several up round those caves .. stopped us from getting any closer as they were barking and going nuts. I'm guessing there was livestock up there and these dogs will protect them to the death. Had my lot shitting themselves unfortunately. I have to admit they made me kinda nervous too.

 

[Northernraider]

Indeed - including the what and the why... and the when and are they still in use.
Did the weather make it dark outside, your pics look as if the ISO has been pushed up a bit.
The dogs with spikey collars , friendly?

They were houses and churches of early Christians around 500ad , some are still part of houses others just used as storage sheds.

Dogs not that friendly...possibly would have been better if I'd not had mine with me. They're herd guardian's so if there was livestock about they see any dogs as a threat. They mostly just barked loudly ...made no attempt to attack or anything but I didn't want to get too close.


And to give a proper idea of size lol

Certainly one of the biggest dogs I've seen . On all fours they were spine level with my waist and I'm 6ft 3

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[Northernraider]

I agree who puts a collar like that on a dog

They're herd guardian's... the spiked collars are ro stop wolves biting the dogs neck and killing it. They don't harm the dog they protect it.

 

[Northernraider]

They look just like Anatolian Shepherd Dogs which is about right for the area. Friendly but wary of strangers. Used to protect the flocks

Yeah anatolian, kangal. Very similar breeds. A local guy told me they were kangals, there's about a dozen of them in this village .

 

[corconx]

Weird structures altogether. Don’t think I’d be anywhere near those dogs. Like Great Dane size when seen like that guy. Thanks again Tam.

 

[SaandCliffy]

Absolutely beautiful video

 

[SaandCliffy]

We arrived in selime this morning, been a shitty day weather wise. I parked in a carpark some clown put on park4night saying it gave a good view of the selime cathedral.... so between rain we ventured out to go see these rock, cave houses and the cathedral ... only to discover afterwards this was not the cathedral or the proper place lol... its further up the road a bit but as the weather's crap I'll visit the proper one tomorrow when it's a bit drier. But may aswel post the pictures of the ones we discovered .. View attachment 872055View attachment 872056View attachment 872057View attachment 872058View attachment 872059View attachment 872060View attachment 872061View attachment 872062View attachment 872063View attachment 872064View attachment 872065View attachment 872066View attachment 872067View attachment 872068View attachment 872069View attachment 872070View attachment 872071View attachment 872072View attachment 872073View attachment 872074

Very interesting though

Can’t wait to see the correct place as those cave houses are beautiful, so nice some are still occupied. Couldn’t say that about new UK ones in 100 years never mind thousands lol
I saw big shepherd dogs like that in rural Portugal

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[Northernraider]

Mum and pup for breakfast this morning. She was a big sweetheart but she nearly never got breakfast for attacking blu and pinning her ti the ground. But I took pity on her. The pup was cute

 

[Northernraider]

I then went in to visit the rock cathedral and monestary, I'm a little pissed off as I got charged €15 to go in yet I discovered later you can just walk in from the other side with no charge like the 2 French and 1 German motorhomers did... so 6 of them in for free and I got screwed for 15 euro lol. That'll no be happening again.

Anyway it's an amazing structure ... must have taken them years to carve all that out ...there are rooms all the way up to the top of the cliff.

And the selime sultan tomb across the street that the town is named after

 

[mikebeaches]

Sounds as though you were stitched up there Tam - but the pics are great! Looks like a remarkable place.

 

[teddybear]

I bet they will be boasting for years about getting a Scotsman to part with his money

 

[Bramidan]

Probably erect a monument to record the event!

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