İhlara Vadisi'de: In the Ihlara Gorge

As part of a tour, we hiked 3km through the Ihlara Gorge. "Hike," in this case, meant climbing down a few hundred stairs to the bottom and then walking a gentle path to a restaurant... the point was to enjoy the view. The guide, Arı, was very friendly and spoke Turkish with Alex and me along the way. She is a state employee with a tour guide license for any part of the country. She's been working in this area for 5 years, though, because her parents won't give permission to work elsewhere. She leads the same tour seven days a week. She knew her turf!