~ 10 days in Turki (Pt.7) ~

- 6th day -

 

we woke up early, showered and get ready because it's d day to go for our hot air balloon ride. yeayyyy!!! yeay sbb nk naik hot air balloon, tp mndi pukul 4pg mcm nk nanges. sejuknyeeee!!! =( at 5am, the van from the hot air balloon operator fetched us from our hotel. they provided breakfast for us (sandwich), which is to me a good start to ensure that everyone hv enough energy during the ride. as for me, a breakfast person, I can never say no to the sandwich =)

 

we had to wake up as early as 4am and leave the hotel at 5am because d plan is to see d sun rises while riding the balloon. the fees is USD200 per person & it's worth it. d view from up there Subhanallah, soooooo beautiful, priceless...lagi2 ms tepat2 matahari tgh nk naik.

 

~ preparing for the ride. this is quite cold, ya ~

view from up there

 

 

we were up there for about 45 minutes and landed safely with big smile on our face. i hv frens who have fear of heights but never want to stop themselves from having this amazing experience. so i think everyone who went for the balloon ride with me would agree that we had great time together.

 

~ our happy faces. yippieeeee!!! ~

 

once landed, it's time for a small celebration. d organizer provided some refreshment for us - juice and cookies. and then, it's time for the certificate giving ceremony, yeayyy! yes, u'll get a certificate for being able to (overcome ur fear and) ride the hot air balloon. and that's another big smile on d face, hahaha.

 

 

we went back to d hotel, had our breakfast, packed our things and checked out from d hotel (again). d next stop... okay, i can't recall d name of d place where we stopped for photo taking, but it's still in Cappadocia. it's d place where d different shapes and sizes of stones are around us (as what we saw fr up there while riding d balloon). as i mentioned in d previous entry, d shapes and sizes of the stones show how great d power of Allah is. this is something that makes me reaffirm my belief that there's no greater power than Him.

 

 

next, we went to d carpet factory where they showed us how carpets are made. we listened to very detail explanation on how d threads are made, how colours are given for d threads, how they get d thread from ulat sutera, sampai la kpd siap satu carpet. to get d colours, sometimes they use kulit bawang (utk dpt colour light red), pomegranate (utk dpt deep red), & various other techniques and sources 2get d right colour. ada tu yg d natural colour from d sheep skin itself (ni utk wool la). finally, it's time to shop, hahaha. there were many sales rep to accompany us. we just had to request for help, informed them of our budget, negotiate (jgn lupa ni) & beli.... kalau nk tgk2 je pn no problem, takde kena byr pn kalo jst nk tgk, ngehehehe.

 

 

for lunch, we went to a restaurant that's emmm... in a cave. yepppp! it's in a cave. d name of d restaurant - Uranos & Sarikaya. it has beautiful interior & is actually big & d ceiling is high. basically xkn buat rs claustrophobic. dh nma pn restaurant kaaaan, xkn la nk sempit kot. toilet pn cantik. mmg dlm gua, tp cantik, hehehe.

 

~ interior kt dinding... Mevlana, Mevlana ~

 

~ our food selections - chicken, beef or fish ~

 

we continued after lunch to Salt Lake, another tourist attraction. u'll find souvenir shops as well as salt lake products' shop here. I'm not too sure about the souvenirs, but as for the salt lake products, those are fixed price.

 

 

it's quite cold at this place, actually (*ke, i je yg mmg sejuk allllllll d time?). i made a mistake of getting myself Cornetto, sbb teringin nk mkn smthg (feeling2 cm cool je kalo dpt mkn icecream kt negara sejuk). lpstu mulut cm nk beku sbb jd double  sejuk. nsb baik de kedai jual drinks, so mengorder la hot chocolate kt kedai tu. hahahah...pengajarannye - jgn rs cool mkn icecream kt tmpt sejuk (*blush, blush*).

 

that was our last stop for the day, before we headed to our hotel at Ankara. by d time we reached Ankara, it was already night. we had an early start on that day (bgn kul 4am sbb nk naik hot air balloon), so a very good night sleep was what we needed. but others had plan to go out to nearby places before we leave d hotel d next morning to our next destination. well, as for me, tidur adalah lbh diutamakan, so tidak la mengikut mereka2 berjln2, even though it's still early.

 

~ it's obvious that i need my sleep, hahaha ~

 

d next day, ....... hehehehe... i'll continue in d next entry.