Turkey´s terrain, people, history make colorful trip
(WorldNews Turkey)

I´ve either been pixie dusted or turned into Barney Rubble. Everywhere I look, towering rock `fairy chimneys` dot Turkey´s fantastical wonderland of Cappadocia. I´ll also explore mystical age-old cave churches, sleep in a `cave hotel` that entombs guests and wine, and scoot-duck-gasp my way through a spooky ancient underground city, one of dozens burrowed here. And wait until I dreamily float over it all in an Oz-like flame-breathing balloon. `A prince fell in love with this beautiful fairy,` begins my guide, launching into a tangled tale meant to explain this sprawling surrealscape. The truth is, over millions of years, Mother Nature eroded soft volcanic tuff into majestic `fairy chimneys`...