Cappadocia: Capital of weird

Hot air balloons over Cappadocia. Weird landscapes, hot air balloons and a complicated history make Cappadocia in Turkey something a little bit special. The call to prayer shoots down the Ihlara Valley like water from a newly-breached dam. For a few seconds it soaks into every gap the scene can spare; clambering up the escarpment, pushing beneath the smooth rock overhangs and floating along the new channels cut by the uncharacteristically flooded river.