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In a chilling winter night, at this remote 800 year-old caravanserai near Avanos, we watched the ritual or ceremoney of Mevlana’s whirling dervishes. (Mevlana’s teaching) This photo of the caravanserai was taken at about 10pm-11pm, after the ceremony. It was a cold and serene night of early winter. I watched with deep respect to the ritual.

Watching sun rise in a hot air balloon at Kapadokya (Cappadocia) in a shivery winter’s dawn. There were few other hot air balloons in the sky. This photo was taken in the hot air balloon while floating in the sky. Ryan, our six year old son, was with us in the hot air balloon.

Looking down to this beautiful landscape of Kapadokya from the hot air balloon.

Early winter or late autumn of The Virgin Mary Church at Ephesus. It was a beautiful season at this holy, quiet and picturesque place. Yellow leaves fell from the trees when the breeze passed by.

One of my most unforgettable experience of the trip is at Canakkale, a sea side city and a university city (language centre) of Turkey. We strolled at the esplanade beside the harbour, stopped and had coffee at cafe, talked to the locals and university students, etc. We met a Turkey old gentlement (who I think is Santa Clause). Canakkale is situated right beside Troy or Truva. The wooden horse you see in this photo is the wooden horse appeared in Brad Pitt’s movie, Troy.

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