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Monday, September 04, 2006

Travel | History's just a Turkish delight


"History's just a Turkish delight

By Ruth Youngblood
Article from: escape

GLIDING over Turkey's 'fairy chimneys' in a hot-air balloon leaves visitors overwhelmed by an extraordinary array of volcanic creations shaped over millions of years.

'I never tire of this,' said Cihangiroglu Havacilik as he deftly manoeuvres the 24m-tall balloon with its passenger-packed basket over and between the conical, pointed, mushroom-shaped and pillar- like formations in the Goreme Valley."

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