End of Ramadan....finally !

Our next story started right after leaving Ibrahim's family and Ortahisar. Our first plan was to take the direction towards Mediteranian Sea, because nights there are warm and looking for a place to sleep wouldn't have been such a hassle then.

But plans are for making, not for living ...

Sam and John picked us up. A turkish-irish couple, going to visit Sam's mother for the end of the holy month of Ramadan. After getting to know we are open to anything, Sam suddenly said: "You know what, let's go to my village !"

We spent 2 days in an undiscovered part of Kapadokya - a small village of Bahçeli - together wıth Sam, John, super-grandmother and gang of Bahçeli men...














...and boys.




























At some point when getting to know the surroundings of Bahçeli, we had a çay at young shepards' house...















They uncovered us a huge Kapadokyan-style barn for 400 sheep.














Hitch-hiking away from Bahçeli was funny...














The last time when Branko drove any machine was 4 years ago .....in Turkey...:-)

The interesting facts about Turkey and Islam , that we (re)discovered:

1. End of Ramadan for moslim people is like a mixure of Christmas and halloween for western cultures. Big feast for adults and candy-tour from house to house for children.

2. The reason why old moslim people are still so flexible and vital, comes from praying 5 times a day, which is actually combination of concentrated mind and excercises for back and the rest of the body.

3. Moslim people do not eat pork. Why? Because pig is the only domestic animal who eats everything, including its species mates.

4. When mentioning the name "Kadri" turkish people only sneer, because Kadri/Kadir is a male's name here. So during our stay in Turkey, we decided to change Kadri into Kadriye (popular turkish female name). Branko, however, everybody hears for the first time. And so as a old guy from Bahçeli said: "Allah bir, Branko bir!" (There is one God, there is one Branko).