Cappadocia –Ankara (Day 7)

One of the famous features in Cappadocia is hot air balloon. We did not take hot air balloon because it was too expensive (at least to us), USD200 per pax.


The journey from Cappadocia to Ankara took about 6 hours. On the way, we stopped by Tuz Lake or Salt Lake, the second largest lake in Turkey.



The saline lake very shallow, only within 0.5-1.0meter most of the year. The lake has no outlet and few surface streams feed into it. The lake was so big that I can’t see the edge.



Ataturk Mausoleum
The only tourist spot we visited in Ankara was Ataturk Mausoleum, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of Turkish War of Independence -the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey. There was also a museum displayed Ataturk’s personal items, his wardrobe, and some of the gifts presented to him are on display in this museum. Ataturk's medals, decorations and some personal items donated to the museum by his adopted children are also exhibited in the museum. We are not allowed to take photo in the museum. His pictures and statues can be easily seen in Turkey.