カッパドキアでヒッチハイク＆キャンプ！クレイジーな冒険！[S2E2]

カッパドキアでヒッチハイク＆キャンプ！クレイジーな冒険！[S2E2]

I’m hitchhiking from Portugal to Australia. I’m 
feeling super sick. I’m kind of dying. One month ago, I left Portugal with less than €2,000 and the 
goal of reaching Australia without flying. We need to find another host for the last night here in 
Antalya. It’s almost 18:00. The car broke down, we need to stop. After crossing Europe, I 
hitchhiked to the south of Turkey to meet with my sister. We have a whole apartment for 
ourselves. Our sign flew. In today’s episode, we spend a few days in the city 
of Antalya, before making our way  to Cappadocia. Guys. It was like 2 minutes more. Türkiye, I love you. How is the minibus? Perfect. Not 
crowded at all. No. Antalya is a city in the south of Turkey 
that attracts many tourists. It is a somewhat international city where 
you can sit by the Mediterranean Sea while  looking at beautiful mountains. Thank you. These 
are very nice. Yeah. Yeah. They are good. So, this is a waterfall, but there’s also a cave. Echo. Since we both needed to work on our computers, we ended up staying 5 days in this region. I had sent a few messages for a  volunteering opportunity in the north of Türkiye, but I didn’t get any answer. So now I’m starting So now I’m starting to send some to Georgia. We also had a lot of time to catch up with each other and our host, visit a bit the city and, of course… Where 
are we going? to the Calisthenics park! Unfortunately, these days were not so easy for me. So, today I’m just staying at home and mainly editing. But to be honest, guys, 
I’m feeling super sick. I’m kind of dying. Someone send help. Me and my sister differ quite 
a lot in some aspects. I’m basically a mess most of the time, while she is pretty organized, but we 
have very similar interests and always have a lot of fun together. What is this, Ina? Our homemade 
hummus. She made it look like it’s a cake. Guys, it’s hummus. Hey! It looks like a cake? Yes. So, our host just confirmed that if a tree, if a branch is  outside of private property, then we can take it. So we are going on a mission. Wherever I  am in the world, I do my best to pick up my own fruit instead of buying it. Not only does it save me a good amount of money but they usually also taste way better. It’s terrible. Guys, do you hear this? This is like the fridge 
of our host. Like every few hours or so, it goes like this for a few minutes. And 
my sister is really not happy about it. Really, if this thing starts during my 
meeting…I swear I’m gonna go crazy. We just have to learn how to enjoy the 
beat. Then it’s it’s okay. Sure… Our host Cemal was having an Airbnb guest and could only host us for three nights so we needed a place to stay for the last 
two. Our plan was to camp at the beach on the first one and get a host for the 
last night to start hitchhiking early. Yes. Hi Carolina, it would be nice to host you. I have a big sofa in living room. It could be open in double bed. You can sleep down. Okay. So, we have a host for the last night here in Antalia. Nice, we are not homeless. Five hours later… So, our host just cancelled last minute. Uh, we were going to He cancelled. I was late. Exactly. No, I got 
a bit late and then he wasn’t home anymore, so he couldn’t host us. But we were just going to 
leave our things there and then camp at the beach and then stay the night afterwards. Uh, but yeah, 
now we need to find another host for the last night here in Antalya. It’s almost 6:00. Luckily, 
the guest that Cemal was supposed to have ended up postponing for one day and he said we could stay 
one more night. So, we changed our plans a bit and decided to camp on the last night instead. 
And now, where are we going, Ina? To the beach. [Music] Guys, the vibe of this city is so amazing. Like, 
particularly here at the beach. It’s like half past 8. There’s still like a bunch of people working 
out and a lot of people outside. And like, I don’t know, it just says life. The original plan 
was to make a fire and chill by the sea. However, the vibe at the park was so nice that we 
decided to just hang out and have dinner there before pitching our tent at the beach. 
red lentil hummus with stolen lemons. No, not stolen. Not stolen, just shaken. [Music] [Music] But how did you sleep? Okay. I mean, I think 
I woke up like 10 times. Yeah. It started getting a bit cold. A bit. I had to wear another 
pants, then another socks. Yeah. Then my jacket… Cheers. We had 
breakfast while appreciating these beautiful  views. And then it was time to finally get some 
cardboard and move to the edge of the city to start hitchhiking. So, we’re not having a 
lot of luck here. Like most of the cars, they go in front instead of turning right 
like we need to. We had only been waiting for about 20 minutes, but there was a better stop just 15 minutes away. So, we decided to walk there. Look at this guys. This is a gold mine. It’s a gold mine. We don’t need much to be happy. We just need a piece of cardboard, 
have some markers, and we can go wherever. We got a ride. We don’t know exactly where, but it’s in the direction of Alanya. Let’s go. My children have gasoline and I am retired. What do you think of Turkish 
hospitality so far? Approved. [Music] No problem. Yeah. Yeah. Goodbye. So, we were just dropped off at a gas station. We will try to go towards Colonia 
and we have like the normal message that we usually have. We had found a couchsurfing host for the west part of Cappadocia, but we were still 400 km away and were not sure 
we would get there today. I’m having lunch, humm, but my sister Humm, like she just did a sign and she 
just got one. Okay, let’s go. No lunch for me. Where does he go? Going to Konya. Konya? We go to Konya! Guys, it’s
like 250 kilometres. Let’s go. [Music] Where are you going exactly? Kayseri. Kayseri?! 
Yep. Oh, okay. We want to go there actually. Let’s go, guys. Speak German. No, Portuguese, 
French, Spanish, English. Germany, okay, we can use translate. It’s okay. [Music] We were taking the shortest route to get to Kayseri, but it was blocked due to an accident, so we had to turn around and go through another road. [Music] Yeah, it will take a bit longer, but 
we are going to get there anyways. The whole ride ended up taking about 6 hours, and we even stopped at a restaurant on 
the side of the road where he wanted to pay for our lunches. We both had our own 
food, but we had a very nice time anyway. [Music] This was the second time my sister was hitchhiking a somewhat long distance and I wanted it to be more adventurous. We considered asking to be dropped off at Konya and continuing from there, but we were both quite tired and would still have to hitchhike to the center of Cappadocia the day after, so we gave up on that idea. So he ended up dropping us off very close to the place where we are going to be hosted. Now we just need to walk a bit and meet our host. We thought this was a normal culture thing where the guests live with the host but it was a bit different. If you have a problem I am near. Thank you so much. Thank you. So the guy said that like he actually doesn’t live here. He’s renting this place. But  for us couchsurfing, like he just doesn’t rent. You just like to stay here. You just stay here. Yeah. So like we’re actually like we have a whole apartment for ourselves. What is this? This  day is just like… it was too easy. Yeah. Like we didn’t even put an effort, you know? I was eating  my lunch, and she’s like “Ah, we go to Konya” and then “Oh 
actually, we go straight to Cappadocia” and then  we get here and we have a place for ourselves. Contrary to what I thought before arriving to Türkiye, Cappadocia is not just a place where you can see the sunrise with many hot air balloons. That’s a small part in a village called Göreme. But Cappadocia is actually a much bigger region. Here you can find underground cities, go on many hikes surrounded by interesting rock formations and it has three main towns, Aksaray, Nevşehir and Kayseri. So the city where our host lives is like very small city and there’s not much to visit. The closest nice thing to visit is like 20 km  away. So yeah, we’re just basically visiting 
supermarkets. They have like coconut milk, oat milk, almond milk hazelnut milk. And they don’t have soy milk, like… Why, Inaaaa? We only have like my spice  mix to cook and I don’t want to use a lot of it 
cuz it’s like literally all I have. I don’t have like salt specifically. So we are going to try to go to McDonald’s and see if they have like free salt samples… might work, we’ll see. Sorry, do you have salt? Like a little package of salt? Salt. Uh like salt and pepper. Just salt. Tuz, Tuz! Yeah. Tuz. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Thank you so much. We got it. It’s not much, but it’s enough. So, free salt, guys. [Music] [Music]
[Music] Welcome to our private house. Yeah. But honestly, it feels really good to have like a place like comfortable place. It’s 
warm and don’t have to talk to anyone. Yeah, it’s like I mean I have to talk to her, but like it’s lol it’s like comfortable. It’s  not that other people is not comfortable , but I don’t need to like “oh, I need to talk to her”. If I want to talk I talk. If I 
don’t, we don’t, like it’s okay. Let’s cook! She never wakes up with the 
alarm. It’s always me. So, we are leaving our host place right 
now, humm, to start hitchhiking towards the well-known part of Cappadocia. We still need to get some cardboards cuz yesterday we left it in the last guy’s car. Yeah, 
it’s okay. It’s okay. Like this. Yeah, [Music] they gave us cardboard. They even gave us markers and like they cut it themselves. I make a YouTube video. Okay. Now they’re also giving us food and water. We just came ask for some card. 
But thank you. Have a nice day. Bye bye. [Music] The next driver will be lucky cuz we don’t eat this kind of things. We needed to  hitchhike to Göreme to get to the main part of Cappadocia, 
which was less than 100 km away. But before that, there was an underground city we wanted to 
visit in a village called Saratlı. [Music] Okay, that’s okay. Yeah, 
perfect. Perfect. Okay, we got one, let’s go. Like, what the hell? We had the perfect ride. Just  a few minutes later, the same car came back, but on a smaller road on the other side. We thought you you had gone away. 
Okay. He came back. He said he couldn’t  stop because it was a busy road. So, 
he came on the other side, actually. The car broke down. We need to stop. Help? You need help? He said it’s going to take a while so we can continue. This road had very little movement and we thought it would take quite long to get a ride, but it took us only 5 minutes. Yeah, it’s my sister’s first truck. How do you feel? Pretty good. The truck took us only for 5 minutes or so before  we needed to turn to another road. There was no movement whatsoever on that road, but somehow we got a car. I’m not sure if you’re going to Saratlı or if we go somewhere else. We are going to Saratlı indeed. The driver lived in the center of the village and he said we could walk from there but insisted on taking us all the way to the underground city. Have a nice day. Some people came by like with a tourist bus. We come with a super nice old man from the village. The receptionist was also really kind. He let us leave our backpacks there and even offered us some coffee. Welcome to the underground city of Saratlı. Cappadocia’s soil is  mainly composed of soft volcanic rock making it very easy to carve. As a result, the development of underground cities was a good strategy to seek shelter over the centuries. of underground cities was a good strategy to seek shelter over the centuries. Not only during the frequent invasions conducted by multiple empires, but also as a way to escape religious  perscution. This is pretty tight. Like there’s not much space over here, but like playing hide and seek here must be super fun. This is where we left from and we entered from over there. We had our lunch there before starting to hitchhike towards Göreme. Since Saratlı is such a small village and most  tourists come by bus, we thought that getting back 
to the main road would be quite tricky. However, the receptionist did all the work for us and found 
a family that could take us. Thank you. Thank you. Have a nice day. 
And now we are at the main road. She’s already starting to hitchhike. You’re doing very well, sweetie. Our sign flew… I was trying to sleep. So, I was hitchhiking over there, but she just got one. Guys, it was like 2 minutes more. Türkiye, I love you. You from here? Türkiye. Konya. Ah, Konya, Okay. It started to rain and we want to go on a hike and camp. He was driving close to Göreme so we asked to be dropped off at a gas station it was still raining for some time so we didn’t go to the side of the road and after approaching a few people we found a couple who could take us; they are not going to Göreme, they are going to Ushishar, which is on the way. Now from here it’s  like less than 10 minutes by car the problem is 
it’s like a very touristic region I don’t know if  we can get a car that is not a taxi. I am going to Göreme. Yeah? We can go with you?. Okay. Thank you. Portugal. Portugal? Obrigado. These guys were super cool. They took us all the way to the center of Kam and we could already start to see some of the typical rocks from Cappadocia. Everything looks super beautiful so  far. Like I understand why it’s such a touristic place. We were in touch with two couchsurfers who were going on a hike around here and said we could 
join. One of them was a local and the other one from Brazil. And now you’re going to do the red 
valley hike. There are a lot of hikes to do around  Göreme where you can see different rock formations, caves, and even churches. But this is like um a Catholic church, right? Yeah. Catholic. 
These people are not, were not Turkish This happened at the time of Byzantine and Roman. 
Okay. And then the Ottoman Empire came? Yeah. The Roman Empire punished people to be Christian. So 
they they built churches inside the rocks. Oh, he (pigeon) just pooed on me. Really? Yeah, it was just a bit. Yeah, this is a long way though. I think yeah, there is a safer way here. Serdar is a very knowledgeable local from Kayseri. So, not only did he guide us during the hike, but it was also really cool to talk to him and to learn more about Cappadocia and Türkiye’s history. 
By the way, what’s like the story behind these  rocks’ formation? Like why are they like this? 
What I know from the history is that the volcanic lava of Erciyes, the mount in my city and another mount in Aksaray. It is a volcanic mount. So both mounts millions of years ago leave their lava to this land. After they cool then, uh, strong winds, water, start to shape the nature. Mhm. Strong rocks stay stable but the weak… yeah, this black part is lava.  Yeah. Cappadocia means the land of the free horses and we did see a lot of them around here. However,  most of the horses were being used for tours. 
You can see the horses like they are super super weak. Free horses. That’s a joke. Animal tourism is almost always like this. It’s like,  “Oh, yeah. Yeah, come. It’s super nice. You’ll be with the animals.” Yeah. What’s behind is like overworked animals that don’t have like any life. So, we’re a bit late for the sunset. So, now we are just running to see if we can still catch it. It’s kind of cloudy, but we still managed to see it. Our plan was to camp for this night, and Sedar said he knew the perfect spot. So after saying goodbye to Adriana, he took us there. So Sedar just left us like he’s going back to his place, we’re going to camp now. We had our dinner with this beautiful view before finally going to sleep, knowing that tomorrow we would take off the first bucket list experience of this trip. Good morning, guys. Look at this. Oh my god. [Music] It’s amazing. It’s just like magic, you know? [Music] [Music] Yesterday the Brazilian girl that was with us, she said that on average there’s 110 balloons going up. Each person pays like 200, 250. It probably has 20 people going. After a few hours appreciating the scenery, we packed everything up and walked back to the center of Göreme. Like we’re in the bathroom making more oats. She just asked for some hot water in the cafe. It always works. Like you can just go ask. Even if you don’t want hot water, you can ask for hot water cuz they think it’s for tea. And then you let it cool down and you have free water in countries where the water is not drinkable. We then left our backpacks in travel agency and went on a hike through the love valley. However, this time we didn’t have Sedar with us. So, it didn’t go so well. Today, it’s just me and 
my sister. We have no clue what we are doing. There’s also not clear indication of like where the trail starts. So, we’re just walking and hoping for the best. It looks like most people start over there, but we didn’t get there. Like, we started over there. So, obviously completely wrong. So, we decided to follow other hikers, but they were also lost. We are going to follow other people now. It seems like they know more or less what they’re doing. We’ll find a way. I’m sure. 
Yeah. After a while, we found the path and started the actual hike. But quite often, the trail really wasn’t clear and we ended up getting slightly lost multiple times. The way I’m not sure. We’re back, guys. We’re back on the trail. Portugal, Portugal! siiiiuuuuu. [Music] We eventually made it to the end of the hike from where we walked a bit more to get to the main road. The police car that is just a 
cartoon. So that people see it and they uh stop or something like they get scared for one minute but then it’s just cartoon. Two minutes guys like less than two minutes. Thank you. I’m living as a professional photographer. Oh, okay. That’s nice. So you come to Göreme to… Yeah. Yeah. balloons. Playing dress. Have a nice photoshoot. Thank you. OK, that was easy. Pretty easy. We were now back in the center of Göreme where we went to a supermarket, grabbed our backpacks and found some cardboard to write the signs. Our goal today was just to get to Kayseri where we already had a couchsurfing family to host us. Your name? Arzu and Erigut.
Yeah. Where are you from? Portugal. This couple took us all the way to Avenus where once again we were extremely lucky. [Music] Guys, what the hell? Not even 2 minutes like [Music] Erciyes
I think it’s the name of the mount. It’s what Serdar was talking about yesterday. We were dropped off in Kayseri, but we’re still 15 minutes drive from our hosts. It’s not like the best place to stop, but still like it’s pretty safe, I think. 
Like if they want to stop, they can. Yeah, he’s coming for us.
Are you going to Talas? Can I go with you? Thank you. It’s too easy,  bro it’s too easy. I started from Portugal 1 month, one week ago, I think. When did I start? I don’t  know lol. We arrived already. She hasn’t waited more than like 10 minutes ever here in Türkiye. So, yeah, she’s having like very good luck. Yeah, Türkiye is amazing for hitchhiking. So far, my favorite country, I think.
It was still quite early, so we went for a nice workout before meeting with our hosts. And so far, I love the vibe. People in hammock sitting on the grass. [Music] We finally headed to our host place, but it was rather difficult to find. Guys, we’re trying to get to our host. So, it’s completely like it sends us through the restaurant. Like we had to go through a restaurant to get to the place where you can enter the buildings. Like oh my god. We were asking people on the street but no one speaks English and we don’t have battery. Great. The guy from Couchsurfing was not home but his family was still very happy to host us. They were extremely kind and treated us like daughters. They made us vegan food. They are all like super nice, super hospitable. They were like, “We love you so much. You can stay as long as you want.” Very kind. My dear, when you need something, don’t hesitate. Let it be clothes. Whatever else you need, if you have anything you may need in the future, let me know. 
Okay. Of course. Thank you. Thank you so much. Like the mother of Burak, she put our clothes to wash. And now they are drying like a bit all over the house. Like this is our socks. Here’s my sweater that you know over there. I think there’s more stuff. So his mother just came and gave us like some pants. She was like, “Yeah, they gave it to me, but they don’t fit one yet. I never wear wear them.” So she just gave us like they’re completely new. They’re too cute. Like we didn’t do anything to to deserve this treatment. Turkish  people. We also ended up realizing there was an actual entrance to the neighborhood that didn’t require going through the restaurant. But before that, we still crossed it two more times. [Music] Okay. Thank you. So, we need to to go workout now. So, we have to go to the restaurant again. It’s so weird. But yeah, she wants to try different restaurant. Yeah. It has already been today through the restaurant and everyone was like, “What are you doing here?” You see like this first stop. It’s the kitchen. So, we really have to go through that one. I think like maybe we could go over there or something. You can try. Okay. So, there’s actually a normal way of passing before going to the restaurant. No, but now I understand why the guy from the restaurant was like, “What are you doing here?” I was thinking like, “Isn’t it normal? Like, doesn’t everyone go through here every day? Sorry. Oopsi!! My sister had the bus to catch to Istanbul this night. So, after nine amazing days together, we had to say goodbye, not knowing when would be the next time we would see each other. Thank you. [Music] Bye. Love you. And back to solo travelling. I ended up staying a total of 4 days with this family. I spent a lot of time with the mother, talked for many hours with their daughter, Sana, and even met the uncle.
You already know the drill by now, but yeah, I’ve just been editing, editing, editing all the time. On the last day, I also remet with Serdar from Couchsurfing to go to the Erciyes Mount where I tried eating snow for the first time. [Music] I’ve never been in a in a cable like this. 
Really? Being from the center of Portugal, I had only been this close to snow 
once, and I was about 9 years old. So, this was quite special to me. It’s 
weird. It’s not like I imagined. [Music] Okay. It’s not so bad. Yeah. We eat it with jam. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mentioned to you. Yeah. All in all, I had an amazing time 
in Kayseri. That also allowed me to edit, eat good food, and get some rest before what would be two long days of hitchhiking. [Music]

In today’s episode of Hitchhiking from Portugal to Australia, my sister joins me on a low-budget Hitchhiking and Camping adventure to Cappadocia!
– We start by visiting Antalya, in the south of Türkiye, where we end up camping at the beach! Then, we embark on a hitchhiking adventure of 600km to get to Cappadocia, where we visit an underground city, go on a few hikes, and camp to watch the sunrise with hot air balloons! The first Bucket List experience of this trip! We end up being hosted by a family in Kayseri, where we have a few more funny moments.
– These 9 days were a nice break on my journey as a solo female hitchhiker. But from now on, I will be alone once again! Next goal: Crossing the rest of Türkiye, to reach Georgia!
– If you’d like to follow the trip in real time, I’m posting a few stories here and there on Instagram: @The_Sustainable_Backpacker
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00:00 Intro
00:42 5 days in Antalya
04:59 Camping at the Beach
06:07 Hitchhiking to Cappadocia
09:36 1 Night in Aksaray
13:00 Hitchhiking to Saratli
15:45 Visiting an Underground City
16:25 Hitchhiking to Goreme
18:00 Hiking in Cappadocia
20:15 Camping & Sunrise in Cappadocia
21:18 Hiking Love Valley (getting lost)
22:43 Hitchhiking to Kayseri
24:47 Host family in Kayseri
27:21 Saying goodbye to my sister
28:13 Mount Erciyes + Outro

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