{"id":2777,"date":"2015-11-29T14:42:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T09:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2016-05-17T18:22:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T12:52:46","slug":"mount-erciyes-kayseri-cappadocia-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/mount-erciyes-kayseri-cappadocia-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: Mount Erciyes &#038; Kayseri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/grand-market-galata-tower-istanbul-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\">2 days in Istanbul<\/a>, we were now headed to Kayseri.\u00a0Being on a budget trip, we took a taxi to Taksim around 3am to jump on the Havatas airport shuttle to Istanbul Sabiha airport. Lucky for us, the\u00a0Pegasus flight to Kayseri was light\u00a0and I got an entire row to stretch out. Our hotel was booked in Cappadocia and we didn&#8217;t want to carry our backpacks with us, so we rented a car at the airport. It was a pleasure driving through the scenic passes.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/prasadgupte\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/exR7I67RpQUmP9eof2WP5EgsW057fRyK_-CbDvCZIasYNya_Tnwb99jr1MeKZfTLRW0Nc-btXbgqtGveMptVWKnJH9cb8kfFV6YkEnSZi7RyetEg3hptWCTAr9hgLho1xAKodmSDuocO5SeID2g8ygJE5RQ9y9CBO-MKkHk0LbBTc8jxsOwyF3gAgjoLZFhvnYI8ruVnYgeAacCVNH47qAhBImNW5--eK1wTz05E2i3QvLTn1r49Ln-Q3u5ZeMKPyzLifZYm99Sg4K051LVLhf1N4Th1lNd7vJZiynFGbvQ9A10VQpL1meeLL2ddUNJsCMMeVVZXxgxzxv2JyJ1m9XL0vN9ZLR2UGLtb3IBL85OB0MIOyyx2joHrvk4XIaz9-iJuwUNVrHKGevCdq53vb_gnEPQtPD5EDeB2vmaWOcUX4JMPbRaIo1i7nvDUTUUsHejfRv9ZEZj57yLlwDYREpOcrzgQ72M5P27wBh0dv1WksSui1VmqubkwIvO_8CkWPUbMl5dU57Kk3JyFUaI-US7rEcOZ43UYrTXcKdPS3BTMtrW2vOf1DfUHnQw5CFZy2VXXnw=w800-no\" alt=\"Breakfast at a tiny tea shop, tea for 0.5TL\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breakfast at a tiny tea shop, tea for 0.5TL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/prasadgupte\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/j7mX6MABFeoyFTPXkokNSnT2ml_5stF9_lZMzWwppow2yoUPfqI39Isam6U_5UDGCDSPVMegFpkpc7f996lqJiw8p5dDU3xAGHmVgfMZl8q1vUAStbVlQtbTq9g0XYS27XlN-3nFmYDuwpIWYkf-t19sf0vquz9Ve4uQYehxo_nscUVqdilhHL4AMnwYEFgVNGTYYvUMJVrtstP7CAhQDYelvL_bdm7GV8OzxkkYTpfKq2VBzyv_0gJ95o42wmdW-a8M1H-3ZCFeqyhjURXkAEMTMFBBdnfZGTRCOIa4Lc2K2ayOnH2g6-EDSZbjeRvNNTlK2nwQ2-UP0093YIRyj-eB0tZ7lLh9ExChPhybNQD7cVCbEngrZV8KI0L39hP4rD6m0AkRnRzHAHaJnkuVbHLhsabq14u6J8nzobgXRKbHCHnN5Z3R-3EkeaUMPx7viXfUkKqJt1C26KtdRBAY6cEbEiLU_lL_R-0_qN4AnvO6Bj7-57xNe6--zOrfy7Pv7554iy_MDKWw-u9SgFsr95rIyzgOH6UTB2-7UmJOBzCbBpwU3HMIjJ4qaJ73nRcSXzaxVg=w800-no\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/prasadgupte\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/bg3HcRUceJOOCUPDjYBXUmbcdM0WLCF3hCaWoT0VOfU_0oaWlltJCD0L1W5t6BV-zK4NybDtD7Z2azGfH7ghlqPv0Aa1wOQhzLPUWvSotrhnhfv7PAxx-PJFK6eAptakInDYZ9tVqtkKJ-it80r74m9fgEzHsPppwCsCOC5o0JnATYGOoZf7o9Tl6qp7UcHFvO-JxDrx6kfEBWo9GnXOUE94jzR4_kp6HGGmRtvfIyf6dE215z3wlWlP0OCCryHEE7gVLKE1B8o_Ow2WYGW3JdzI8XgSs4--p1vAD7Q2pdNCgQZ1RMqhMwpWpIxMjfFpzn8x3WeGhCyc_ugYsf_qDgsyDRNEMqO8mAA0D_QjFcTYgcXrK6HWukq-8G9TJ71ln9XhyAiMGWWy8etjQeJGyroPNwmBrMnNm9eg7cHoyZSWfuI6FK1QIKPJPPBnVRtncKuYctyq46dlswNubfOO7H0SRl4GtceuEe5aZp0NVAyiblkNQZYIDu4UDA9_8PAvr92Lx9HZTeZjRRbssJ-0BTLpGQMLenvfnL8xqWunYB1gKt7TOshXSh5oDk5WB3UULSpx1A=w800-no\" alt=\"One of the many cable car rides that go up to the peak\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many cable car rides that go up to the peak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/prasadgupte\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.cdninstagram.com\/hphotos-xaf1\/t51.2885-15\/sh0.08\/e35\/12327921_1726652684217046_562839851_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/prasadgupte\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/SpeQfPUAn2cIsr4gjihP132VGzMxSz0HfK91UaAGhF1o2jJhqY2uB1RN3mnI7ppSUKLe8CvKOCQL66-2r_TDOHp7lmPzVGn3gykidjgNMFqgNL2dsd-UbAL4z9HJ2Nxg21O4wRIivPpWkarrHtjaisSJx7QqB4HrTz-rOz2reFS07vp-8cD_FWWpf6ShO9ewLhDmvM-8C_MSSmJDQNovo7xbj58di8Vu1FqWMyEE0_g-9I4DKwu7_EzYos1QLy7eVdiDFNMtH9BHzPnQhMrHlsrL6c8ZTN3Vc2HXJOKIKCA9Ud-Uqn2pIIlh-QEztTF-ghpKLKCkqP76YX4mqtu7M2dErZNVsao2f9Evg0lRJp8pobHkO3QxdU2Hwd3AXRVU7m7kevYj0wHR8jhMJIMNGKWoVmd5sFd6WryfLx45AnsPtlXV-fwBzjlVe64qicXILcSI5WQAp9R0xAJyHcLTc53MxiQXmv2Rkx7rUL4f8VVOe7eLR3aqNDjAewu-_QVqMehvxAMt6areucfv2sFCjeeGUOBrjUTrR84V5y_lHGVWl3Md2IeJ0pZQbUM5UZ7HtvY20A=w800-no\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We spent the rest of the day wandering through Kayseri.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/prasadgupte\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/42t3pCcenCekf17hu2QP4CSC0VZyR7QvHIvaG-w1k5rMDdeh4pVHlLdTYMttvsnTSnQkUrLWeOvoCvDUbBlJBN-y-ysgBI6gP8BYzri1x7ZJ858m8tqkAbwjVMWM-0FPg5cnElWGxq0d0My11fxLqtgyXjwFUMc0nXD2ApTBNN5ecXqda4j704ObKScDrSyeh7HndN-nfjG-uCCAhyOHjka77T4lwi6tGbiO9i1VWAdISmzoM3Vng0rhosQI3ajLOv_4YcAgx0EvM5gQbxGRX5EY3iI69Fpfa7qoGrbbNt9eWMu3h7fwwxbkTBvmUiy_2_qtUQc6-Y0Y8dSHBC3vJBTOL96sbU81KSJUMOtld8TxkmpJn7em1uslfuEIhtkxnIu4oS5aBwYMjhmXZOqpWzTLW5JTFi2FBvQXaz0MLuIzMcvcCUzMlkxIxlMF38_4udyiKUzM_E3n9FfMRArCaJVTBnGIyo7n-1XipaJMn0Xaf7EQVE-1E-qlxP4tqPRyCKWE5npmk9mQzCNlWaVPHo9pNd9Erc20fsBEonRSnsAkRFfJ11ThYQv7lGws0Kiqbkm91g=w800-no\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We got too lazy to return the car and drove it all the way to Kappadokiya. We ended the day with the most delicious lentil soup in Goreme centrum.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/prasadgupte\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/SekDRmVRmkygW4vsDOMPiBD4URuaCPDqHeCah3jjB782ugTkRRPoo8zgpizieX0R82HzMRDFhmlemtlWxr6_8jS2b6pNPlQ8AQ8a_-kkB7fz7BwCICaP6Z4yfAExmJscT_hW7Sls2AnADczwmTftkjhUpe0xIu_lbyXEj4_JnauIjJKzSmKZsuzy2-UXuBEaq1ZfaKCSnLiswJ9t8DqIrYMnP_cotDq3l6Oxo9vFG97MViXoWKyGJ6nSGaYG0Yq8-6YI_lfXe-XYckN5GyrOieLVShHTmoN5XuqGzdQPzEq_2CdoVd3L3upslFSrjxyTzf-FHjheaL8aIvcmjvvUDh-f7gO6IekNcnRW3K9mpGXVBg20kpSXJ098Aaaa7d0RGiRL4ZnJjn1y6V9w_XD-BvSFxYDVzdBbuVaP2tI6DXqo7oMfQCX9r5A9w1Ihk8Bsuqt2b7Dej06vRuCzkeNYxUPxW0j3u5FW2aK2olNZsMpowntARNEPW-biqcAqUanjL1RajDMqFQvPaZlI_a0R3727Y-F-JDvoyjz-MXX_Lg5EqQXmYcDR1OfWSezUg-P1VJYn7A=w800-no\" alt=\"Follow @PrasadGupte on Instagram for more photos\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Follow @PrasadGupte on Instagram for more photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We had planned a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/cappadocia-baloon-flight-cave-hotel-turkey\/\">balloon ride in Cappadocia on Day 4<\/a>\u00a0of our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/tag\/turkey-roadtrip\/\">Turkey Roadtrip<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 2 days in Istanbul, we were now headed to Kayseri.\u00a0Being on a budget trip, we took a taxi to Taksim around 3am to jump on the Havatas airport shuttle to Istanbul Sabiha airport. Lucky for us, the\u00a0Pegasus flight to Kayseri was light\u00a0and I got an entire row to stretch out. Our hotel was booked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/mount-erciyes-kayseri-cappadocia-turkey\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 3: Mount Erciyes &#038; Kayseri<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1129,1128,1130,895,1127,1124,1126,1123,1110,1125,1106,1115],"class_list":["post-2777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-cable-car","tag-cappadocia","tag-car-hire","tag-instagram","tag-kayseri","tag-mount-erciyes","tag-mountain","tag-pegasus-air","tag-road-trip","tag-snow","tag-turkey","tag-turkey-roadtrip"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/day-3-erciyes-kayseri-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}