My Trip To Cappadocia, Volume 1:Panel 4
On June 13, 2011 by Byron With 5 Comments
- My Trip to Cappadocia
Tourism has grown exponentially over the last 30 years in Cappadocia. As a result some of those tour guides say the darndest things.
I kind of like both points of view, although, in the US, the tour guides would be trained and certified and completely non-unique. Charm is good, but not very helpful, eh? As selfishly as I am enjoying these, I really think they would make a great series in a book…which you should not publish on the internet first! Maybe you should forward them to me, you know, for inspection, and then save them for a publisher!
The thing is the tour guides are all certified but not necessarily well-trained. Only Turkish citizens can be tour guides. This is because there are certain things they cannot talk about, like the Armenian relocation (some call it genocide but I don’t want to start that discussion here) in the early 20th century or a presenting the founder of Turkey, Ataturk, in a bad light. If they talk about those things, and it gets back to the authorities, they could lose their license and then have no job.
pity americans can’t be tour guides. you;d do a great job!
Well, to be fair, I’ve heard American, Japanese, and European tour guides all say the darnedest things. We must all consult Wikipedia to know the truth! Great panels, man!
Then there was the guide in the Goreme Open Air Museum who told his charges the famous “Dark Church” was thusly named “because it’s very dark in there.”