Cotton

Pamuk (=cotton) the cat: His owner a lovely very talkative carpet seller who sat and talked to us for hours on rugged cushions infront of his carpet shop, bringing endless cups of apple/regular tea. He talked about his family and how they were nomadic until he was about 10. How his father fell in love with a girl from a different tribe and she ended up running away with him and the tribal problems this caused and how she was blamed for bad crops and for bringing bad luck. She was a carpet weaver and Marco said every nine months 'one rug, one baby.' Anyway, he had a rare cat (there are only about 200 left). Notice the eye colour (she famously closes her eyes for photos but I managed to snap her).

Pamukkale (=cotton castle)
Pamukkale is an amazing hillside covered in white calcium from calcium rich spring water, with pools of turqoise water terracing down the hill like snow. Sadly a lot of thenatural pools have dried up, not helped by a road being built up the side in the1980s when hotels were built at the top (they've been removed now, but it is quite amazing walking barefoot up the great white slopes streaming with spring water.The walls bubble out and cross-hatch patterns form from the flowing water.