Did I die in a cave 20 metres underground in Turkey? | Brigid Delaney's diary

I could feel the panic setting in like a fast-growing, internal parasite

I have travelled so far but on the threshold, right at the turnstiles, I think this: Do I really want to enter a 20 metre deep, 7th century BC Turkish cave city, where you move from one level to the next by crouching down and slithering through tunnels?

Maybe not. Air could be an issue. Anyway, I think I might be claustrophobic. I suspect confined spaces will give me a panic attack. Should I test it here at the Kaymakli Underground City where single file, we crawl down four storeys?

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