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Canakkale Slideshow
Canakkale
Travel Blogs from Canakkale, Turkey
Spending the night in Çanakkale
... WWII memorial across the water on the Gallipoli peninsula. See this site for one translation: http://www.turkishodyssey.com/places/marmara/marmara8.htm#CANAKKALE The photo album for this entry is just some shots we took in and around our ...
Hanging with the Aussies
After a 6 hour delay at the Riga airport, a 3 hour flight, and a 7 hour bus ride I finally arrived in Cannakale, Turkey. Cannakale is at the entrance to the Bosphorus Strait and a good starting location for trips to Gallipoli (WWI battlesite) and Troy ...
Gallipoli tour
... particularly from Istanbul... I'm not really sure why but I guess it is much cleaner, quieter and less expensive than other parts of Turkey, and isn't crowded by foreign tourists. So the reason I am here is to visit Gallipoli. I took a tour today visiting ...
Emotional day... on visit, ANZAC cove in Gallipoli
... and solemn, everyone of us felt the sadness there. Mustafa Kemal. a General at the time, later became the first president of Turkey, known as Ataturk, Or father of the Turks, his words are inscribed on a memorial at Anzac Cove; "Those heroes that shed ...
A(nother) Gallipoli Pilgrim
... look for the sake of good story!) First of all the British had decided that the were going to attack (invade) Turkey - assuming rather arrogantly that they could sail through the Dardanelles and across the Marmara Sea into Istanbul and take Istanbul ...
Çanakkale - Troya Tarihi Milli Parkı
Yeri: Çanakkale ili Ezine ilçe sınırları içerisinde Çanakkale Boğazının girişinde yer almaktadır. Ulaşım: Milli Park alanına Çanakkale -İzmir Devlet karayolu ve ...
Gallipoli
One destination I wanted to visit in Turkey, for obvious reasons, was the Gallipoli Peninsula. Considered to be a defining moment in Australia's history, the Gallipoli landing played such an important role in shaping, not only Australia's ...
Apr 24, 2011
A history lesson from a Turk
... to go to Gallopoli or not...kinda seemed unAustralian not to, but went to Canakale to visit the last of the ruins in Turkey. Was headed for the Anzac hostel and went to the Anzac hotel by mistake. Was standing outside having a cigarette considering that ...
Truva (Troy)
Our first opportunity (ever!) to set foot on the continent of Asia came at the site of the excavation of ancient Troy. This was also our first opportunity to see our guide, Metin (pronounce 'ma-TEEN'), earn his money. He is a native Turk who is ...
A Landmark Day for Me!
Today I did several things that I had never done before: 1. Drink Turkish Coffee 2. Actually purchase a glass of wine 3. Dance in a bar (yes, seriously, but more on that later!) Today was our day to sleep and relax! After not sleeping very much or at ...
Day 2
... I honestly wouldn't have cared even if it was Americans in the ground. We then headed to our hotel in Canakkale in the Asian portion of Turkey. To get across we took a ferry across the Dardanelles. Canakkale was a little port town named after it's famous ...
ANZAC DAY
ANZAC DAY - I cant really put into words how much this whole experience affected me, so i wont try to explain the most powerful ...
Galipolli.
Went to Gallipoli. It was sad and horrifying. Then we watched the movie, also named Galipolli. Also sad, and horrifying. It ends with the hero being shot mid stride. Then immediately there's the credits. In some ways that's really well done, because of ...
First day on the motorcycle in Turkey
... . The plan for the day seemed simple enough cross onto the Asian continent in Istanbul rent three motorcycles and drive through Turkey across the top of the Marmara sea to Canakkle, see Galipoli, see the Turkish countryside and experience the country the ...
ANZAC Day
Half way through the night and still awake. We found that it was quite difficult to sleep in the stands. To get by this, we kept ourselves amused with silly jokes, especially after the tiredness was setting in. At about 5am, the ceremony started. ...
çanakkale
çanakkale: A big sad sea city! We do not appreciate it. Better Guzelyali. Stayed & dinner @ Tikan Hotel €60,00 per room & €60,00 for dinner. Medium ...
Trek to Anzac cove
... and headed into turkey. The day has been fairly uneventful, we were on the road by 7 and crossed into turkey. The transformation of landscape was fairly noticeable however- more flat and rounded as opposed to the jaggered cliffs ...
Gallipoli
... a stretch of road leading into the area that is not bitumised, nor will it ever be as the Australian Government has prevented Turkey from covering the area as there may be bodies underneath. Every year, after winter and before Anzac Day, the Turks have ...
GALLIPOLI
... and to hit the sack!! The tour had been quality, couple not have asked for more and it had exceeded my expectations greatly, Turkey is an absolutely amazing place, with so much on offer!! The next morning we thought that we would hit the cruise in ...
Troy and Canakkale
The next day we got up early and drove to Pergamum and saw guess what? yep - more ruins. These ones are on the top of a mountain and was an entire city. I wonder how much effort it was to get all the marble up there to build all the temples. We saw a ...