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The Wooden Horse

Next on this packed itinerary was a morning trip to Troy. The bus picked us up at our hotel, we got onto the car ferry to cross the Dardanelles to Canakkale, then travelled a further half hour or so to the ancient site of the city of Troy. First thing you see of course is a huge wooden horse - looking a bit like a cross between horse and camel - as …

Lest We Forget

The platform party and other dignitaries had obviously had a better night than us because they were looking very spiffy and we were wrapped in a sleeping bag. The night sky was full of stars, the water was lapping gently onto the little beach, the mountain behind was lit with an eerie light, flags at half mast were swaying in the breeze and …

Paying our respects at Anzac Cove

Day 15 (morning)

Temperature: 12 degrees
Weather: sunny but cool
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This morning, we left the hotel quite early, like 7:15am since we had a long ride ahead of us. A ferry boat was taken a short while later where the Dardanelles Straits was crossed way up to the city of Eceabat. From the boat, Daghan …

Dardanellen, Troja en Gallipoli

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Het bijna abrupte einde van een lange, vermoeiende, maar boeiende reis. De "kleine zondvloed" (aanhoudende stortregens en orkaanwinden sinds zaterdag) verhindert ons bezoek aan Pergamon en dwingen ons tot een ietwat vervroegde terugreis.
Pergamon, gesticht door eolische Grieken in de 8 ste eeuw vC was tijdens het bewind …

Gallipoli

Sat 02.04.2011 - The big day in the lives of many Australians and New Zealanders had arrived - a visit to the Gallipoli battlefields to pay your respects to our fallen fore fathers. We booked a tour of the Gallipoli battlefields with arrangements made through the hotel. It turned out our guide, "Bill", is mentioned in the Lonely Planet version of …

Waiting and leaving

Tuesday 29.03.11 - No luck with the bikes. We were all called dutifully to Dave MILLIGAN's (owner of Get Routed) hotel at 10.00 am where we were to be told the next step.No news yet - come back at 1.00 pm for the next update - no news yet, Come back at 3.00 pm for the next update - no news yet come back at 5.00 pm. Is there a pattern emerging here …

Turkey, chickens and a boomerang

The wind had died down somewhat this morning. It was still very cold outside but at least the van wasn't shaking anymore. We made sure to do all the emptying and filling of the van, especially since tonight we will probably not be in a campsite. We had found a perfectly positioned campsite from which to explore Gallipoli, but rather annoyingly it …

Days 13 - 14: Eceabat, Gallipoli Peninsula

We arrived at Eceabat early in the morning and booked into our hostel. Spent the rest of the day doing two thirds of jack diddly.
The next day we pulled out of the tour of Gallipoli that we had booked on and decided to walk the sites on foot. We walked from the intended ANZAC landing site of Kamamamamabaaat along the coast and past ANZAC cove, …

Canakkale - Eceabat

Arrive late... Tadas messed up yet another bus trip …