Yellow Rose Canakkale

Kemal Pasa Mah. Aslan Abla Sokak No:5 Canakkale, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey

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ANZAC's - Lest We Forget

A travel blog entry by adambrownell

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... a pine cone that was sent home after 1915 and grown in Australia.

The entire experience was moving and extremely interesting. The trenches that still exist today are a true highlight, as we were told that cigarettes, tobacco, paper and food were traded throughout the battle. For nearly 9 months the Allies lost some 97,000 soldiers, and the Turks 86,000 with hundreds of thousands injured. Fortunately the retreat from the peninsula was a complete success ...

Gallipoli - World War One memorials

A travel blog entry by wickens

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... busy morning, we took the ferry back to Cannakkale, found a tiny place to have lunch then humoured the children with a trip to the local playground. We stumbled across some trampolines which they loved - even Benjamin managed to have a go on a special baby one. Dinner was a huge ice-cream each, then we retired to the hotel to pack up ready for an early start tomorrow morning.
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Fat men in speedos

A travel blog entry by kochwebb

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... Here’s a pair that looked better with clothes on. Nice…

Later in the day Grant and Frances joined us and we played a game of mini-golf at the stern of the ship, which with the wind turned out to be hilarious. The wind was so strong we really couldn’t stand straight without being blown around and the wind was actually blowing our balls around on the deck. We had some laughs though! Afterwards we went to the bar overlooking ...

Gallipoli

A travel blog entry by saledwards

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... already been purchased. We also did not see any of the Turkish monuments here as there was no time.

I'm not sure if I'll write a blog about Troy - the ruins were ok, but no where near as good as two we've been to since - Bergama Acropolis in Pergamum and Ephesus.

I'll never forget visiting Gallipoli. It's really just a blessing that I've been able to come here. Definitely want to come back to see the things I couldn't this ...

And so to Troy. What can you say......

A travel blog entry by thelloydys

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... or whatever the Turkish equivalent is, there was the beach, set on the windiest stretch of the Garden Elves and perched between the terminal and a power sub station. As we walked towards the gates, the bus driver, bless his soul, sat on the horn and waved me over. Payment - 4 lira. I'm pretty sure it didn't make consolidated revenue.


We swam (inside the marker ropes) and wondered to ourselves again, why so? Walking across ...

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