Efes Hotel Canakkale

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... br><br>So as not to forget that 2,000 years ago emperors and kings weekended here, the impressive remains of the ancient city-spa of Hierapolis (admission 3.60YTL/$2.70) lie all around. The city of Hierapolis was founded in 190 B.C. by Eumenes II as part of the great Empire of Pergamum and was probably named after Hiera, the wife of the legendary founder of Pergamum. Considered a sacred site for the magic of its healing waters, Hierapolis reached ...

... course, when I came back there were two golunduzs on the skillet, and the first one that had been on when mine was thrown on had been given away. A German tourist on our bus whose English was minimal was waiting and so was I. I knew my Golunduz had been put on first. But she didn't know that because I had left to go to the bathroom. So there was a bit of a mix up when we both went to pay. Of course, the Turkish golunduz cooker was absent from the conversation ...

... deeply moved by the memorial and the explanatory plaques telling us about the war there of 1915. We were very impressed that the Turkish people acknowledged the futility of war and honoured the Allies too as brave men fighting for their countries too as were the Turks. We could see for ourselves how futile the fight was and how narrow the lines of both sides and how dreadful the 8 months there must have been for the soldiers. We were glad ...

... NZ & Aussie troops were used as cannon fodder... while the Brits sipped their tea. Moving on. We decided to get out of Canakkale that night as there isn't really much to see or do. Our first night bus, which wasn't bad - but not much sleep was had to be honest. Still got all the freebies though ha ha. Highs: Seeing first hand the area the ANZAC's battled in. Lows: Not much to do after you've been to Gallipoli (although the accommodation is 100 x better than Istanbul).

... hits home just how hard our troops (and the Turkýsh troops) had ýt. Made ýt to the top of the hýll at around 1pm where I fell asleep waýtýng for the bus to come and collect me. AsI hadnt slept for about 48 hours I slept the entýre way back to Istanbul. An amazing and emotional experience that all Aussies should do at least once in their lýfe.

... my camera! It took us a good 10 or 12 hours of driving before we arrived in Gallipoli, the first time we had arrived at a camp after dark. We pitched our tents on the beach and ate a dinner of sausage pasta. The Ozzies and some of the others headed off down to the ceremonies, wrapped up in sleeping bags n'all, while the rest of us headed to bed. I was planning on getting up for the dawn service but my alarm didn't go off (boo) so I missed it. I got a run ...

... set off for our morning tour of Troy. This was great for Annabelle and I as we had just finished reading the book 'Troy'. It was amazing to view walls dating back 5,500 years and to see the main entrance gates to the ancient famed city and to wonder if we were treading the same path that Helen and Paris had once taken! <br><br>From the Trojan War we moved on to WW1. Our afternoon was spent out on the Gallipoli peninsula, a 15 minute ferry ride across the Dardanelles from ...