Hotel Kum Canakkale

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... the temple priests were the only ones with the power (or lung capacity) to emerge alive, a thesis supported by the deaths of not just a few imprudent tourists.<br><br>A pretty good hike up the hill will lead you to the Martyrium of St. Philip, the remains of an octagonal basilica believed to have been erected on the site where Philip was martyred.<br><br>From the Martyrium you can cut down the hill toward the Byzantine Gate and the Colonnaded Street ...

... we were soon on our final bus to Canakkale complete with tea, coffee, a bow-tie clad conductor and a ferry across the Dardanelles.<br><br>Our stay in Canakkale was rather mixed, being a combination of a moving visit to Gallipoli's battlefields and cemeteries and enjoying the nightlife of a bustling town - the highlight of which was a bar filled with groups playing cards, backgammon or Okay (a little like Rumicube I think?) - this bar would be Saby's idea of heaven!

... Lietenant Colonel, Mustafa Kemal, who later became Attaturk and the father of the Turkish nation. He is the closest thing Turks have to George Washington. His performance at Gallipoli made him a legend.<br><br>Some of the first troops to arrive at Gallipoli were members of the ANZAC, the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. This was the first time that Australia and New Zealand were fighting a major war as countries and not colonies. Though they did not ...

... production farms and seemed to drive forever but in the afternoon came to a town called Canakkale which is the ferry town where boats cross the Dardanelle strait to the area around Gallipoli (Gelibou in Turkish) and we planned to go there tomorrow. We had a meal on the water front and I had a lovely fish dinner fresh we were told from the local catch. The sun was getting low and we were looking to see Troy ...

... cost nothing to go through Turkey - but 250 US dollars doesn't seem like nothing to me. After taking the immigration guy to the ATM to collect some cash we were off and running in Turkey at 12.30. The weather's been great so far, top 20Cs / low 30Cs most days, but there's still snow on top of the mountains in the Cappadocia region of Turkey where we spent 3 nights; it also gets very cold there in the evenings at the moment and the radiators were on ...

... away&#8221; technique worked a charm and eventually they stopped chasing me&#8230; After a fair amount of lying around in the sun, we were joined by the others from the service. There were a lot of other overlanders at Gallipoli so we all got chatting to them. We bumped into the Oasis Syria-Turkey trip which was cool, also a bunch of guys travelling from Cairo to Istanbul. However, we beat them all with our humungous 8 month journey (even if I'm not doing it all...)

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... This was marked appropriately with a stop at the Australian memorial of 'Lone Pine' where we saw the memorial to the youngest soldier of the battlefields, James Martin. James was only 14 years old and had lied about his age to help defend his country. This bravery and the fact he was so close in age to Tom was not lost on our boy that day. <br><br>One of the most powerful moments of the day was at our last stop though, the highest point on the Gallipoli peninsula. This is ...