Hotel O2 Strandclub Canakkale

... on. There was also a wreath laying ceremony which was over the side. Lunch after taking lots of photos of cemeteries and got one of Lone Pine, but it was a long way off. The Captain had managed to get the boat to within 1 mile of the beach. We went up to Oasis bar at 4pm to have some birthday drinks and I was given some lovely presents from people I hardly even know. 12 of us went for dinner in the ...

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... performances during the Festival of Pamukkale.

Just down the hill are the scattered leftovers of the Temple of Apollo, patron of the city. If you descend the incline just inside the fence and circle to the other side of the temple's stairs, you can see the Plutonium, a niche believed to be sacred for the noxious carbon monoxide vapors that are emitted from a nearby underground stream. Accessible via a (closed) passageway through the ...

... Elliot. "So let me get this straight: ANZAC lost and thousands of people died. So why did this get so big and become so important. How did the myth grow?"

"Myth!?!" Kiley responded, visibly angered at my use of words, "It's not a myth! It actually happened."

I quickly backtracked, doing my best to explain what I meant. Why the "legend" (a word somewhat synonomous with myth) "of ANZAC," why a celebration and rememberence of a horrific loss?. Her answer ...

... back on track, today we stopped off in Troy. Here we had a guided tour, which again was pretty boring. There is a few ruins and a remake of the Troy horse, but not much to really see. From there we crossed the boarder. In duty free I brought a bottle of Single Barrel Silver Select Jack Daniels for only €37. In Australia it is over $120:D From here we arrived at our accommodation early arvo. A few of us had a sip of the JD to ...

... 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 ...

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After a brief stay in Istanbul (see next blog), I met back up with Emma and Dom to travel down to Gallipoli. Traveling to Gallipoli is a right of passage for Australians and New Zealanders to learn about and pay their respects at the sight of the two country's first joint military campaign and greatest loss of life.

We organised to join another tour and caught a bus to Eceabat. Dom who had traveled East further into Turkey, was still ...