Maydos Hotel Canakkale
Yali Caddesi No 12 Canakkale, Turkish Aegean Coast, 17100, Turkey
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Lots of crumblıes
... de of the road not sure where we were. Seeıng the bus statıon opposıte where we were supposed to get pıcked up to be taken to hotel, loaded up & wıth the grass crunchıng due to frost struggled across. As we were early I sat wıth the packs and was served turkısh tea by the nıce man at the busstop cafe whıle Sam & Mıchael trıed to unsucessfully fınd the hotel. As ıt turns ...
Trojan Horse!
... fell for it and wheeled the horse in thinking it was a gift. The soldiers opened the city gates for the Greeks and Troy was conquered. There is an enormous recreation of the wooden horse outside more for the photo opportunities. The city is not as well preserved as other ruins I have seen such as in Rome, Athens, Macchu Picchu, act…. And its pretty recently discovered and still going exploration every summer. Whats impressive is really the layers of history - Troy ...
Lest we forget
... to these battlefields. To be fair, I too had visions of drunken Aussie's in Australian flag bikinis celebrating 'Australian-ness' here in the most awful way. And this does happen on April 25 apparently, but in early October the tourists are respectful and few. The great thing about being led by a Turkish guide is that the broader story of the war is told. We visit the Turkish cemetery and it is truly touching. It ...


