Monday, 10 June 2013 at 9:43pm
Western Turkey & last site in Turkey....in the Gallipoli battlefields..
Up early..dodgy tummy..(beware buffets!) but just get on with life in manly kind of way...(subtle: 'I'll manage')
Set off 7.30 am and, after hairpin bends and truly awful roads... we stop with others on the tour at a local roadside kind of cafe/shop, where we are given free Cai.
Stop off at ancient Troy on the way & worth the detour...site being refurbished...like the rest of Turkey!
We reach the port and only have a 10 minute wait to jostle onto the ferry for the 20 minute crossing of the Dardanelles...
Big jostle to get off then a straightforward 20min to the campsite. Great campsite with beach access and own beach beds.....cove, clear waters...HOLIDAY!!
Second Day, visit the battlefields and British, Australian, New Zealand and Turkish cemeteries.
Very moving and sobering......
On final day, drive into local town, Eceabat, with R&M, eat good lunch and drink in atmosphere of last day in Turkey. Discover museum near campsite has seven language audio contrary to previous info...so after a shop we drop off food at camp, pick up extra passenger then visit...
....ultra modern, full sound effects, moving platforms, 3D... a powerful presentation of the Gallipolian war, finishing with a rousing finale of the achievements of the modern Turkey, its people and its armed forces.
Powerful....more on final impressions.
....ultra modern, full sound effects, moving platforms, 3D... a powerful presentation of the Gallipolian war, finishing with a rousing finale of the achievements of the modern Turkey, its people and its armed forces.
Powerful....more on final impressions.
..and what a great finale to our Turkish tour...
Greece tomorrow...
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