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Hotel - Anzac House. The Backpackers paradise.
Mike and I had a budget of per night for hotel accommodation. We did not have a hotel booked. However Mike, a friendly English Aussie, got chatting to a Turkish chap who had a t-shirt shop and he escorted us to Anzac House. This was not hard to find as its across the road from the Ferry landing. Our 3 day stay there costto about ! We had very nice rooms, shower facilities down the corridor but breakfast was extra. We had an entertaining stay. Here we booked excursions to Troy and Gallipoli. We joined the Anzac tour for the morning visit to Troy. We stayed with the tour for lunch and then onto the Gallipoli War Graves. We toured the Anzac part of this battlefield.
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Troy
In the Iliad is an account of the Trogan Wars.
The Greek army could not take Troy. The Greeks built a wooden horse and left it outside the city gates. Unknown to the Trojans there were Greek soldiers hidden inside it. The idea was to make the Trogons think that the horse was gift from the Greeks. They pretended to withdrawn from Troy. The trick worked and the Trojans pulled the horse inside of the city. The Greek soldiers sneaked out at night. Opened the city gates. This was the birth of a legend. The Wooden Horse that stands at the entrance to the site is a reminder of the splender that was the Classical World.
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Lunch
After Troy we returned to Canakkale. Here a pivate motor lunch was waiting to take us to a restaurant on the Kilitabahir side for lunch. Afterwards we toured the Anzac War Graves at Gallipoli.
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Lone Pine
This war cemetery is so called because of the single pine tree which is here. There is a little chaple which the group visited. Here we had a minute or two to think about what we would be seeing during the visit. |
A typical headstone
This is the headstone to a trooper who was with the Australian Light Horse Brigade. "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
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Turkish Monuments
There was a large cemetery to the Turkish soldiers who perished in this conflict. |
The Trenches.
Both sides dug trenches. The situation was stalemate. The Allied expeditionary force was unable to breakout and the Turkish forces could not push the invaders back to the sea.
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The Landscape was Mountainous
Allied soldiers had first to climb steep mountainous terrain. |
British War Graves- Helles
The British Landed
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Geoghans Bluff Plot
There were many tombstones to soldiers from British Regiments connected to the North of England. Many had simple but moving sentiments. |
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Helles
This picture shows the Helles monument and the light house. It also shows the world War 1 war relics. These are now used by children to play on.
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