D48 Turkey - Istanbul to Gallipoli

A Snapshot of Our Day

Photo 1 - Road stop gozleme with cheese, spinach and spiced potato. It was a bit of a juggle on the thought as it was so hot!

Photo 2 - Anzac Cove memorial.

Photo 3 - Looking inland at Anzac Cove to Sphinx rock.

Photo 4 - Lone Pine cemetery. It’s a place that evokes much emotion, as you read the inscriptions and the age of those lost.
‘Their glory shall not be blotted out’
‘The heavens morning breaks and earths vain shadows flee’
‘Greater love hath no man than this’
‘Behind all shadows standeth God’
‘Deeds not words’
‘No burdens yonder’

Photo 5 - Simpson’s grave. Simpson and his Donkey who famously supported the ANZACs.

Photo 6 - Australian trenches of the ‘gentleman’s war’, a mere 20m from their opponents.

Photo 7 - Mustafa Kemal, The Father of Turkey - Atatürk. He played a significant role in Gallipoli and subsequently the foundation of the Republic of Turkey which he was the first president of beginning in 1923.

Photo 8 - Reconstructed trenches that tourists can wander through.

Photo 9 - Catching the ferry from Eastern Europe to Asia, Turkish Anatolia.

Photo 10 - Sunset over the bay of Çanakkale where we stayed for the night.Read more