We arrived at Canakkale at 7am on Tuesday 5th May and after breakfast took the tour to the Gallipoli Peninsular and visited the First World War Battlefields and, what is now, ANZAC and Turkish War Cemetaries, unfortunately the tour did not extend to the British cemetaries a few miles or so further on. Our guide could have been better and generally I was disappointed though the visit was one of awed respect and sadness that so many lives had been lost, on ALL sides. We visited ANZAC Cove, the Lone Pine Cemetary, and the New Zealand Memorial. At 1600 hours, after having gone back aboard at 1500, we sailed and cruised along the shoreline, past Anzac Cove and the invasion beaches duly passing the impressive British Monument on the hill. A most interesting and sobering day.

Approaching Canakkale
early morning

The wooden Trojan Horse in Canakkale
made for the film

New build apartments,
mostly empty

The Dardenelles

The Turkish Marine Ferry Funnel Badge

The Gallipoli Peninsula

Australian War Graves at Gallipoli
with Wall of Remembrance in the background, Australians 8709 killed, New Zealand 2707 killed

Australian War Memorial

British War Memorial at Gallipoli
taken from M.V. Discovery,
21,000 dead 145,000 injured and sick

Australian and British Regiments

Left: List of Australian Regiments. Right: British and Australian Regimental Shields in the Museum at Gallipoli.

Arriving at Kusadasi

Kusadasi Port and Town

Kusadasi Main Road

Kusadasi Church of St. John

Kusadasi view towards Ephesus

Ephesus Amphitheatre

View of Ephesus through fence

Byzantine Arch at St John's Church

Kusadasi from Lookout