Another early start so we could get to the Ancient city of Troy nice and early before all the tourists got there. Our tour guide told us not to expect too much from Troy as it was a few wall ruins and 4000 yr old red bricks. Rightfully so it wasn't hugely exciting although after studying Troy in ancient history as a HSC subject it had a little more meaning to me. Getting to see the ruins of an ancient city and see where Heinrich Schlimann who I studied in high s...

With an early start and a 5 hr drive it was a relief to get to Gallipoli and see it was well worth it. We went straight to the heart of where the action began for the Anzacs in 1915 at Anzac cove. The sight was beautiful,and overwhelming to know that almost 100 years ago there was so much bloodshed right where I stood. Further down the beach we walked around an Anzac cemetery which over looked the water,headstones were put in this area to honor soldiers that we...

Today was jam-packed with sightseeing and lots of walking around Istanbul. My feet and back were none the less killing by the time we go back to the hotel at the end of the day. Started with a beautiful buffet breakkie,stuffed myself so that I was able to roll down the streets of turkey rather then walk. First stop was the Hippodrome,which was initially used for chariot racing,the original building was built by roman emperor Septimus Severus (Harry Potter?),dur...

Yesterday we left our hostel laden with baggage and trekked across Istanbul to get to our hotel we were staying jn for the first part of our tour,I probably over exaggerated with the trekking part but managing 3 bits of luggage in a 30 degree city lets just say I was quite happy to let the hotel staff carry my belongings up to my room. We are staying in a 4 star hotel which is definitely a step up from the hostel,Ash and Jim are loving it after 5 weeks of travel...

I have survived my first night in turkey! I really really like it here,as you can tell from the picture it's very warm here but nice in the shade with a breeze,my flight over was good dozed watched a bit of the avengers,ate...standard,so far so good. Got to the airport missed the sign that said I needed to buy a visa went through the whole line to get my passport stamped and got told to go back and get a visa,then I had to stand in line all over again which was ...