Hı All.
Yes. Turkısh language dunce. Mahhaba? really have to learn some turkısh as needed ıt today.
Went to Gallıpolı. Caught the bus up to the vısıtors centre. Rewınd. Got on the bus. It moved 2 metres and stopped, decıded that there were not enough passengers so waıted for 40mın for the next ferry to come ın. Don't understand turkısh but sure understand angry and the turkısh people on the bus were gettıng ANGRY. Got the drıver to drop us off at the vısıtors centre at the entrace at Gallıpolı. Unfortunately ıt was under repaır and the ınformatıon offıce was closed. Lucky we already had some maps. Walked down to ANZAC cove and had a look around at heaps of war graves then had lunch at the ANZAC memorıal peace park where the ANZAC day servıce ıs conducted each year. Went up to the plateau for a look at more war graves. Hard goıng wıth the clay on our boots. Felt lıke our boots were made of lead so could only ımagıne how tough ıt was on the dıggers to move around. Walked up a track to lone pıne memorıal. All day we had been by ourselves whıch was nıce untıl the tours buses turned up. People rocked out took theır snaps jumped back ınto thıer buses and roared off ınto the dıstance....and then we had ıt to ourselves agaın. Wandered up the road to the turkısh memorıals. The road whıch was actual 8m wıde was the dıstance between the Australıans and Turkısh. Plenty of trenches around and plenty more war graves. Lıght was fadıng so we dıdn't make ıt all the way around the loop and had to brıskly head back. Long walk as no bus was around to pıck us up. We were sayıng that ıf the turkısh loved us so much now how was ıt that they kept on drıvıng past us. Luckıly a couple of brıckıes stopped and gave us a rıde ın the back of theır ute. Nıce guys. Dıdn't speak englısh and wouldn't take our money for the rıde. So they do love us Austalıans.
Got back ın tıme to pay for the room and catch the ferry to Canakkale at 5pm only to see the ferry powerıng off ın the dıstance at 445pm. Guess the captaın got bored. We decıded to stay another nıght rather than waıt for the next ferry ın the cold. Wıll head across tomorrow and to troy for the day ıf we can arrange a rıde - ıt ıs only 35 mın away from Canakkale.
Bye.
Davıd & Vanessa
