Middle East Magic: Gallipoli - The Sounds of Silence April 25th 2006 Anzac Day 2006.... At Anzac Cove. It was a big 2 days... We started off in Istanbul very early on the mornng before and drove east along Turkey's coast through on down to the Gallipoli Peninsula so as to arrive in time for the afternoon convoy to the site. We arrived there (at the bottom of the hills, on the Bosphorus Strait) just after lunch....only to find there would be a long wait before w ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more
Hi...here we are taking in some of that middle eastern magic in 2006 - soaking up the sounds, sights and scents of the Sinai. One of the huge tribe of WWWs (wishful/wistful/wondering? world wanderers).. Like all of you out there in T-blog space, we love travelling - specially to out of the way places. The world is such an amazing place - just wish there was unlimited time (and funds) to see a lot more. With smatterings of travel here there and everywhere, the wonderment and wanderlust gets stronger all the time...too much to see and not enough time left!! The beauty of nature, wide open... full info