How to get to Canakkale from Istanbul

This map details my trip from Istanbul to Canakkale. It (apparently) took a full 40 days... and I should have used a larger font, but oh well...

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Commemorating the fallen

October 24th 2004
So finally, after 5+ weeks of traveling, I made it to Canakkale, no more than 500km away from Istanbul where I started off. A record-setting pace. Yeay. After Bozcaada I head over to the ruins of Troy. I daresay it was a bit much for my untrained eye. There are the ruins of 9 levels of city (Troy I-IX), from different periods, all on display simultaneously and more or less undistinguishable ( ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Canakkale

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

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