Gallipoli Battlefields, Turkey

When I lived in London I had lots of friends from New Zealand and Australia. Each April at least a few of them would head off to Turkey for what I always thought was a big booze up under the guise of visiting the final resting place of long since departed ancestors. Having now visited the Gallipoli battlefields myself, I have to say I feel pretty awful for even thinking such a thing: yes, our Antipodean friends certainly do play hard but I must say that I feel privileged to have shared what is for many the experience of a lifetime with such a decent bunch of people. Of all the places I have ... more

Gallipoli Battlefields. This was probably one of our more sombre visits on our tour of Turkey to the battlefields and memorials on the Gallipoli peninsular. I am pleased to say that the people on the tour showed a lot of respect whilst there although whilst we were at the ANZAC cemetery a school party of children approximately 8 years old arrived as we were about to leave. Several of the children were a bit boisterous to say the least and a teacher nipped it in the bud so fast that the children stood there shame faced. I think she would have left quite a mark on those kids by the way she was ... more