ANZAC Day 2007 - Day 1
Well, after leaving work and heading straight to the airport on Monday night, we (Bern and myself) finally arrived in Istanbul at our hotel at 4am. After 2 hours sleep we got on the bus bound for Gallipoli. The countryside as we neared Gallipoli was very nice, large plains of fields with cute little villlages leading down to the blue sea. There were also still WW1 bunkers scattered through the crop fields.
Statue in memory of a Turkish soldier carrying an injured Australian soldier back to his lines. Then we headed to Lone Pine, which is the site of the Australian War Cemertery and also was the sight of the bloodiest battle of the campaign for the aussies.
Then we headed on the bus past up the windy steap road to the New Zealand memorial, passing an old bunker on the way. There are also still original trenches near the New Zealand memorial.
When we got there, we did a quick bus ride around the national park, with our fluent German/broken english tour guide...very funny!
Statue in memory of a Turkish soldier carrying an injured Australian soldier back to his lines. Then we headed to Lone Pine, which is the site of the Australian War Cemertery and also was the sight of the bloodiest battle of the campaign for the aussies.Then we headed on the bus past up the windy steap road to the New Zealand memorial, passing an old bunker on the way. There are also still original trenches near the New Zealand memorial. 
We then made our way through to ANZAC cove for the night. The sunset was nice, then it was very cold over night. There was entertainment in the form of documentaries and the like. While there was almost no sleep, it was an unforgettable night.
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