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Wednesday 6th June 2012
8.30 am pick-up from the office of the excellent Hassel-Free Tours to travel south to Troy.

Whilst there is no disputing the authenticity of the ruins from the various centuries the site has taken on the character of a theme park complete with wooden replica of the famous horse.
However, our incredibly knowledgeable guide,Murat made the tour both entertaining and educational.
We did not linger too long at Troy were happy to get back to Canakkale in the early afternoon for the short ferry trip over to Gallipoli . The next few hours were taken up by a very thought-provoking tour of the many war sites and cemeteries throughout the peninsular. Regardless of whether one has any direct connection with the Gallipoli campaign it is impossible not to come away with a deeper sense of the futility of war and the young age of so many of the fallen only serves to heighten this sense.

It is certainly a markedly quieter group of tourists that gets back on the coach for our return to Canakkale in the early evening.

Pleasant dinner with Brian and Gillian whom we had met earlier in the day.

The Obese Ferret