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Statistics, Turkey

@ 12 July 2015- Turkey

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David & Steve at the ANZAC Memorial site on the coast. Moving!
David & Steve at the ANZAC Memorial site on the coast. Moving!

Today marks the 4th week on the road for Steve and I and so far we are keeping on track with our expected plans. It is safe to say that the first month has also been the “easy” section, travelling through mainland Europe where most things are not too different from home.

It it is fitting that we spend this time in Turkey, the country where the East meets the West.

The journey today took us from Gallipoli town down to ANZAC Cove  to  take in the history of the ANZAC’s. Upon visiting the Turkish Museum and taking the time to view the hour long educational movie reliving the famous war, but this time from Turkish eye’s certainly has been interesting. Either way you look at it, it is a demonstration of how futile war really is!

The Gallipoli War Museum just outside Gallipoli. Highly recommended.
The Gallipoli War Museum just outside Gallipoli. Highly recommended.
The ANZAC Lone Pine Memorial.
The ANZAC Lone Pine Memorial.

We moved on from Gallipoli and headed for the ferry at Eceabat to Canakkale, which basically was a 25 minute drive on ferry ride that took us across the mouth of the Dardanelles in order to head South to Izmir.

We have stopped at a camp site at Troy for the night. I have even managed to wash my bike (part of the 1 month celebrations) and you will notice from the picture below that we no longer are carrying the black bags behind the rider. This is thanks to our wives taking the additional items back with them to Sydney and has made life soo much easier for us chaps due to the reduced weight and significant increase in space.

The bikes without the extra bags behind the seats. Makes a whole lot of difference.
The bikes without the extra bags behind the seats. Makes a whole lot of difference.

Time for Statistics;

Week 4

Distance traveled this week: 1,918km’s

Average Fuel Consumption: 5.2litre per 100km

Average speed: 71.2km/h

Turkey

@ 11 July 2015- Turkey

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One last thing to buy at the camping store before we left.
One last thing to buy at the camping store before we left.

Today was the day we said goodbye to the girls who flew back to Sydney at lunchtime. It was also time for Steve and I to push on into the East, but not before we made our way to Gallipoli and ANZAC Cove.

It was sad to see the girls depart as we waived goodbye from the kerb as they were ushered off in a yellow Istanbul taxi. It will be the last time we see them till we arrive back in Sydney. Steve and I had taken the opportunity to have any excess items we were carrying taken back home which meant we both managed to loose approximately 10kg of unwanted baggage including getting rid of the bag immediately behind the rider on each bike. WOW, did it make a difference to the way the bikes rode. Such an improvement!

We had to stop off at a camping store prior to leaving town. Steve was after a pair of quick dry shorts and we also wanted dehydrated food.

Once underway the rest of the day went without any hiccups as the navigation out of Istanbul went smoothly and our ride to our destination of Gallipoli was an easy stretch at just under 300km’s. We did stop off for a nanna nap however on the way.

We we have stopped in the town of Gallipoli for the night and we were both underwhelmed at the town as it’s pretty poor and scrappy!

Tomorrow we are off to explore ANZAC Cove, but for tonight it’s a relaxing dinner down at the beach front and an early night.