A million years ago, when I was a young backpacker, I found myself in Turkey, in November. I visited Gallipoli, and more. Read the rest here: via One November in Turkey (part 2) or Remembering on Remembrance Day
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Valentine’s Day – touching tribute
This statue, called “Answering the Call”, stands proudly on Port Melbourne beach facing out to Port Phillip Bay. On Valentine’s Day, a card and a rose appeared in the sailor’s hand. A touching tribute to a loved one lost at sea.
One November in Turkey (part 1)
Originally posted on Life In Camelot – travel blog:
His steely eyes surveyed me through a sea of stubble (his five o’clock shadow grew well past the usual demarcation lines), as he slung my overly heavy backpack into the deep hole beneath the bus, one November in Turkey. He grunted and jerked his head towards…
Harmony in Hiroshima
This week’s blog topic from Where’s My Backpack blog – Travel theme: Harmony Hiroshima was in the news recently when Barack Obama made his visit there – the first US president to do so since the 1945 nuclear attack. This visit brought up the collective memories and consciousness of the horror that occurred almost 71…
Anzac Day 2015
In 1986 I visited Anzac Cove in Gallipoli. It wasn’t Anzac Day but rather November, close to Remembrance Day. It was a deceptively tranquil piece of coastline where the tunnels, graves and memorial imposed a sense of surreal awe upon a young Australian backpacker. That was 29 years ago and I wouldn’t have believed that…
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