Today I set out for Troy from Yellow Rose Hostel with a group of 26, a full bus after working a 36 hour day (Yes I know thats not a day!) with 5 hours sleep.This kind of thing seems to be becoming the norm.I decided yet again to go into Troy but this time I decided to treat myself to a little exploring while the local guide showed the group around….I'd never explored the site on my own and actually had no idea how big it really was. Well I did but how much can ...

Today we got up really early at hotel crowded house and crossed the Dardenelles to Troy.It was just as magıcal of an experience as ever for me and it was made all the better by the fact that the majorıty of the new tour leaders were more ınterested ın lettıng me guıde them around the sıte. I went up to the map at the front and explaıned all about stratıgraphy and how there are actually several cıtıes burrıed at the sıte.I showed people the Shlıem...

I was there and I could hear it echoing into eternity, the sound of glory.All those who I had known who had been to Troy and said it was a disappointment, I had lost a certain amount of respect for then and there.I could feel so much at this place, which even if the legendary Trojan War had not really happened, had been attacked again and again. We were all shown around by Chona and then given some free time, in which Kylee and I just went back into the site.I...