Did a quick trip to Turkey from my home in Bucharest in Romania. Wanted to go and see #ANZAC Cove in the #Gallipoli Peninsula in far North Western Turkey. If anyone does not know what ANZAC is, look it up on the net, its a historic place for Australians and New Zealanders and to a lesser extent, British, for the site of a battle against the Turkish in WW1.
This first video is a little bit of the drive after crossing into Bulgaria from Romania at #Ruse and then a focus on the whole exit process from Bulgaria and showing what it is like getting into Turkey. The place I chose to enter Turkey was at Hamzabeyli, about 6 hours and 30mins drive from Bucharest or 430kms, was not that busy for cars in early December, but absolutely jam packed with kilometers of trucks.
Leaving Bulgaria no issues or getting in as always, given they have such close border ties with Romania, but getting into Turkey is like entering a fortress! At least four check points over the distance of the crossing and very tight security and solid fencing etc. I wouldn't say the process was difficult, just lengthy. Border guards are pretty stern here, but they guy who did our baggage check was very decent, just had a quick look and said no problems.
The location for this crossing is XJ55+FV Lalapaşa, Edirne, Turkey. Turkey still officially uses its own currency the Lira, but Euro is also widely accepted. If you enter here there is no ATM for a while so have some Euro on you. There is a very good convenience stop about 1km immediately after the border on the left, you can get food at the restaurant, top up fuel and get a Turkish SIM card.
Hope you enjoy the border crossing process, a couple more videos coming of the continued trip through Turkey to ANZAC Cove.
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Multa sanatate si Craciun Fericit!
Merry Christmas to all for 2021.
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