Traveling through Turkey and Israel in December 2008, I managed to take roughly 1500 photos with my brand new Canon G10. The new camera was great, and the wide angle 28mm lens, ND filter, and full manual control were great to have in the field. I started the trip with 8gb and 2gb memory cards, and, shooting on JPEG fine, managed to start filling up the 8gb card way too early in the trip. Although I hate to do it, I actually did edit photos while I was traveling. In the end, I ended up with about 1200 photos. Out of those, I’ve edited them down to the top 100 or so. These photos I feel best represent the trip, and should give a good feel of the varying environments and sites of both Turkey and Israel.

I also took about 45 minutes of video, which I’m in the process of editing down to a presentable reel.

Local kid holding a lamb in Antakya. On this mountainside we met a shepard tending to hish flock. This kid hiked with us for a bit up onto the side of the mountain.

Sitting on the ledge watching the sun set on the Euphrates in Kasaba.

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

The archway and observation tower in Harran

Walking at night in Antakya. THe street had a movie set like feeling from the yellow, flat streetlights.

The ruins of St. Simeon

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Steph standing on the beach

Looking off into Syria, on the border between Turkey and Syria

Surveying the dramatic scenery as we drive to Bierecheck, in the canyons carved by the Euphrates

Hassan, a local resident

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

Sunset in Samandagi

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Broken Turkish Pottery

St. Peters hidden Catholic church in Antakya – built into a natural cave

Steph and the Euphrates river

Me, Steph and Kirk standing on ruined pilars at St. Simeon

Street feeling in Kilis

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Street food in Istanbul

Small town on the side of the Euphrates. Their mosque was flooded when the damn was build.

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Street food in Adana

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Goats in Harran

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Sunset in Samandagi

A local shepard and his flock on the side of the road in Yolbasi

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Researching for our next day’s adventures in our hotel room in Antakya

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

More dolmush rides

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek

Kirk looking at the surviving arched cieling of the castle ruins at Kasaba

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Ataturk in Adana

An orange vendor in Harran

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Finding our hotel room

Beehive houses in Harran

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Steph and Kirk with our dinner the first night in Istanbul.

Buying clementines in Antakya

Faces carved into the rock above St. Peters church in Antakya

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

The Mosque in Kilis

Driving at night back to Antakya

Evening in Sanliurfa

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Turkish Delight

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Pegasus Airlines

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Fishermen in Istanbul

Local kids in Vaikifle

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Getting a concensus on directions

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Arriving to rain in Antakya

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

The inside of the church in the cave

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