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.

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

Local kids in Vaikifle

Pegasus Airlines

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Steph and the Euphrates river

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Getting a concensus on directions

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

The inside of the church in the cave

More dolmush rides

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

The archway and observation tower in Harran

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek

Arriving to rain in Antakya

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Buying clementines in Antakya

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

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

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

Street food in Istanbul

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Beehive houses in Harran

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

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Evening in Sanliurfa

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

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

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

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

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.

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Driving at night back to Antakya

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Turkish Delight

Sunset in Samandagi

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

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

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Steph standing on the beach

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Street feeling in Kilis

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

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

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

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

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

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

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Sunset in Samandagi

Ataturk in Adana

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

Broken Turkish Pottery

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

The Mosque in Kilis

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Hassan, a local resident

Goats in Harran

The ruins of St. Simeon

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

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

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Street food in Adana

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

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

Finding our hotel room

Fishermen in Istanbul

An orange vendor in Harran

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