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.
Getting Sahlep in Antakya
Hassan, a local resident
The ruins of St. Simeon
Steph standing on the beach
Me driving through flood waters in Samandag
Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi
Finding our hotel room
Green spices at the market in Antakya
Sitting on the ledge watching the sun set on the Euphrates in Kasaba.
Kirk with the windfarm in the background
Faces carved into the rock above St. Peters church in Antakya
A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep
Walking at night in Antakya. THe street had a movie set like feeling from the yellow, flat streetlights.
Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.
The inside of the church in the cave
Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep
Beehive houses in Harran
Street feeling in Kilis
Grasses at sunset in Samandagi
A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul
Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa
Street food in Adana
Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek
Fishermen in Istanbul
Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa
Arriving to rain in Antakya
Me, Steph and Kirk standing on ruined pilars at St. Simeon
Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.
Talking to the hotel staff in Adana
Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.
Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river
The Cisterns in Istanbul
Looking out onto the Euphrates.
Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle
Steph and Kirk with our dinner the first night in Istanbul.
Driving west, then north out of Antakya
Fruitstand in Istanbul
Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya
Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul
The Mosque in Kilis
The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa
Ataturk in Adana
Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals
Freighter ships on the Bosphorus
Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek
Pegasus Airlines
Dinner boat on the Bosphorus
Roof of the Aya Sophia
Evening in Sanliurfa
Turkish Delight
Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church
Local kids in Vaikifle
Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey
Roman Tunnels in Samandagi
A local shepard and his flock on the side of the road in Yolbasi
Dilapidated houses in Adana
Buying clementines in Antakya
Climbing the ridge above St. Peters
Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya
Driving at night back to Antakya
An orange vendor in Harran
Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House
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.
Ruins of a castle in Kozan
Researching for our next day’s adventures in our hotel room in Antakya
The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek
Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa
Broken Turkish Pottery
Looking off into Syria, on the border between Turkey and Syria
Sunset in Samandagi
Goats in Harran
Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana
Sunset in Samandagi
More dolmush rides
Looking off into the mountains from Antakya
Catholic church courtyard in Antakya
Getting a concensus on directions
Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya
Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul
Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis
The archway and observation tower in Harran
Surveying the dramatic scenery as we drive to Bierecheck, in the canyons carved by the Euphrates
Small town on the side of the Euphrates. Their mosque was flooded when the damn was build.
Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi
Street food in Istanbul
Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky
Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya
Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul
Taxsim Square, Istanbul
Arriving in Sanliurfa
Medusa Head in the Cistern
Driving through the mountains near the Med
Kirk looking at the surviving arched cieling of the castle ruins at Kasaba
An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul
Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul
Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran
Steph and the Euphrates river
St. Peters hidden Catholic church in Antakya – built into a natural cave
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