Traveling Through Turkey and Israel – Photos

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.

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

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

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Broken Turkish Pottery

Beehive houses in Harran

The inside of the church in the cave

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

The ruins of St. Simeon

Medusa Head in the Cistern

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

The archway and observation tower in Harran

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

Driving through the mountains near the Med

More dolmush rides

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

Street food in Adana

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

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

Buying clementines in Antakya

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Driving at night back to Antakya

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

Sunset in Samandagi

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

Fishermen in Istanbul

Sunset in Samandagi

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Goats in Harran

Street feeling in Kilis

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

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

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

Turkish Delight

Pegasus Airlines

Local kids in Vaikifle

Evening in Sanliurfa

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Ataturk in Adana

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Steph standing on the beach

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

An orange vendor in Harran

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

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

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

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.