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.

The Mosque in Kilis

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

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

An orange vendor in Harran

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Finding our hotel room

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

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

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

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

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

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

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

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

Driving at night back to Antakya

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

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

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Evening in Sanliurfa

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Pegasus Airlines

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Steph standing on the beach

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Street feeling in Kilis

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

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Buying clementines in Antakya

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

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.