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