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.

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

The inside of the church in the cave

Sunset in Samandagi

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Evening in Sanliurfa

Hassan, a local resident

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

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

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

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

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

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

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Sunset in Samandagi

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

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

Broken Turkish Pottery

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Getting a concensus on directions

Ataturk in Adana

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

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

Local kids in Vaikifle

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

Driving at night back to Antakya

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

Green spices at the market in Antakya

The archway and observation tower in Harran

Arriving to rain in Antakya

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Beehive houses in Harran

Finding our hotel room

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

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

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.