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.

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Driving at night back to Antakya

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

The Mosque in Kilis

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Street feeling in Kilis

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.

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Driving through the mountains near the Med

The ruins of St. Simeon

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

Steph standing on the beach

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

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

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

The inside of the church in the cave

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

The archway and observation tower in Harran

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

Street food in Istanbul

Ataturk in Adana

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Turkish Delight

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

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

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Steph and the Euphrates river

Buying clementines in Antakya

Pegasus Airlines

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Sunset in Samandagi

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

More dolmush rides

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

Evening in Sanliurfa

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

Beehive houses in Harran

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

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

Arriving in Sanliurfa

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Sunset in Samandagi

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

Finding our hotel room

An orange vendor in Harran

Fishermen in Istanbul

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek

Goats in Harran

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Getting a concensus on directions

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Broken Turkish Pottery

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

Hassan, a local resident

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

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

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

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

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Small town on the side of the Euphrates. Their mosque was flooded when the damn was build.

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

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Arriving to rain in Antakya

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

Local kids in Vaikifle

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Street food in Adana

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Israel Photos Slide Show on Flickr