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.

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Driving at night back to Antakya

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Sunset in Samandagi

The ruins of St. Simeon

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

Fishermen in Istanbul

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Getting a concensus on directions

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Dilapidated houses in Adana

An orange vendor in Harran

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

Local kids in Vaikifle

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

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

The inside of the church in the cave

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

The Cisterns in Istanbul

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

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

Finding our hotel room

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

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Steph and the Euphrates river

Goats in Harran

Pegasus Airlines

More dolmush rides

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

Street food in Adana

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Hassan, a local resident

Turkish Delight

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Arriving to rain in Antakya

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

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.