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