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.

Goats in Harran

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

Fishermen in Istanbul

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Arriving to rain in Antakya

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

Hassan, a local resident

More dolmush rides

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Driving at night back to Antakya

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Broken Turkish Pottery

Turkish Delight

Sunset in Samandagi

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

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Street food in Istanbul

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

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

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Steph standing on the beach

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

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

An orange vendor in Harran

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

The Mosque in Kilis

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

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

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

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

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.

The ruins of St. Simeon

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Sunset in Samandagi

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Street feeling in Kilis

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Getting a concensus on directions

Beehive houses in Harran

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

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.