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