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