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