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.

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Beehive houses in Harran

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Pegasus Airlines

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

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

Driving at night back to Antakya

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

Steph standing on the beach

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Local kids in Vaikifle

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Small town on the side of the Euphrates. Their mosque was flooded when the damn was build.

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

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

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Getting a concensus on directions

Street food in Istanbul

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

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

An orange vendor in Harran

Walking at night in Antakya. THe street had a movie set like feeling from the yellow, flat streetlights.

Turkish Delight

Sunset in Samandagi

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

St. Peters hidden Catholic church in Antakya – built into a natural cave

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

Finding our hotel room

Buying clementines in Antakya

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

The inside of the church in the cave

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

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Hassan, a local resident

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Fishermen in Istanbul

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

The archway and observation tower in Harran

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.