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