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