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