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