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.

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

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

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Pegasus Airlines

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

The inside of the church in the cave

Ataturk in Adana

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Evening in Sanliurfa

Steph and Kirk with our dinner the first night in Istanbul.

Broken Turkish Pottery

Arriving to rain in Antakya

The ruins of St. Simeon

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

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.

A local shepard and his flock on the side of the road in Yolbasi

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

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

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Faces carved into the rock above St. Peters church in Antakya

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

Finding our hotel room

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

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

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

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Goats in Harran

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Hassan, a local resident

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Driving at night back to Antakya

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

The Mosque in Kilis

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Getting a concensus on directions

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

More dolmush rides

Beehive houses in Harran

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

An orange vendor in Harran

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

Local kids in Vaikifle

Steph and the Euphrates river

Kirk looking at the surviving arched cieling of the castle ruins at Kasaba

Street food in Adana

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Turkish Delight

Looking off into Syria, on the border between Turkey and Syria

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Street food in Istanbul

Buying clementines in Antakya

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

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

Roof of the Aya Sophia

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

Sunset in Samandagi

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

The archway and observation tower in Harran

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Sunset in Samandagi

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Fishermen in Istanbul

Street feeling in Kilis

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

Steph standing on the beach

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Israel Photos Slide Show on Flickr