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