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