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

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

The archway and observation tower in Harran

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Fishermen in Istanbul

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Buying clementines in Antakya

The Mosque in Kilis

Hassan, a local resident

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Beehive houses in Harran

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Steph and the Euphrates river

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

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

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.

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Street food in Adana

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Sunset in Samandagi

Finding our hotel room

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

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

The ruins of St. Simeon

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Arriving to rain in Antakya

More dolmush rides

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

Evening in Sanliurfa

Local kids in Vaikifle

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

Sunset in Samandagi

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Steph standing on the beach

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Street feeling in Kilis

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

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek

Ataturk in Adana

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

The inside of the church in the cave

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

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

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

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

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Getting a concensus on directions

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

An orange vendor in Harran

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Goats in Harran

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

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

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

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

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

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Turkish Delight

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Pegasus Airlines

Street food in Istanbul

Driving at night back to Antakya

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Dilapidated houses in Adana

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

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

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Israel Photos Slide Show on Flickr