Traveling Through Turkey and Israel – Photos

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.

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Local kids in Vaikifle

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Beehive houses in Harran

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

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

Getting a concensus on directions

Green spices at the market in Antakya

The inside of the church in the cave

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

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

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Arriving to rain in Antakya

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Fishermen in Istanbul

Steph and the Euphrates river

Broken Turkish Pottery

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Steph standing on the beach

Evening in Sanliurfa

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

The archway and observation tower in Harran

Street food in Adana

More dolmush rides

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

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

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Goats in Harran

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Hassan, a local resident

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

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

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Sunset in Samandagi

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

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

Sunset in Samandagi

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

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

Street feeling in Kilis

Street food in Istanbul

Ataturk in Adana

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

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

Buying clementines 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.