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.

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Evening in Sanliurfa

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

The archway and observation tower in Harran

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Beehive houses in Harran

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

The Cisterns in Istanbul

The Mosque in Kilis

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

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Broken Turkish Pottery

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

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

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

Ataturk in Adana

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Local kids in Vaikifle

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

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.

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

An orange vendor in Harran

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

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

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

Driving through the mountains near the Med

More dolmush rides

Turkish Delight

Arriving to rain in Antakya

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Street feeling in Kilis

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

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

Medusa Head in the Cistern

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

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

The ruins of St. Simeon

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

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

Buying clementines in Antakya

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

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

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Getting a concensus on directions

Sunset in Samandagi

Street food in Istanbul

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

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

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

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Driving at night back to Antakya

Sunset in Samandagi

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Street food in Adana

The inside of the church in the cave

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Steph and the Euphrates river

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Finding our hotel room

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

Fishermen in Istanbul

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

Steph standing on the beach

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

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

Pegasus Airlines

Hassan, a local resident

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Goats in Harran

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Israel Photos Slide Show on Flickr