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