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