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

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

More dolmush rides

Fishermen in Istanbul

Sunset in Samandagi

Goats in Harran

Turkish Delight

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Broken Turkish Pottery

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Driving at night back to Antakya

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Street feeling in Kilis

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Ataturk in Adana

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Israel Photos Slide Show on Flickr