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.

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

Street food in Adana

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

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

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Broken Turkish Pottery

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

More dolmush rides

An orange vendor in Harran

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Fishermen in Istanbul

Street food in Istanbul

Dilapidated houses in Adana

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

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

The Mosque in Kilis

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Finding our hotel room

Sunset in Samandagi

The ruins of St. Simeon

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

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

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Steph and the Euphrates river

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Turkish Delight

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

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Arriving to rain in Antakya

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Beehive houses in Harran

Ataturk in Adana

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

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

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

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Hassan, a local resident

Driving at night back to Antakya

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Steph standing on the beach

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

Street feeling in Kilis

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

The archway and observation tower in Harran

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Getting a concensus on directions

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

The inside of the church in the cave

Buying clementines in Antakya

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

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.