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