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