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