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