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.

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Pegasus Airlines

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Steph and Kirk with our dinner the first night in Istanbul.

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

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

The ruins of St. Simeon

Turkish Delight

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

Faces carved into the rock above St. Peters church in Antakya

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Steph standing on the beach

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Sunset in Samandagi

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

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Street food in Adana

Arriving to rain in Antakya

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Driving at night back to Antakya

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Street food in Istanbul

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

Evening in Sanliurfa

The archway and observation tower in Harran

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Steph and the Euphrates river

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

More dolmush rides

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

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

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Street feeling in Kilis

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

An orange vendor in Harran

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Local kids in Vaikifle

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Ataturk in Adana

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Sunset in Samandagi

Hassan, a local resident

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Fishermen in Istanbul

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

Goats in Harran

The inside of the church in the cave

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

The Mosque in Kilis

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

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

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.