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.

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek

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

Me, Steph and Kirk standing on ruined pilars at St. Simeon

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

The archway and observation tower in Harran

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Beehive houses in Harran

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

The inside of the church in the cave

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

Getting a concensus on directions

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

Arriving to rain in Antakya

Goats in Harran

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Steph and the Euphrates river

Street food in Adana

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Researching for our next day’s adventures in our hotel room in Antakya

More dolmush rides

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

The ruins of St. Simeon

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Ataturk in Adana

Local kids in Vaikifle

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Sunset in Samandagi

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Sunset in Samandagi

Steph standing on the beach

Broken Turkish Pottery

Fishermen in Istanbul

The Mosque in Kilis

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

Medusa Head in the Cistern

A local shepard and his flock on the side of the road in Yolbasi

Finding our hotel room

Evening in Sanliurfa

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

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Pegasus Airlines

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

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Sitting on the ledge watching the sun set on the Euphrates in Kasaba.

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

Turkish Delight

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

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

Street feeling in Kilis

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

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

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Hassan, a local resident

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

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.