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