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