Trip Report 2/3-2/5/25: Gülhane Park, Istanbul

On a recent flight, we used the Turkish Airlines Stopover in Istanbul program to spend three days in Istanbul. It is an excellent program that I highly recommend. Even though Istanbul was still cold in February, we visited Gülhane Park every day. My son played in the playground area while I got a few minutesContinue reading “Trip Report 2/3-2/5/25: Gülhane Park, Istanbul”

Trip Report 1/10/25: Cuc Phon National Park, Vietnam

One January afternoon drinking beers and overlooking Trúc Bạch Lake in Hanoi (where John McCain was shot down), while I was checking out some herons in the lake, my friend I was visiting asked if I wanted to go birdwatching at Cúc Phương National Park. He found a one-day birdwatching tour for us; he andContinue reading “Trip Report 1/10/25: Cuc Phon National Park, Vietnam”