After exploring the mission and its grounds, Deelow and I decided to walk around this small town. You can easily tell its old because of the small streets, which some seemed to lead to nowhere while the houses vary from different decades and maybe even centuries. “During the mid to late 1700s, Spanish… Read More San Juan Bautista, California
First of all if you prefer to watch than to read here is the link to the youtube video of this adventure. Mafe needed all the rest she could get after an all night’s work so we didn’t start our adventure until noon. She and Nori-san picked me up from my hotel and we drove… Read More Nagoya Castle, Aichi Prefecture
Anyway, we walked towards the main avenue and we passed by a plaza or square in the middle. What makes this specific place unique was the statue in it. It was a statue of a samurai. Like I mentioned earlier the early Japanese migrants settled in the area of Paco and by 1593 there were… Read More Plaza Dilao and Paco Railway Station, Manila
After exploring the city of Santa Cruz, we went to the beach to enjoy the boardwalk and explore it. It was during the summer so there are a lot of people in the area. We walked around passing the volleyball area where people were playing than on the boardwalk. Deelow and I won’t be riding… Read More Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, California
The sun was up but the snow keeps on falling down on the first day of 2011. It was a white winter wonderland. We got ready and hurriedly went down. We have passed on the casino on the first floor and out of the Wyndham Garden to the parking lot. Our car was cover in… Read More Carson City, Nevada
Right after class Laura and I decided to visit some of the attractions in downtown San Jose. We were feeling a little bit artistic so we visited the closest Art museum in SJSU and that was the San Jose Museum of Art. The interesting fact about this place was the building, but before I talk… Read More San Jose Museum of Art, California
For our final stop in this bustling city, we headed on to one of the city’s famous attractions the Willis (Sears) Tower. It wasn’t hard to find the location because the iconic black tower was so high you could see it from the distance. Upon arriving I took a picture of my parents by signage… Read More Willis (Sears) Tower, Illinois
Driving around the side roads around the bay area was fun but at the same time, it made us hungry. So after our visit to the Union Cemetery, we went to the nearby Burger King and had our lunch/snack there since its past 1pm. It wasn’t crowded and it was nice to relax a little… Read More Redwood City, California
It was late at night around 2 or 3 am when my alarm started buzzing. I opened my eyes and turned it off, and then across the room I yelled at Long. He wasn’t a heavy sleeper so he woke up. I told him its time to go to Randy’s Donuts, and I asked him… Read More Randy’s Donuts, California
Tasting and deciding what to try next took a toll on us, so finally I convinced Long to go and check out the Angels Flight which was literally outside the market. He was very reluctant to go but when we crossed the street and asked the people how much the fare was, I confidently told… Read More Angels Flight, California
We passed through the Venetian rivers and saw other more interesting buildings which we would unfortunately have to skip. After five to six stops from the Piazza San Marco we finally descended the boat bus at San Toma station. From there we followed my phone’s GPS and we passed by several small bridges and to… Read More San Barnabas Church, Venice
We thought Magen would come with me and Kuya Bob to the Mercey Hot Springs tomorrow, but she made a last minute decision of not going. So Kuya Bob and I hasten in getting ready and drove to the spring which was an hour and 15 minute via I-5 and exit to Little Panoche Road.… Read More Mercey Hot Springs, California
Today was another adventure, and a little bit different. I usually explore something historical but today we will go through my Marine Biologist skills. We’ve been planning this trip for several weeks now and we always failed to due to the rain and the low tide schedules. But now we finally made it to Bodega… Read More Mussels Hunting, California
After our breakfast in our favorite diner Denny’s, we drove to the Glen Canyon Dam Overlook. I wasn’t sure what to find there but once we parked and walked down to the rails to the overlook Dad and Sam went to their separate ways hiking around the red rocks of the canyon while my Mom… Read More Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona
After visiting the Monterey Base and the exchange, we went back to the hall we passed by earlier. We parked at the front and we were lucky there were still some spots left. Deelow and I have visited the place before in 2009, but we did not explore the building itself. So with Deelow, our… Read More Colton Hall, California
After eating our sumptuous lunch and a walk around the city of Kaiserslautern we went off to south of the town. With Deelow’s “reliable” GPS we took the road that leads to Humberg Hill. A mountain forest at the end of the Palatinate forest. We reached the Bertha von Suttner IGS School and caught up… Read More Humberg Tower, Rhineland-Palatinate
After half of a day sitting on a plane, being picked up by Deelow and venturing to the new world of Germany (for me) with its wonderful greenery and picturesque villages Deelow finally suggested we visit a castle. At first I thought it was the castle I saw from the skies but I was wrong.… Read More Nanstein Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate
After enjoying our lunch at the Jackson Rancheria Casino and Hotel, we headed out to our next destination. It was a bit disappointing that we didn’t get to eat the lobsters at the buffet but we were already full and that was all that matters. Along with my parents, Aunt Gie and Sam, we drove… Read More Indian Grinding Rock, California
A new day for a new adventure, me, my parents, Ta Gie and Sam went for another trop in the foot of the Sierra Nevada. Traveling Northwards from I-5 we exit to freeway 4 and to 99 North, we have finally left the freeway by exiting 88 to Jackson. We were greeted by vineyards and… Read More Kennedy and Argonaut Gold Mines, California
My parents and I went up early for a new adventure. Deelow with the three dogs and I drove the van up to I-5 to I-80 heading east to the Sierra Nevada. We stopped at a rest area before Donner Pass and they used the toilets. Deelow and I walked the dogs around. The dogs… Read More Fort Churchill Park, Nevada
