Berkeley Travel Blogs

I'm one of those people who don't really get too excited about anything until it's actually happening. Although I leave in less than 48 hours for a 5-week trek around Eastern Europe, I don't think the reality of the situation has set in yet. It was like this when I left to study abroad in Rome, too…

a fellow traveler sent me a message like this many months ago, and i wanted to bring the smile that came to my face, to the faces of the people that i've met along my path. as i sort through a seemingly endless stream of pictures, i can look back on the last 210ish days with an o…

This entry is a bit of a digression, but it is important nonetheless because it deals with a dangerous and disturbing trend that threatens to destroy civilized culture as we know it: killer coffee lids. Angie and I had a ridiculously early flight from Oakland to Seattle, and I needed a morning cup …

One of my favorite places I visited in California before moving up here was the Berkeley waterfront.  There is a great restaurant called Skates on the Bay I had eaten at before which offers incredible views of San Francisco when the sky is clear.  It was still early and I stopped to take …

As I left San Francisco, California to head towards Yosemite National Park, I made a brief stop in Berkeley to meet up with a couple of guys that everybody here on TravBuddy knows.At noon, I stopped at Gregoire for lunch with Eric and David, the developers of TravBuddy. It was great to finally meet…

Natalie, the friend who I was visiting, lived together with a group of her friends in a house in Berkeley, on the opposite side of the SF bay, near Oakland. It is quite a strange place, the only reason why I had ever heard about it is because its very famous university, but I didn't know anything a…

My brother got accepted at one of the most recognized colleges for engineering. He lives with me now and he asked me to accompany him to orientation day. My brother told me some tidbits about Cal while we were walking around campus. Cal Berkeley is the oldest of the UC campuses. He pointed out …

The weather was beautiful driving to Northern California. After leaving Los Angeles County, it felt so amazing to be on my own, in my own car, listening to my own music, stopping where I wanted and going wherever the hell I wanted. And especially, to be able to leave the Safely made it to Be…

this is a small compilation of photos from all my trips to the bay area in the last 4 years.

I've been meaning to do this for a while now. Finally, I'm posting some random photos from my last 5 years of traveling. Just sharing the beauty of this world - enjoy! =) ***Still not finished uploading ALL the photos, so check back again later!***

Spend most of today visiting Berkeley, my former home for 5 years. The drive from Santa Cruz along windy highway 17  (the main highway from Santa Cruz to San Jose) is even more exciting than average because of unusually high winds. The winds are so strong that I see two giant trees toppled by …

From the quickness and excitement of California's largest cities to the tranquility of the Cook Islands.

Before going to CA, what were popular in CA in my mind were the sunshine, and tasty Sunkist oranges and fruits. It was the 1st time I left Hong Kong for that long, for having placement for 2 monthes in Redwood City and Stanford. I really enjoyed staying there, together with many precious memories in travelling to Yosemite, San Francisco and Las Vagas.

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San Francisco and the SF Bay