California Travel Blogs - Page 3

Early start with a 5am drive to drop my car at a friend’s for a lift to Heathrow, didn't fancy airport parking fees for a month! Check in and flight were without any drama's. Flew Virgin Atlantic and no complaints there, the food was well, airplane food but edible and the cabin crew pleasant enou…

December 8th, 2007 goes down in history as the largest TravBuddy Meetup in history!  Well, at least so far.   Held in an alley in downtown Los Angeles.  Yep, that’ what I said, an alley!  Now if someone had told me before hand that this was going to be the case I may have th…

Just amazing! I am going to meet-up with several new friends that I've met through Travbuddy!Our new friend Lili Ana is coming in from Peru and our other new friend Anita is coming in from Germany, but visiting Seattle as well. We have all discussed getting together in Santa Monica to meet-up with …

Tracy and I finally had our first full night's sleep! =D I think we got 7 hours and it was an amaaaazing feeling after the two 2 hour catnaps we've had in the last two days! I missed the superb pace and quality of the first 36 hours but realized that isn't sustainable unless.. oh you're SAL!!! My h…

I hate to leave this blog dangling without an end like I do most my blogs, so for my last entry, I will share with you everything I did for my 12-day birthday/going-away extravaganza. Reviews of all the venues follow.  

The day of our meetup had arrived.  We all had been talking about the excitement and not sure what to expect since this was our first meetup ever.  After that night I know it won't be my last.  I can't wait for the next one. Sister and I had been running late all day.  Alo…

Many people say it is very easy to travel in South East Asia. I can see why- getting around is convenient and many destinations cater to foreigners. But for many reasons, this was the most challenging trip I've ever done. I had a feeling it would be before I left, but I wasn't sure how the cha…

I wanted to create a blog to recap my first year with TravBuddy and share the profound impact it has had on my life.  I've seen many posts on the forums about whether TravBuddy really "works" and if people find travel partners, etc.  When I read the few negative comments here and there,&n…

  These are some pictures from the L.A. meetup at Rusty's Surf Ranch on the Santa Monica pier. It was my first TravBuddy meetup and what an adventure it was!

  OMG.. time flies way too fast some times, and now it was almost time for me to say goodbye to some of the most wonderful people I have ever met. I still had a couple of days left with Joy and Rob, but this was the last chance to get most of the gang together. Instead of going out to …

BIG BEAR HERE WE COME!!!!!!Funny i just got back from LA and I am driving back to California HAHAHAHA. I arrived at 8am. I took a nap, showered, unpack and repacked for Big Bear. RJ is driving anyway HAHAHAHHA. Wendy (travelngirl) has been inviting us to come visit her since she moved to Big Bear C…

I left Friday morning at 8:15am with a carload of my daughter's (DisneyGirlPrincess) belongings to move her to San Diego, where she plans to go to school next semester.  She followed 2 hours behind me with another carload of stuff and her dad 2 hours after that with a truckload of st…

I was hanging out in Pasadena for a few days prior to visiting my folks this trip and turns out, my close friend Jose was also going to be in the Los Angeles area this week on military leave, visiting his family!  Jose and I had not seen each other in a few years due to his deployment and movi…

Our 2007 trip was a trip to discover and film as many waterfalls as we could in the North West section of the U.S.  One difference this time is that we actually had purchased a GPS system.  My husband loves those little toys and was thrilled to be able to try it out.  We had also che…

I started the day with a trip to Alcatraz Island, also known as the Rock. I got to the pier early, so I could catch the first ferry to the island. My plan was to see Alcatraz, and then go to Oakland for a football game. I got on board the ferry to Alcatraz. Once there, everyone was given an orienta…