Monterey Travel Blogs

We took this trip while we were on assignment in Oakland/Alameda. One of the most beautiful drives of my life!

Monday morning we woke up and went to a place called Claremont Dinner. Its tradition now. I had a yummy french scrambled eggs with ham and chedder and home fries and toast and fruit. I hugged my girl and then I set off home. MY weekend was short but sweet.I took a different way home so that I could…

Perhaps living in Los Angeles for 9 years has spoiled me, but the Bay Area, although very beautiful is very cold and windy! There's a stretch of road that winds along the coast, giving you beautiful vistas of cliffsides with these amazing trees growing out of these huge rocks. Just to the East you …

I spent a whole weekend driving along Highway 1! what an incredible journey!

A couple of years back I had the opportunity to spend the day at Laguna Seca Raceway watching the SCCA sports car races.  There were several races throughout the day for the various classifications.    Laguna Seca Raceway as it was known then is now sponsored by Mazda so they thro…

After a good night sleep time to see the east coast line of California. Too soon to leave San Francisco after only one night, but we will come back for 3 days so we can see more of this impressive city. Soon we see the coast line, and, when it is only 9 degrees, also the first surfers! Most of us h…

Monterrey is a very nice area of California. There is a pier/wharf, an aquarium, beaches, shopping, and dining to be found here. It was very cold when we were there but we still saw many surfers out in the strong waves. Pacific Grove is even prettier with it's majestic cliffs and waves crashin…

This morning while the girls were out making some last minute purchases I had the hotel pack us some lunches for the drive back to LA.  Our first stop was 17 mile drive  well worth the toll charged, the girls were upset at the first stop on the drive which there was almost nothing to see …

At the recommendation of our lovely Russian concierge, we took the Super Sightseeing Tour to Monterey and Carmel, figuring we probably wouldn't be back in the bay area for a long while.  We were picked up promptly at 8:20am and taken to the main office over on Fisherman's Wharf.  We then …

So my final destination.... A week long stay here. Well, if I had made my flight, so technically only 6 days there.

Saturday came and we were sad to leave San Francisco. It had been a fantastic four nights in a city that really lives up to the hype. But we had to move on and we were headed for Santa Cruz. We picked up our hire car from the Hyatt Regency, less of a hotel and more of a little village. We…

Just travelled up the PCH from Morro Bay to San Francisco. Had the best time ever. Also did a 'little' detour to do a spot of Surfing at Pacific Beach San Diego.. just as a treat!

We spent the whole day driving around the Monterey peninsula. "17 mile drive" to be precisely. It is a scenic road that runs along the coastline and offers great viewpoints. we stopped at Panish Bay, Point Joe, Seal Rock, Fanshell Overlook and Cypress Point Lookout. Of course I took a picture of th…

California's Central Coast. I could never tire of the beauty and serenity. Monterey has the large aquarium, Cannery Row, and Fishermans Wharf. Carmel-by-the-Sea is a cute town to stroll through. And Pacific Grove has great tidepools. I love finding sea creatures, always a surprise!

I am in USA 2 years now and have traveled through several states ...Las Vegas NV, San Francisco and Bay areas CA, Vail Colorado, Wisconsin, Virginia, Washington DC, Chicago & Evanston IL, Providence RI, Brookings OR, and Maui Hawaii WaiKiki Honolulu and Keanae. These travels were a wonderful experience in my life whom came from a small country like Lao PDR.