36 hours in Santa Monica

I dogfood an apartment for Zeus this past weekend and took uber everywhere to explore the city.

Friday
3:30pm
1) Check into Zeus property at 2200 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, love their furnishing with the feel of home, but I have issues with wifi

6pm
2) Dinner at True Food Kitchen inside Santa Monica Place
I ordered their famous edamame dumplings. Then I ordered matcha horchata which had oak milk instead of rice milk.

7pm
3) Watch sunset at Santa Monica Pier

Saturday
9am
4) Grab a Chai smoothie at Renovo

9:30am
5) Soak in Jacuzzi

11am
6) Brentwood Country Mart

An old barn converted into a shopping and food area.
Stopped by goop, diesel bookstore
Ate at Frida Tacos- Chicken and lettuce wrap

Grab lemon poppy seed at Farm Shop

Had fresh mint chip ice cream at Sweet Rose Creamy

4pm
7) Palisades Park
strip of land with palm trees and ocean views over looking Santa Monica Pier on the left side.

8) Third street Promenade
Watch performers

9) Hotel Casa Del Mar
Had sushi and taste of sake for their happy hour

7pm
10) Watch sunset at beach

Sunday
9am
Had breakfast at Goodboybob coffee. Had avocado toast and cappuccino.

11am
Check out

UrbanHike in San Francisco

A group of us decided to do an urban hike in San Francisco. We started with lunch at "Aha Fresh" formally "Griddle Fresh" The Lemon ricotta soufflé's pancake is a must try.

Then we walked around 24th street window shopping.

We gather at Neighbor’s Corner in San Francisco for coffee tea and light snack, introduce ourselves.

Then we’ll start our hike with a visit to Seward slides and play like a kid.

then we hike up to the top of Kite Hill for great views

and then take a hike to twin peaks (good workout, bring water) for awesome views and photo ops.

Then back to coffee shop, here you can grab more drink of snack if necessary. Then we head towards Boba Guys for a reward afterwards.

24 Things to do in Cambodia and Vietnam

1. Watching sunrise over the temples in Cambodia

2. Angkor Wat, one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World

3. Visit Bayon and watching baby monkeys stealing food from each other.

4. Feeling speechless standing in front of the tree in Ta Prohm.

5. Climbing 500 steps to Hua Cave View Point

6. Ride the boat to see the birds in sanctuary.

7. Kayak to Cat Ba Island

8. Watching sunset on Halong Bay cruise

9. Celebrate Anniversary on the cruise by having a special seat

10. Go across Hua Bridge to Ngoc Son Temple

11. Ate Bon Cha like Obama and Bourdain.

12. Walk on the long corridor in Hue Imperial Palace and thinking it's just like China

13. Watch a fisherman cast the net and then he ask him to help him.

14. Carring fruit and veggies is not easy

15. Visit How An, city of lanterns

16. Visit Cu Chi Tunnels

17. Rubber trees near Cu Chi

18. Drinking "5 o'clock Follies" at Rex Hotel

19. Visit Mekong Delta to the city called Ben Tre. Here is where they build bricks.

20. Had famous fried fish at Mekong Delta

21. Finding apartment converted into Cafes in Saigon Walking Street

22. Bitexco Tower, currently the tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City

23. Finding Notre Dame Cathedral in Vietnam and learned the materials were imported from France.

24. Breakfast overlooking Saigon River at Hotel Majestic

Dublin May 2018

 Dublin  May, 2018

Small Irish Capital with huge reputation

Paul has many business trips there

We flew United business class and used Polaris Lounge

Day 1

It was raining when we arrived

We had soup dragon

Stopped by Temple Bar

Walk on Grafton Street

See flowers 

street singers

Walk St Stephens Green Park

Doors of Dublin at FitzWilliam Square

Ate at Darkey Kellys

Music and pub food Beef and Guinness stew and fish and chips

Stay at Leonardo Hotel Christchurch

Day 2

Guinness Storehouse Tour!

Book of Kells and Library

Ireland's oldest public library, looks much as it did when it opened in 1707, with the books still kept in their original order on the shelves.

Ate at The Pigs Ear (now it's called Lotus Eaters)