Places to Visit in the Bay Area

Mom Violy, Tita Edna and Carmina have never been to Iloilo . Tita Edna suggested using her Philippine Airlines mileage to deduct 9,000 miles for a round trip to Iloilo and pay taxes of about 3,000 pesos ($50.85). Mom Violy and Carmina decided to do the same. Two weeks later, we learned Bacolod was recently hit by a typhoon, leaving fewer places to visit, so we changed our plans to stay in Iloilo, paying an additional 2,057 pesos ($34.86) for January 6–9, with Tita Edna leaving one day earlier on January 8, 2026. Tita Edna told us that she has a friend Beth who can pick us up from the airport. Uniparentally plans had changed since her friend Beth and son could no longer tour us around, we decided to find ways to get around hire someone else. Jerson had picked us from One Madison Place where we had stayed during our vacation with the hours Mom Violy had requested. The first day we went to drive one hour and thirty minutes to reach Miagao Church . We drove to our next destin...

Places to Visit in the Bay Area

Every year when I have the chance to visit the Bay Area in California I would go to inexpensive places with my best friend and her family.

She would also come up with new places to explore. Either places she wants to visit or places her daughter's have been too for their field trip from their school.

Either way it gives us a chance to bond and explore places together.

Japanese Garden

https://gardensatlakemerritt.org/japanese-garden/

Lake Merrit in Oakland

Laney College Flea Market
Address: 7th Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Open on Sunday: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

The entrance fee varies depending on the day you go.

Try Chamoyada a Mexican dessert made with a sweet and spicy type of shaved ice, or raspado, prepared with chamoy and mango.

Chamoyada

I went to Vietnam in San Jose to see what the place looked like. One of my friend had mentioned to me about it. My friend and family also wanted to see what was there. The food at the restaurant taste like you are in Vietnam. I can highly recommend it.

Vietnam Town
San Jose, California
http://www.vietnamtownonline.com/

Crab Fried Rice

Shrimp Fried Rice

Chicken

Chicken with Vegetables

Seafood Pan Noodles

Tofu with Vegetables

Soup

J Town
http://j-town.ca/

When you are a teen you are into animation and items coming from Japan or Korea. You are into K-Pop and other singers in the band. You don't have time to visit Japan or Korean, but what to buy their food, novelty items, clothing and etc. You can just come to this store and buy it there.