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Cheeky Round The World Trip

a travel blog by Priya&Tim


The time has finally come, for Mister Brown and his sidekick, the wonderful and brilliant Miss Patel to embark on their travels. So, to keep you informed with what we are up to and where we are going, here is what is essentially a diary for the next few months! Enjoy!

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LA

Los Angeles, United States


LA, home to Hollywood and the red carpet; to Beverley Hills and Bel Air; to Baywatch and to all my homies! Unfornately for us, after our 10 hour flight and 5 hour wait to get through customs, we didn't get any red carpet treatment, and nor were there any homies ready to pick us up in our ride and take us to our luxury house with a swimming pool in Bel Air. We can all dream hey! Instead we made it out of the airport without getting arrested and got into our share taxi to get to Hollywood where we had a hostel booked and promtly got ourselves settled and out for dinner. We decided that a week in LA and a week in San Francisco would give us plenty of time to see the things we wanted to see and to have some time to relax and maybe even do a little shopping!

First things first we took a walk around Hollywood Boulevard and headed towards the Mann's Chinese Theatre and the Kodak Theatre. We tried to find our favourite actors and singers on star signed pavements and failed miserably to find all of them as there are so many! But we did get the to find all the awesome hand and footprints outside the Chinese Theatre, you can check them all out in the photos section. We also took a walk through Sunset Boulevard and the surrounding area. The next day we went to Santa Monica Beach and the pier, where we got a better view of the smog over LA city, but there were no great views of any hot sunkissed beautiful people to make up for it so we were rather disappointed and headed out to Rodeo Drive in hope of spotting the David's and Pamela's of LA! After all the window shopping we got oursleves back to hostel and got an early night.

A visit to Los Angeles is incomplete without a visit to Universal Studios, home to hundreds of blockbuster movies and the sets of world famous dramas and series. Its also the home to some of the most amazing themed adventure rides. The classic still being the Studio Tour with viewings of the sets and the famous Jaws attack but joint best ride would have to go to the Back to the Future Ride. We wont spoil it and tell you whats involved, but if you dont do this ride, then dont do Universal Studios - its as simple as that!

We totally knackered ourselves out and decided to take the next day easy and visit the Getty Art Center. This was a tip given to us the day that we arrived, from a girl in the share taxi from the airport and it was certainly a gem worth passing on! The center is based in an area overlooking the hills of LA and is surrounded by lush green flora. It houses many artefacts, scupltures and works of art from around the world and across the ages. The center also houses a couple of exhibitions and is a great place to come and spend the day for free! We werent complaining!

The day before we had to pack and get ready to leave for San Francisco we took the time to a walking tour of Bel Air and Beverley Hills with our hostel; we got to see the houses of Marilyn Monroe, Freddie Mecury, Frank Sinatra, The Spellings, Playboy Mansion and many more. As we were walking we managed to get a better insight into a very different area of LA and got to see a lot more of the area and take it all in. We also fitted in Santa Monica Beach, and Rodeo Drive. LA isnt as bad as it is made out to be - As a tourist however we only saw one side to the whole place and had plenty of things to see and do during our stay. Anyway, if LA could be this good, we were certainly looking forward to going to San Francisco and seeing a friend of ours from Sydney.


permalink written by  Priya&Tim on April 9, 2007 from Los Angeles, United States
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip
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