We have spent the past 2 days exploring LA and recovering as much as possible from the jetlag.
Wednesday morning the hostel organised a guided tour (on public buses), to Malibu. This was guided by a German guy who has been living in LA for a number of years. Interesting guy, interesting lifestyle.
Didn't get to see any of the stars that live in the area, but we did see some of the locals fishing on Malibu Pier catch a shark that as about a meter long. All us tourists wouldn't get any closer than a few meters too it, then this little kid (about 5) waltzed over and sat about 20cm in front of it!
Had lunch on the beach and say dolphins surfing in the waves and jumping out of the water, had a look around the shops and coffee in the Malibu Starbucks. Its, like, where all the cool people hang out!
Malibu and Santa Monica are the beaches where Baywatch was filmed, unfortunately C.J. wasn't on patrol.
We also checked out the 3rd street prominade and Santa Monica Pier on our own. Spent a few hours lying on the beach in the afternoon.
Thursday we jumped back on the public buses and did a few of the touristy sites. Checked out the Beverley Hills Shopping Strip, and all the things that we cant afford. T-Shirts for $400 USD, Jewellery worth more than our round the world airfares and Artworks for 40-50k (must be expensive crayon's).
After lunch at the farmers market and a look around The Grove (another mall), we headed on down to Hollywood. Saw the stars in the concrete, including the simpsons and bugs bunny, Kodak Theatre and views of the Hollywood Sign. Christine got accosted by Elvis and Marilyn, ha ha ha... ahh good times.
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