Muscle Beach Santa Monica

Nach einer hervorragenden Nacht mit Meeresrauschen machten wir uns auf den Weg ins Getümmel - Los Angeles, die mit knapp 18 Millionen Einwohnern zweitgrößte Stadt der USA - nach New York.

Wir kurvten vermutlich wieder als einziges Wohnmobil auf diesem Planeten durch den stark befahrenen Molloch bis tief hinein ins Herz (wohl eher das …

My flight over to LA took just over 10 hours, can't say I was fed too well and the entertainment system was old school – I guess I’ve just been spoilt! The seat next to me was free so I had extra space and slept for most of the flight. For a change I was in front of the wing on the flight just behind business class, never managed to get …

25th - 28th November & 30th Nov - 3rd December 2011

Venice Beach was somewhere that both of us really enjoyed staying, the beach was absolutely gorgeous, there was beautiful sunsets every
night that you could see from outside our hostel window, there was a hive of
activity going on from acrobatics from the locals to one man …

Ren sightseeing i Los Angeles og omegn. Først i Los Angeles og om eftermiddagen en køretur til Long Beach og se Queen Mary II …

Pinkberry, Wholefoods, Zanzibar, palm trees, The Getty, Border Grill, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, Culver City, awesome sushi, Hollywood, Johnny Rockets, Beverly Hills, free tortilla chips and salsa, Santa Monica, Walk of Fame, guilt-fueled shopping, Salted Caramel Mocha Frappacinos, Cow's End wraps...

Los Angeles, DONE!

America, …

... attractions, a trapeze school and Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Store, among them. It was a crisp sunny morning when we walked along Muscle Beach and the Pier. The amusement park section was not open until later in the day and evening, so we couldn't ride ...

... be prescribed marijuana for any ailment you could dream up. I bought a Tshirt whilst Debbie went to admire the bodies working out at Muscle Beach. We then had a go at trying to be all atheletic on the bars and rings!  Yet Venice Beach is a buzzy, ...

... and comfy and not a hostel.....but the best is yet to come....oh yes, bring it on........ I have one more night at Santa Monica, then I am changing hotels and off to Beverley Hills.......I still cant believe I am staying in the Regent Beverley ...

... gathered to the hostel without having to lug it on the bus. The hostel was clean with good facilities but just lacked atmosphere. Santa Monica itself was really nice. Its a good place to people watch down on the beach. All sorts of things going on ...

walked to santa monica beach. hit wharf. saw muscle beach. had a coffee and walked down coast to venice beach. boardwalk. saw the skate park. looked at shops on beach front. saw one of the most ridiculous blokes i've ever seen... probably similar age to ...

... the next 4 hours. Think I'll have a surf and find where we can go for breakfast. Oh, and I can check out the shops.........Looking forward to today, planning to shop, beach it, go on the pier, eat out, go to Muscle Beach, shop, eat, eat, ...

... a photo taken with him. Mortified! I grabbed the kids in the photo too. After an hour or two on the beach we went for a walk along the famous Santa Monica Pier. More about that later though; it's 11.12pm, everyone else is sleeping, and I want to sleep ...

... avgjørelse. Etter halvannen time med stressfull kjøring på motorveiene som leder innover mot LA's kjerne og videre ut til Santa Monica beach hvor vi hadde sett for oss at tid skulle tilbringes, fant vi etter litt leting et passe greit lite motel ...

... . Again, we headed down the Hwy 1, along the Californian coastline, this time to our final destination of the trip, Santa Monica. We stopped off along the way to check out Zuma Beach in Malibu where Baywatch was filmed.  Maybe ...

... on 3rd street promenade, which is a pedestrianised road lined with shops, bars and restaurants.  The other benefit of Santa Monica is the beach and ocean and its proximity to Venice Beach which I thought was fab – more on that later.  ...