Venice Beach Los Angeles

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 …

What to say about Los Angeles... it's not my city, but I already knew that from a previous experience, but it is the only way to go to the next destination (Flagstaff / Grand Canyon) by train, so thought I might as well give it another go.

Stayed in a hostel on Hollywood Boulevard for the first night, I arrived very late as the train was …

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 …

We drove to Venice beach, which was an interesting experience. Lots of 'alternative' characters and 'shops' advertising medicinal herbilage!! Lots of people in Halloween costumes who had obviously already been to the 'shops'!
We had to change rooms in our hotel as Dominic kept complaining - there was a Mexican restaurant under our first room …

Even if the full name of the city was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciúncula" now it can only be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size and called LA, this town remain always a "must" for visitors in the US. Actually it is difficult to resist and say that you don't like Los Angeles. We passed 4 days with Justin (a friend's …

Woke up at 3am today and couldn't get back to sleep... jet lag I suppose!

Today we decided to do a Starline Tours Hop-On/Hop-Off tour - it's a bus that takes you around LA, and you can get on and off as you please. We had commentary on the sights as we went past. We started in Hollywood/Highland, at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

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It was hard driving into Los Angeles in the evening. A lot of traffic and too many lanes.

The hotel was very nice, and so was the bar and restaurant situated on the property.

On wednesday we went to see the famous walk of fame just a street down from the hotel. We also booked a trip with a bus to see the famous places of L.A. We …

Ok, a busy day exploring.

First up the beautiful Californian beaches of Baywatch fame. We started at Santa Monica, an urban cool shopping and dinning location mixed with the laid-back beach vibe. We take in the Santa Monica Pier, with it's strange fair ground and grey looking views up and down the beach. Yes it's cloudy and misty ... yup …

When we left Vegas at 9am it was already boiling hot. Most of our last day on TrekAmerica tour was spent in the van driving to LA through the largely uninteresting Mojave desert. LA is huge and sprawling - and not very aestetically pleasing. We went to Venice Beach as a sort of add-on trip, as some of the group had already seen Hollywood and so on …

... to get anywhere. It would suck to live down here. Big time. At least they have a/c in their vehicles. We spent a day at Venice beach watching the freakies, wandering around, and taking in street shows (ie a juggler on a high ladder and a group of ...

... 't seem to mind people using them to check email. A little further south along the beach from Santa Monica was Venice Beach. This is where the famous Muscle Beach is located, an outdoor gym where muscle men show off. Schwarzenegger had been spotted ...

... where celebs have been arrested. It was a very exciting, if a little sad, way to see the city. On Saturday 31st went to Venice Beach or as we now call it Camden by the sea. It was full of old hippies, market stalls and weirdos who'd obviously spent ...

... we would in The Cook Islands and we were sure the beach there would be nicer!! We got back in the car and headed down to Venice Beach which was much the same. We continued down Route 1 until eventually we hit the airport. We went to The POst Office and ...

... and gave the odd mumble back..just for the sake of it. The guy hopped out at the Liquor Store. Nothing special about Venice beach itself. The shops there are bohemian and there's a freak show which i could have entered after i bought $5 sun glasses ...

... singing I've ever heard in a church before, my contribution aside. After the service we drove down to Santa Monica Pier and Venice beach for a quick look albeit too quick for my liking as I wanted to wander around some more but Gary like almost every ...

... I really enjoyed it. The rest of our time in LA was relatively chilled - we got our own chauffeur to see Hollywood Boulevard, Venice Beach, Malibu and more.  We were also able to benefit from Rob's movie director status (aka student pass) and get a ...

... ).  Santa Monica Boulevard was interesting, but we decided to walk along the beach (it was really really wide) down to the Venice Beach area.  At the famous Muscle Beach there were heaps of buff guys all posing in the sun but the best part was ...

... I have stayed in up until now. The rooms were cleaned every day, regular tours were operated to Beverly Hills, the Hollywood sign, Venice Beach and plenty of other places. Everyone I spoke to was great, the bar was fantastic (you could even bring your ...

Jet lagged, we reluctantly dragged ourselves out of bed at 11.30. The previous evening we'd decided against doing a guided tour of Universal studios as we only have one day – we want to go out and see the city instead and hopefully spot Beckham. ...