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Travel Blogs from Santa Monica (2), United States
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
This is a top pick! I slept in for the first time on my trip. It was nice to sleep in a comfy bed. I drove to Santa Monica National Recreation Area. There I drove along the coast on the Pacific Highway. In Malibu I got off and walked the Malibu Pier and ...
Fun in LA
This is a top pick! 13.4.2010 Santa Monica Pier has some interesting 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 ...
Rags and riches to a little celebrity spotting
This is a top pick! After our short departure from the United States we were ready and charged up to tackle the great state of California. Of all our time in the US we decided to spend most of our time in California for the simple reason that it has so much diversity from ...
Los Angeles and all it has to offer?!
This is a top pick! ... whilst watching the surfers on Malibu beach was just enough to warm the body and soul before we carried on south and arrived in Santa Monica in damp, misty fog. August is clearly not the time to visit the California coast. Determined not to be outdone by ...
Last day in LA
This is a top pick! ... the beach, but minus the beautiful bodies. In general we have been surprised by how un-worked-out and fit the people in Santa Monica are and how normal everyone looks. Having said that we have seen a good few Californian nutters as well: ...
Santa Monica, Beverly Hills
... nejzajímavější část. Spočítali jsem drobáky v peněžence a šli zas o kus dále :o) I v Santa Monice to není také ráj pro české našince, ale už se občas něco našlo. ...
Reservation for Woodie
... funky cheese that they put on things over here... its scary... We left San Fran at 8am from our hotel and arrived in Santa Monica at 9.40pm. It should only take around 6 and a half hours but we stopped so many times for photos and food and to ...
LA - El Paso
After being with Joe and his roommates did I decide to try to go to New Orleans. It took me a lot of time with pubilc transportaion just to get out of LA - so I ended up with taking a train the last way to San Bernardino. It was kind of late when I got ...
Where the Art meets the Sea!
SANTA MONICA AND VENICE BEACH! I stayed on 2nd Street at a hostel called HI (Hostelling International) This was a nice place however everyone kept to themselves ...
Old friends
... trip - now we'll see how long it takes us to head up the coast, turn east, and wend our way home! ***** June 1st, Santa Monica, CA at Mary and Murray's We arrived yesterday at Mary and Murray's - our dear friends from Post Mills who have moved ...
George Clooney........I know where you live.......
... 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 ...
Santa Monica LA Day 1
Got up after being woken by a Helicopter hovering outside our window try to lift something the helicopter was there for like 20mins right outside our window I loved it. Enjoyed a really good continental breakfast at our hostel then made our way down to ...
Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach
... joined back up to the 101, and then back to the 1 around Oxnard. We then followed the 1 down through Malibu, and into Santa Monica. We're staying at the Travelodge here. Got the "Honeymoon Suite." Basically the same budget room as all the rest, but it ...
Venice Beach & Santa Monica Pier
... there & back again, stopping for a large piece of pizza ($2.75 cheap!) before heading back to our truck. The next stop was Santa Monica Pier, which was pretty cool, although the little fun park there wasn't open. We got some nice views of the beach, ...
Santa Barbra to Santa Monica LA
Checked out of hostel then spent morning walking round harbour then went to get Greyhound bus to L.A this turned out to be the Nightmare Journey of all the horrible greyhound journeys 'long story short' we turned up 1 hour before bus was due to depart ...
Raratonga, Cook Islands
Wow, had a bit of a flash flood this morning. Was planning to hire a bike along the cycle path but the bad weather stopped that. I'm flying to Raratonga in the Cook Islands tomorrow night from L.A. So I hope to do lots of snorkeling, cycling and ...
Santa Monica
I'm now here in sunny Santa Monita staying at the HI. I'm in the Santa Monica library as it gives 1.5 hours of free internet per day. A lot cheaper than $2 for 20 mins at the HI. Looks like I wont be able to upload any photos here, can't at the HI ...
Highway 1 to LA/Santa Monica
... - I was totally wasted. The next day I called a guy (Joe) that I had found on HC, he lived with 2 other roommates in Santa Monica. The fact that I were only 19 became once again an issue - because Joe was a really party-animal - and it made some ...
Santa Monica
It is the Labour Day public holiday so lots of traffic on the roads. The drive from San Luis Obispo to Santa Monica was mainly Highway driving. Some of the houses were incredible to look at, though. They seem to get more elaborate as we drove towards ...
Santa Monica
... 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 ...
Santa Monica
... during the "ads" though we didn't ask him any. After a meal on the lovely Third Street Promenade, we watched a beautiful sunset over Santa Monica Bay. Now it's an early start tomorrow to board Amtrak for the trek north. Better haul out our ...
First Day away
Wake up in USA for first time, bit cloudy. I went for a walk down to Venice beach, ecclectic is the kindest word for Venice waking up. The RV park had drifters, campers and the surf school setting up. Picked up some ...
Santa Monica
... margaritas on the balcony at the Georgian before retiring to my room to update journal and write postcards. I’m really enjoying Santa Monica – I haven’t felt this relaxed since I started my holidays. December 16 Woke up at 6am – ...
venice beach
... ups and sh*t. everyone was clearly impressed with us, even if they made it seem like they weren't checking us out at all. hit the santa monica mall. bus to LA downtown, got a greyhound bus to san diego to catch up with a mate's bro (dan kellett). went to ...
LA
After being awake for 25 hours we arrivd in our hostel in LA. We went looking for a bottle shop, so we stopped a lady in the street and asked if she knew where the bottle shop was but for some reason she couldn't understand us and kept repeating to ...
Baywatch and Gucci
... and on the Pacific Coast Highways really early and did a tour of the coast northwards via Huntingdon Beach, Long Beach, Venice Beach, Santa Monica and Malibu. Highlights along the way were the Queen Mary which is now moored in Los Angeles and used as a ...
cycling
hiya Rented a rickshaw type bike and Colin peddled to Santa Monica and I rode in the back in relative luxury! When we got there visited the pier and had a few trys on the fairfround attractions. Hoping to go and look round Hollywood ...