Travel Blogs from Santa Monica, United States
My first day in America
Yesterday we arrived in Santa Monica (LA). We flew with Virgin Australia on a Boeing 777. It took 16 hours to get here. We had a look at the Santa Monica Pier and went down to the beach. We saw: a bendy bus a green and white taxi a ferris wheel ...
Santa Monica & Californians for Nebraska
Spent some time in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Hollywood also attempted to check out the Californians for Nebraska for the Nebraska v Ball State game in Hermosa beach at the pier. No go for PPV game ...
The Califronia Missons
We arrived in Luis santa obisse after visitng the beauitful city of Santa ...
Drive
... 's own". Santa Barbara was a sweet enough experience, if only for my walk along the palm tree-lined beach as the light was fading. Santa Monica looks good, very much as I'd pictured it. I've only got two nights here before I move onto West Hollywood. I'm ...
Bye Sam!
... he left, felt lime we should be leaving with him. Ah well we've got some time left and it will be fun. Off to Santa Monica for a walk around the pier, which was alright, but slightly too much like Yarmouth with nicer weather for me. Plus I was amazingly ...
Superbowl Pregame 2007
We headed back up the coast for the annual (16 years now) Superbowl party in Santa Monica California. But in our true wisdom and trying to relive our college days decided to go out the night before and light it up. So here are our pictures from our ...
I spy with my little eye...
... sand, and play together... but we still had to get some more milage under our belts otherwise we were never going to get to Santa Monica. Four hours into the drive and we make a quick stop at Mr McDonald's. A big mac meal and quarter pounder later, ...
Don't start packing yet
Don't get fooled by the scenic pictures of Tajikistan. Access to Pamir, other regions is nearly impossible. Tour companies mostly rip-offs and hygiene none existent. You'd be dealing with Polio, infestation, infection at a very high $$$$. Only decent ...
Fly & Recover
... a lot of movies to choose from. The children around us were very good and there was no one hacking & coughing (always a bonus). Santa Monica was lovely, lots of similar plants as in Perth. After dropping our bags we went for a walk to the Pier ...
Santa Monica and LA pride
... as had locked our head light inside the lockers!! Headed our to the beach for an early morning stroll and discovered Santa Monica Pier. Santa Monica Pier is the oldest pier in California and it has a solar powered ferris wheel.. In the evening wee ...
Surfin USA
... nbsp; And sure enough - three dolphins not one hundred metres from the shore jumping and playing in the Ocean. Apparently Santa Cruz is the real Surfers Beach but this was Surfers Sauchiehall Street!! Hundreds of guys all kitted out trying to ...
Santa Monica
... ontbijtje genomen! Daarna een duik ik het verwarmde zwembad…naar LV met 40 graden was het een soort van koud in Santa Monica met ongeveer 23 graden! We hebben in de middag wat boodschappen gehaald, Beverly Hills en Rodeo Drive bekeken.. Ook moesten ...
Memorial Day weekend in Santa Monica
Longing for some much needed sun and heat, we spent the Memorial Day weekend in Santa Monica for no particular reason besides getting out of town and enjoying the Californian life for a while. Although the weather was much cooler than ...
Santa Monica - Getty better soon
... on Santa Monica as a base to visit LA as we hadn’t been able to find a decent enough area within LA and from Santa Monica we thought it would be easy to visit the surroundings like Malibu, Hollywood and Venice beach. We had decided to do the ...
Los Angeles
We made our way to Los Angeles to stay with Claire in Santa Monica. We were there less than 48 hours but that short span of time allowed us to visit two beaches, a boardwalk, shop, and realize a waterproof camera isn’t exactly waterproof (which was ...
Bloomington - Chicago - Phoenix
I actually started putting down names of friends who were White Sox fans I wanted to get autographs and memorabilia for a few days before we left.. I didn't realize I had so many White Sox friends. I packed (including my clubs) on Sunday, January 15 ...
Superbowl 2007
The 16th Annual Reddog Superbowl was a blast and we actually watched some of the game this year! Man we must be getting old! But as you will see the days theme was Highschool Prom! If you want to see our invite check this link out! ...
Salsa and street theatre
It's my last day in Santa Monica, so I decided to check out the pool at the hotel. I fancied lazing on a lounger for a bit and relaxing. What I discovered was that the hotel pool was nestled right next to a motorway tunnel. And like the ...
dog town
tried to find where the z-boys hung out. didnt go to good. got lost in venice. it was pretty hectic. ...
Heading for Hollywood
... that we were nevertheless in 'tinsel town'! We then made an escape for the much more beautiful beach scene back in Santa Monica, but not before I make Dom detour through Beverley Hills past the enormous and ridiculously built houses on Rodeo Drive and ...
Klappe und Action!
... 'hrige Männer, die Klimmzüge machen und Jungs, die die schwierigsten Yoga-Positionen einnehmen. Wir haben auch den berühmten Santa Monica Pier besucht und dort bei Bubba Gump leckere Shrimps gegessen. Bubba Gump ist, wer's nicht weiß, das ...
Our Tentative Itinerary
... , Wyoming to Gillette, Wyoming6. Gillette, Wyoming to Lead South Dakota7. Lead, SD to Cody, WY8. Cody, WY to Jackson Hole9. Jackson Hole to Boise, Idaho10. Boise, Idaho to Winnemucca, NV11. Winnemucca, NV to Oakhurst, CA12. Oakhurst, CA to Santa Monica, ...
STA Travel
... Today was a day of mad preparation for our departure on the 'morrow! Vanessa, Tasha, Audra and I all went in to Santa Monica today to the S.T.A. (Student Travel Association) in order to buy our Eurail passes and other tickets for the trip...rather, ...
Santa Monica - Ec LOs Angeles - my new school
Hello, My new city: Santa Monica. I tiny town pretty relax and beautiful with a great pier. I prefere Santa Monica than San FRancisco but if I want to go to LA, I must pass 1 hour in public transport, too much time for this trip. However, LA is ...
City of angels
... of blues and millions of milk shakes ( a milk bar where celebrities sometimes work behind the counter), when we arrived back to Santa Monica we took a ride on the huge Ferris wheel, and returned to bubba gumps for dinner as we really enjoyed the food and ...
Day 3
An 8.00am pick up for Universal Studios an amazingly large place on a hill looking over LA. A long day. Now preparing for the overnight light to New ...
Malibu - Venice - Santa Monica
... kinderspel. Daarna eindelijk bij het vliegveld aangekomen. We hadden gehoopt de spaceshuttle te zien, maar helaas, niet te vinden. Op naar Santa Monica voor de laatste uurtjes van de vakantie en wat eten. In 3th street nog wat geshopt, en gegeten waarna ...
Lucky 21F
Finally the day is here! We left early and headed to airport, but we dropped by chupe's to give him a treat n hugs. Aww, I'm missing him... So upon checking in, I was the lucky one that had been selected for a random security check. Nb. Check so long... ...
If I lived in LA, I would be a stalker.
LA is definitely my place to live in, omg, the food is so good, the people are so nice!!! Granted they work on tips, but seriously, wouldn't you rather pay for tips than mandatorily having to pay for service charge and GST in Singapore? On our 2nd day in ...

