Cecil Hotel Los Angeles Downtown

... rides including The Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Indiana Jones, Big Thunder Mountain railway, Matterhorn Bobsleds and last but certainly not least, Space Mountain (freaky - but the coolest by far!). We also spent a large part of the day wet as they put James in the front of the log ride. He weighed about 20kg more than all other riders therefore ...

... of the sun/heat/buses so decided to leave it and get some shade! Enjoyed a crepe in the Kodak Theatre as lunch and also checked out all the Avenue of Stars has to offer. Michael Jackson's star will be included in the next picture upload!<br><br>Back to the hotel for a rest and some pool action, then back again to Hollywood Boulevard for dinner at an amazing Italian, then of course on to the cinema to check out one of the latest releases!<br><br>Next ...

... br><br>LAX, 7/29, 10am<br><br> Now to resume my last entry and discuss the key parts of my trip:<br><br>1) Air travel &#8211; all I can say is &#8220;wow!&#8221; I will have flown 9 flights in 17 days. Airports I&#8217;ve been at include Miami, LA, Auckland, Sydney, Hamilton Island, Cairns, Alice Springs, and Brisbane. I just calculated that from start to finish, I&#8217;d have been in the air for 48 ...

... Bus for 45 minutes to Santa<br>Monica. First we took a walk to the beach and then the shops, however<br>we were restricted to just window shopping today.<br><br>Laura and Dan had their hair done and whilst waiting for Laura to finish<br>Dan and Zoe went to an English bar for a drink and snack. At 4.30pm<br>we caught the bus back to the transit centre and then the hotel<br>shuttle back. We had a short rest before the free buffet at 6.30pm,<br>followed by free freshly ...

... filmed. Wow. <br>- Questioned why the average street in LA looks super ****** and run-down, yet people will walk out of an establishment on said street in fancy clothes and get into a luxury car. <br> - Had lunch at Sunnin, a Lebanese café. Fantastic. Their falafel was made with fava beans instead of chickpeas like we normally have. Different, but delicious. They had a perfect crunchy shell, which is ...

... they dropped me at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood where there are a variety of bus tours. We decided on the Grand Tour for my day!<br><br>The Blurb says ....'This is the most complete sightseeing tour of Los Angeles. Our experts will take you to all of the latest, hottest andmost famous spots that define LA. You will see all of the following attractions and more.' ........<br><br>HOLLYWOOD - Where movies are made and the Stars live, also known as the ...

... managed to get a bus, metro then taxi to bens friends house. They gave us a tour around LA for a couple of hours seeing all the touristy things in Woodrows amazing BMW, complete with TV and DVD player . Been driving around LA today which was nice, but slightly jet lagged having not slept for 26 hours. Ben's old roommates Woodrow and Kevin are both really cool and ...

... much to do, so little time. It is sad that I will have to miss a quarter of school at Irvine, and I am going to miss all my family and friends....but I have been wanting this for the past 2 years and it is finally becoming a reality! I have so many emotions that I can't really describe how I am feeling, the only way to convey what is going through my head is PURE EXCITEMENT. I am on the first shuttle that ...

... a walk the minute we got there, we'd literally been in the city 10 minutes, i find this CD store, and walk in to see Daniel Johns! (of Silverchair!) Of all people, an Aussie.... And then i go back into the CD store a few hours later (i think there will be many a trip into that store, im kicking myself i cant buy too much, all new CDs are under $15..... grrrr,) Anyway i go back in and theres one of the ...