Comfort Inn Manhattan Beach

... 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 ...

Awoke to another hazy morning in Manhattan Beach. Jeff went off for his last jog up to the pier and collected his coffee and some spicy sausage for brekky on his way back. Greg made tea and then showered early. Chrissie and Wendy completed the final stages of packing whilst Greg and Jeff elected to get breakfast under way to use up all the bits and pieces. At one time though by the look of Jeff and Chrissie's room it seemed they were only just starting ...

Angie and Tim are packed and ready to roll.<br><br>That door key was still missing though. Chrissie had checked everywhere but decided to go into the garage to have a look around .... Wendy who was convinced that she hadn't handled the said key had another look around the room and just had a quick look in her black handbag that hadn't been touched for several days and was rather amazed to find at the bottom.... missing key!!!! Chasing ...

Jeff jogged to the pier, and walked back again, but this time he managed to get his coffee by foot. Breakfast was another simple affair.<br><br>Chrissie, Jeff, Greg and Wendy decided to go and explore some more shops, but Tim and Angie were shopped out and chose to stay at the beach house. Angie wanted to do some washing as well.<br><br>Costco was our first stop, as Chrissie had her card with her. We began by taking some notes on cameras for Tim and Angie ...

As became the norm during our time at Manhattan Beach, Jeff got up first, banged about a bit and then went off for his jog to the pier. Greg was next to get up to make a cup of tea. Jeff returned (feeling extremely unfit - he'd just managed to jog to the pier, but walked back). He got the car out to go and get his Starbuck's coffee! Wendy and Tim emerged and Chrissie and Angie, but we were all up and about early.<br><br>We opted for a very light breakfast of ...

We left the cruise ship at 7am this morning (breakfast was a rushed affair, but this time they were very generous with the bacon, something they had been rationing on previous days), this was a bit of a mean feat as it meant getting up at the crack of dawn, trying to pack all our stuff, which of course was getting more and more, esp in Chrissie's case, who saw shopping as a competiton and was determined to win, at all costs, esp on her credit card.... Tim and Angie ...

... Now many of you are probably asking, why aren't you driving, Kristen (since I am the obvious choice)? However, as I am the only one that knows how to read a map, I have designated myself as the navigator. Lisa is concerned, however, about getting yelled at, and I keep telling her that as long as she listens to me, we'll be OK. Lisa's expectations of this trip are to drink lots of wine, and soak in all the beautiful towns ...

... to get an arial view of the city. It really is huge! Also, the best part of it I'd have to say was cruising to Venice Beach (hour half bus ride), which was pretty beautiful with the palm tree's, the beach apartments aligning the walk ways, and the surf that strolled in on a regular basis. I was very tempted to see if I could hire a surfboard here and get some waves in - I'm gonna miss that. The only thing that ...

... actually John Williams, the great composer himself, conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in playing his own music! I had only found out about this concert 2 days prior and tickets were already sold out for tonight, so I then did the next best thing and went on the L.A. Craigslist website, where I immediately found lots of postings for people selling their tickets at good prices (face value, as stipulated by Craigslist). But I quickly found that shortly ...

... the smell of money. Her high school year in Novato. The battle of the pacific when the Chilean army were given a drink of alcohol and gunowder and ran up Morro hill in 55 minutes and defeated the Peruvians and Bolivians (re-enacted every year without the gunpowder, probably like the original battle). &amp; ; ;nbs p; Corrazones Caves was a pleasant rocky shore with lovely white cliffs (guano deposits), natural arches, shallow caves ...