Hotel Laguna Laguna Beach

... at 7am the next morning, it was a struggle. The Contiki tour of the west coast of America was brilliant. Everything was oganised for us but still had some free time, Lauren (tour guide) was brilliant, all accommodation was swish (compared to what I’ve become used to), met some fantastic people (lots to stay with in Aussie!!!) and seen so many amazing sights that will not be forgotten. At the start of the tour I thought it seemed quite expensive but looking back I think it was great value.

We decided to relax at the beach on our second day of holidays as we needed to enjoy the all the surroundings.

For breakfast we found this fantastic little cafe called Orange Inn and they do fresh pastries, toast and coffees. So this was welcome to us all.

Emma perfected her surfer / boogie board skills all morning and she really loves it. We are not sure if she likes ...

... Verdes peninsula and the South Bay which passed through the beach areas of Manhattan, Redondo and Hermosa. Stretching our legs in Long Beach (and to ask for some directions ;-) we were asked "why are you visiting here", which kind of sums up Long Beach. Finally entering the OC, Huntington Beach was a welcomed sight. An interesting combination of oil drills on one side and miles of golden beach with oil rigs ...

... applied online. A few other choices are STA Travel at Cal. St. Fullerton, The California Welcome Center at Main Place (I've emailed them), the tourist info center in the Convention Center, travel desk at one of the big hotels (if they have them, i don't know yet) or go to school full time for certificate in Travel & Tourism. So that's the job plan. The future travel plans are as follows... South America-travel around for 3 months (Brazil ...

... this opportunity is for me.  I plan on capitalizing every bit of this journey to learn more about myself and venture out to the unknowns to gain invaluable experience.  Through this website, I hope you can also come along on my expedition.  If you know a place that you've been to or any tips on getting around, please don't hesitate to leave a comment here.  I can't wait to get going and I truly feel blessed to be in this situation right now.  

... the rest of the trip! But the city that I wanted to see the most was Laguna Beach, since I was a loyal follower of the MTV show 'Laguna Beach: the real O.C'. Laguna Beach was amazing. The weather was beautiful and the main beach was packed full of people either walking, playing volleyball/basketball or sunbathing. This is a very posh city, all BMW, Mercedes, etc, and very fashionable. We walked along the ...

Well, for those of you who told me so, you told me so. My brother has not been to the boat since Monday, and has not called me for the last 48 hours. In all, he has done pretty much nothing as far as working on the boat. This absolutely confounds me since he has no job and lives at home with our mom. WHAT THE SAM HILL IS HE DOING??? Last I heard (48 hours ago) he couldn't come to the boat because he had to pick up something ...

... guy who was asking me about my destructive fruits and vegetables, was a flyer with a picture of a ferret, a description of their "destructive" habits, and the bold word "quarantined". I was had. The thing that ****** me off the most is my own ignorance. All I had to do was cover the cage with any several of a litany of items I had packed into the back of my car. They don't search anyone and wouldn't have thought twice about it. But, because they were in plain sight, I ...

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... day we went into downtown LA coz wanted to find some nice shops. We must have walked around the entire city and we couldnt find a single one!! Everything was like in hollywood - open doored shops, for as far as the eye could see. Nothing with glass, or nothing designer, and we even went to the best shopping streets, so cant imagine what some of the lesser ones were like. Not trying to be harsh, but every menial job in LA has a mexican/latin person ...