We got up late and missed the hostel breakfast. Ended up eating jelly and fruit from a vending machine. We were going to try catching a bus to downtown for a ramble but instead opted for a half day LA tour run by the tour company next door. We started of in Santa Monica and then drove to Venice beach, god thats different lots of stalls where you...

Landed in LA and had a pleasant 2 hour wait to get thru immigration. If we would have known about the hotel, we would have asked to wait some more. Hotels in such a dodgy place we pushed the table up against the door to baffle and amuse any entering gunmen. Bathroom full of ants, and the one meal we have eaten here gave tess food poisoning. Full...

I've had three detours, everyone of them tiring. Got to know the airports well. Baggage was routed to Sydney so I didn't have to pick up and check luggage. Changed tickets so I hopefully would have a double seat (got an aisle in the middle) and happily that was the case. Managed to sleep okay. Glad to be on my way home.