LA

Nest stop LA. Realising it would take longer than the two days we had to be discovered and become international superstars we decided to make our plans a little bit simpler. Go see all the places we have seen in the movies! Well what else is there to do, really? So we holed up in a hotel downtown (and being a weekend it was very cheap) but utterly deserted. Only thing going on was a jewish wedding outside our hotel. So we staying in and watched. It was quite fun, if a little over the top. Well it was in LA.

So for our first day we jumped in the hire car to see the sights. Hollywood boulevard, the Chinese theater, Sunset Strip, Bevely Hills, Redeo Drive, then off to Venice and Malibu beaches where Rob scared some local teen by taking off his shirt. we don't think she had ever anyone quite so white.

Next day was more of the same, but heading south. Stopping off briefly in Watts / Compton boarders (with NWA going through our heads) to check out the Watts Towers. These amazing things rise 30m into the sky and are made from reclaimed material like 7up bottles and scrap metal. It looks fantasic, and all the more bizare because of the area it is in, surounded by these one room houses. Such a different world from the mansions of the Hollywood hills.

Onward to Orange County, Sunset beach and Newport to complete out tour of the city's beaches. Although Newport itself was a bit of a disappointment as we didn't quite get to see the place that looks so nice on 'The O.C'. Bloody television - it's all lies I tell you.

Our last trip was up Mulholland drive, past the homes you see in films perched on the steep slopes, zig-zagging up to offer great views of LA and the Valleys on the other side. It was great as the sunset (like something out of the movies???)

The only other things of note were that we saw the building they used at the end of Blade Runner (made Rob happy anyways), it was very very hot (they were having a bloody heatwave!), and we saw no celebs.