California and the rest…

Published by Johnny on January 31, 2010

I would like to stress that my time in America was before I was a true global traveller and hence my spending habits, experiences and escapades are much different to how I travel now. Ok, so that’s my disclaimer finished I’m going to run through my last month or so before I flew back to the UK and truly began my life as the cheapest backpacker known to man.

We arrived late at night into California in our rented car after a fair drive for Vegas over night, although with so many cheap flights to LA now, that would have been a better option. Again (and this is where things havent changed, even with all my travel experience!) I had no plans, no where to sleep, not very much cash and our flight home was from the East coast yet we were on the west :S We lodged our selves in the cheapest, skankiest motel, 3 of us in one bed with a witch doctor staying in the room below us – very weird but then LA is a very weird place

First day had to be sightseeing:

The cliched Hollywood sign

We walked around LA all day and I was taken by it at all to be honest. For a start it was filthy, absolutely filthy – the people were fake and abrupt, the weather was oppressive and it was ridiculously overpriced too. Despite all that, seeing the hollywood sign was pretty cool. I wish we had gone up to the sign and got better pics, in the same way that I wish we had gone on a Beverley Hills tour but perhaps another time. We were young and spontaneous so partying took most of our time and money :S

In the evening we meandered over to Grayman’s Chinese Theatre (you will know this from all the new blockbuster premiers and the celebrities handprints in the concrete) and this was a real highlight of my trip:

Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Don't Hassle the Hoff

: Arnie before we was running California

The Simpsons and I before I realised they would want $10 for a pic - novice!

After getting the movie star fix out the way we progressed onto pastures new. Before I tell you our next step I urge you not to judge haha! We went in hunt of the beach from the OC (TV show – very gay) After spending an entire day getting to the beach from the OC it transpired that it wasn’t in face Laguna beach but huntington beach! back to the drawing board and try again later, we did eventually find it though, with the Baitshop and cafeteria that Seth worked in too (so, so, so lame – what we we thinking?!):

The O.C pier

The OC Baitshop

The O.C Pier diner

The Swede and I continuing our gay OC tour

Ok ok, enough lameness for one blog posting. This is painful to recollect, lots of fun though and noone can deny the OC was a cracking show! Let’s leave it at: LA is disgusting but got some cool places to see and certainly worth a trip, we were moving onwards to an equally embarrassing destination… (does anyone watch One Tree Hill?)….

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