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Published: December 18th 2006
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Toilet
Benn coming out of the toilet (the toilet man on the door has a hawaii shirt on) Wow! What a day. A 48 hour Sunday the 17th of December. So it has been a huge Sunday and started off frantically packing at our place in Parkdale. Mum and Dad dropped us off at Melbourne Airport (without Zhara- much to my disgrace) for our 6pm (Sunday nite) flight to Sydney. In Sydney we went through customs (just a bit of a patdown and 'do you have any liquids, gels or aerosols' which was asked a few too many times.
At 11pm (Sun nite), after three hours of waiting we aborded out 10 hour flight to Hawaii. It took us a while to settle and get comfortable, and we only managed a few hours sleep. Once we got to Hawaii at 10am (Sun morning ... again!), we went through customs which consisted of a cute beagle dog sniffing our bags, and the question 'do you have any fruit'. So our customs experiences we not at all like border security as I had imagined. Another 3 hours waiting at Hawaii airport. It was very humid and almost uncomfortable. We waited in a tropical garden for our final flight to LA. We also we given lei's (real ones) they were amazing.
Hawaii
We arrive in Hawaii with our lei's and palm trees. At 2.30pm (Sun avo) we boarded our final flight to LA for five hours. Benn watched a movie and I fell asleep through it. We arrived in LA (woo hoo ... finally) at 10pm (Sun Night). We collected our luggage and went and found out supershuttle. It came half an hour late, and then did 2 laps of the airport before leaving. Then detouring to the other way we were going, he dropped off a lady and continued to drop off the other people in the van, until we were the last ones left. Finally we arrived at our Holiday Inn (12.15am) and checked in. We have full internet access in our room. So that’s gonna be a huge help.
So at 12.30am Benn was still hungry (after about 4 plane meals throughout the duration of the day) so we went for a walk. We stumbled upon Hollywood Boulevard (we think) and went for a walk looking at all the stars on the ground. Went past the Kodak Theatre (where all the Hollywood premiere are hold) and then this car comes past with a trailer on the back with another car aboard the trailer. Around the trailer was
Hawaii Beer
Benn's hawaii beer that tasted like beer! a group of camera men. They were shooting something. It was soo surreal to see this. A guy had neon lights that he waived over the car as if they were going under street lights. They did a u'ie (u turn) and we saw three girls in the car pretending to drive as you see in the movies. It was just amazing. (we didn’t take the dam camera though!!!)
So we came across Mel's Diner Drive In where Benn had a hamburger and I had some pancakes. We also got an Oreo thick shake, it was soooo good. (Just like the old days at Maccas Mich, with the vanilla shake with a heap of Oreo mixed into it). So we continued our adventure down the other side of Hollywood Boulevard and went up a side street as we could hear the music. Outside this club we all these flashy cars you would see on James Bond films, and a paparazzi guy hanging round out the front with his camera. So Benn asked the guy on the door what the go was and he keep pretty tight but said that it was a private thing and u had to know someone to get in. He said DJ Adam plays there sometimes and Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie are regulars. So who knows who was in there?
So we again finally arrived back to our Hotel at 2am and here I am writing this blog. Tomorrow we are gonna have a cruisy day, a tour of LA and Hollywood and a proper look around during daylight hours.
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Mich
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Sounds like a ball
Heya travellers!! Thought id say hi! Good to hear from you guys so soon and it sounds like ur having a ball! Cant believe u didnt take ur camera tho, even on just a short walk! Come on guys...where's ur touristy spirit! Cant wait to hear more from u both! Take care :) Mich