Blogs from Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America - page 4

Am Flughafen von Honolulu wurde uns beim Sicherheitscheck mit einem „Nacktscanner“ ein wenig Angst eingejagt. Das Ding stand aber nur rum und wurde nicht benutzt… Da saßen wir nun im Flugzeug nach LA. Mehr als 5 Stunden Flug und kein Entertainmentsystem im Vordersitz – nur die Fernseher mitten im Gang. Auch egal, nachdem wir um 3 Uhr morgens aufgestanden sind, stand im Flieger eh erstmal schlafen auf dem Plan. Der Flug verlief reibungslos und wir landeten am Nachmittag in LA. Vom Flughafen ging es mit dem Bus zum Hostel im Stadtteil Venice. Unterwegs mussten wir zweimal umsteigen und wurden beim 2. Mal an der Ampel von einem Freak auf einem Fahrrad angebrüllt, dass wir – wie so viele andere Touristen auch – nach LA kommen und uns überhaupt keine Gedanken über unseren „Carbon-Footprint“ machen würden. Naja, ... read more

July 17, 2010 I am in Los Angeles. Everything here is amazing, the weather, the cars, the homes, the beaches, the food, the bars, the shops, the landscaping. It seriously can not get more beautiful. Even the traffic is beautiful, Benz’s, Beamers, Bentleys…I want this life… Today, I beached it. Our hotel is only a mile from Venice beach, so walking it was easy. I hung on the massive sandy beach for about 10 minutes until I decided that surfing was in my future. I debated this for about an hour, and then decided that if I didn’t at least go check out the cost and the logistics of it, I would regret it. I walked to the nearest surf shop and spoke with a lady. She recommended a lesson for $95, but told me she ... read more

(Read this as if we published it a month ago if you want to know what we got up to in America. Sorry we've been very lazy....!) Hello to all you blog enthusiasts! This should be our penultimate entry before we make our way back to the sunny shores of Britain. We flew out of Aukland and embarked on a 12hr flight which saw me and Joey sat in the confined middle-isle seats and with me suffering from a migraine and what is most commonly described as man flu, it wasn't exactly the best flight we'd taken on our trip. After landing in LA we made our way to Venice Beach on the west side of the city. Here we would wait for the arrival of Smithy, Moo and Charlie who were joining us on a ... read more

Very very hot today, over 85 degrees. So we head to Venice (muscle) beach. Sunbathed and walked along the beach, saw some muscle men, some skater park dudes and dolphins out at sea! Loads of shops and stalls along the promenade, also hippie central!! Stopped for an ice cold pitcher of Bud at the Candle bar, saw this reggae looking guy playing a guitar with no strings and singing!! Walking back down we then saw a guy start a fight with this 70 year old hippie, was gonna throw a sign at him then tried to do a spin kick but missed then the old guy beat him up. Really funny!!! Had Tiki garden tea again then off to bed.... read more

Nú fer fyrsti parturin av okkara túri so skjótt at líða móti endanum. Túrurin byrjaði í New York. Býurin sum ongantíð svevur, tað stóra epli - eitt hav av fólkum sum svimja runt í skipaðum kaos. Vit gingu runt har í Manhattan millum hinar milliónirnar av fólkum. Vóru í Empire State Building, fóru út til Statue of Liberty og nýttu náttarlívið í Times Square, meðan morgnarnir gingu við at renna í Central Park. Næst var so Los Angeles. Einglanna býur, býurin hjá teimum kendu, ella eisini kendur sum býurin har Beckham býr. Tað bleiv gingið á teimum tiltiknu stjørnunum, men heldur skuffandi vóru tey einastu kendu vit sóu voksdukkirnar uttanfyri hjá Madam Tussauds. Ikki tí at vit ikki royndu at síggja tey - eg eri als ikki errin av at siga at vit vóru á einum ... read more