After 4 weeks in Pacific islands, it was always going to take tiny bit of time to get use to civilization again. Actually, I didn't like it here on my first day. It is really big with 80+ cities, everything is far and without a car it's difficult to get anywhere. I was thinking where have I landed! Good to be using internet and making phone calls again :) It is very commercial here but what else did I expect? There is definitely star obsession here. It was sensible to take the city tour. Countless references to movies places here which were used in movies. Visited the usual suspects: muscle beach, Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, Sunset Strip, Venice, Bel-Air, Santa Monia, Olvera Street and movie star homes. The last one I didn't like too much. We
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