Left for Mammoth on the 5th of December 2002 First stop was LA for a few days where i visited Santa Monica & Venice Beach: Santa Monica was pretty cool - the boardwalk made me feel like I was in a movie somewhere. The beach has towers that look exactly like they're right out of the set of baywatch!! Venice was a real eye-opener - really cool. It had buskers - crazy crazy buskers - lining the sidewalk. My favorite one was this guy singing a song called "put some fukcing money in my hat". I made the mistake of taking a photo of this crazy looking guy on roller blades with an electric guitar & a turban.. he saw me take it and serenaded me for about 5 minutes - i was soo embarresed. Then
... read more