Decided to stay local and check some of the local beaches. The weather was overcast and I'm not sure if the city is covered in fog or smog, good chance it is smog! Anyway, first stop was Santa Monica and it was already full of tourists particularly around the world famous pier. Walked around there, took some photos and people watched before walking across to the 3rd St Promenade which is a little pedestrian mall with shops, restaurants and bars plus a few movie theatres thrown in for good measure. Next we drove up Pacific Coast Hwy to Malibu which is surrounded by expensive houses on the cliffs overlooking this famous surfing beach. They even have their own shopping/eating village which you tell from a glance was quite exclusive. We were hungry at this time and
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