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Published: October 8th 2009
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Well... Woke up at 5am as i went to bed at like 8.30 because of the jet lag...wide awake now and decide to get up and go on the internet, 1 little problem, no travel adaptor and the laptop is running on nothing...oh dear, better get one soon. Managed to get back to sleep until 8. phew...
Went down for free breakfast and tea or coffee... brilliant, 4 bits of toast for me please as im starving! and they have sweetners over here...very very sweet, believe it or not!
Met this girl who was travelling alone and got chucked in a room with 4 lads, she felt uneasy to went on our instincts and let her stay in our room as we have a spare bunk bed. Turns out she is from Pompey. Small world...
Decided to go on a trip $60 for a 5 1/2 trip to see basically everything, went to some stars houses apparently, and saw the house where michael jackson died...well the gates anyway. Saw the biggest house in Hollywood, 120 rooms...enough said! up for sale too $150 million....not a bad price if u ask me. Also saw The Osbournes old house, in the
Pretty Woman Hotel
Where he rescued her tv series, christina aguliera now owns it. We then went on to see hollywood boulevard and the stars names, met some other people on this trip actually who were pretty cool so walked around with them for the half an hour stop that we got, got some cool pics.
Went to santa monica and venice beach. liked it there, the beach must have been 100m in length before you reach the sea, and flat as a pancake. Saw some proper hippies...peace love and all that crap they go on about. Loved the vans tho. all painted and rainbows on them etc. Plenty of rasta's down here too. Saw some ecstacy cigarettes advertised. what the hell?? Plenty of little stalls and home made things which people were selling.
Saw the Hollywood sign..................................that was fun. A sign.........................suppose you gota do it while your here...did you know that it was put up in 1923 and it actually said Hollywoodland? but a landslide slid off the "land" so just became hollywood. anyway.....
We then went down Rodero Drive? that how you spell it? posh shops and flash cars...not a place for travellers, didnt even bother going in the shops...budgeting....DAMN IT! Saw
the hotel from Pretty woman and the place where he drives to her apartment and he rescues her and she rescues him back or somit.
Also went to Sunset Boulivard, well we drove down it and the guide explained where people go, where someone died. A restaurant called Ketchup which Ashton Kutcher owns, and Johnny Depps bar too. cant remember the name though. Lots of rock and roll places and live music, hopefully get down there at some point to experience it.
Arrived back at like 4ish and relaxed with some other travellers. Ended up meeting an american army veteran who had a car so went to the shop and got some beers. At 7 Charmaine chopped off my hair as it was too long.
The hostel has a chain of 3 hostels in hollywood and weds and fridays they arrange a shuttle to get everyone to meet up and have fun basically. It was karaoke at one of the other places and so arrived there at 8ish for a free BBQ and a free keg of beer, which got the party going. Got some cool pics and met loads more people. By the end of the
night everyone was un on stage singing! quality night.
Arrived home at like 1.30 not too late.
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Rachel
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Well sounds like your having a great time, take care of each other and keep us posted.