Blogs from Los Angeles, California, United States, North America - page 12

Los Angeles 6th April Los Angeles So whilst most of the trips off the ship were into the heart of Los Angeles for sightseeing and shopping. The tours had been warned about the extra traffic around the area because of some road motor racing taking place and lots of roads closed. Passengers came back frustrated with the traffic jams. Just a walk round the port area and into San Pedro. The US Iowa is here as a museum piece and you pass her on the way to what we thought was some nice looking restaurants we passed as we sailed in. Little did we know that when we got there, the WHOLE area is scheduled for demolition and redevelopment. NOTHING was open, so we walked into San Pedro itself and found a quirky little cafe/deli called ... read more

Bonjour, Pour ce nouveau blog, nous sortons de la ville, à l'exception de Las Vegas, quintessence de la Ville dans tous ses excès, et nous partons dans la grande nature, histoire de s'aérer un peu ! Pendant 8 jours, nous avons fait un road trip, enfilant les kilomètres (je devrais dire, les miles) chaque jour, histoire de visiter les grands parcs de l'ouest américain, en tout cas ceux que nous ne connaissions pas encore ! Effectivement, l'été 2014, nous avons fait un grand voyage de 2 mois et demi, dont un mois de vadrouille en Californie et dans les états avoisinants, Nevada, Utah et Arizona. À cette occasion, nous avons visité certains parcs emblématiques comme Yosemite, considéré comme l'un des plus beaux parcs des États-Unis. Il faut dire qu'entre ses forêts de séquoias géants, ses chutes ... read more

After braving our first LA traffic we parked both cars in some churchyard for $8 then cruised Hollywood Boulevarde naming all the stars we knew (like pretty much every other tourist stumbling along), bought T-shirts, spotted the Hollywood sign, lunched at Dave & Buster’s with bonus play cards to the attached arcade. We all piled in to the canyonaro to head out to Santa Monica Pier. Timing could have been better as we fought peak traffic and arrived as a ridiculous fog rolled in which made it freezing and reduced visibility to zero. We collected the other car and nic mum and me went to check in to our airbnb. What a nightmare! The place was super convenient to Universal Studios but the owner was kinda weird and we obviously weren't meant to be there. Never ... read more

David here... We arrived at LAX at around 1700 and were walking out of the airport by 1800. We managed to be the first ones off the buses into immigration and with our ESTA visa waivers in place we breezed through. The first stage was the electronic passport, customs and finger print/photo taking which was different from the last time as it was fully automated. The next step was a full immigration check, where Suzanne went first and had fingerprints and photos again. I went to another desk and the guard asked me about our travels and why I was in LA. I explained, quite enthusiastically that we love LA and were here for sightseeing and a gig. He then asked about the gig and I explained about seeing Lordi at the Whisky in 2 days ... read more

Hello Fellow TravelzEarth Bloggers! It's Marilee Free here with travel stories from Michigan to California, Maui & Kauai, back to Michigan. Then road tripping from Michigan to the Florida Keys, spending a month. Jet setting off to New York City for a food & fun tour in the midst of the Christmas season. More road tripping back to where I love to be, California's South Bay. That is how I spent September, October, November & part of December. To ring in Jesus' birthday and the New Year, I found myself on yet another road trip to Pasadena, Joshua Tree, the Grand Canyon (Williams), Coronado Island (breathtaking cityscape views of San Diego) and somewhere between Rosarito and Encinitas, Mexico. It's been an amazing 4 months. I'm so grateful to my friends and family along the way. I ... read more