After a bad two weeks in Tahiti we’d finally arrived in LA! It was amazing to see the difference after a couple of weeks of Island Style. It was busy, hectic, developed and Fantastic!!
Unfortunately when we arrived Huib got sick (on Tahiti of course), very sick! So after a couple of days staying in our kabel tv- hotel (with150 channels!!!), we could finally explore the city. We stayed at the Comfort Inn on Sunset Boulevard, yep guys the place to be (if you’re on the right side of it….). Because the city is much bigger than you think. Like in every movie they talk about blocks, you know, 3 blocks further, etc. Well the BLOCKS in LA are more like 3 football stadiums each!!?!?!?! That means if someone tells you it is just 4 blocks away, don’t think you can walk it easily! Here’s a tip: TAKE THE BUS!! We are used to walk a lot, high mountains in NZ, national parks in OZ, jungle tracks, shopping (poor Huib), you name it!! We can do it, but LA, well let’s say that the public transport is really a must. But it’s good arranged. For just US$3,- you can hop-on-hop-off everywhere you want for the rest of the whole day. So we thought to take the bus to Santa Monica and Venice. Santa Monica Boulevard is a parallel street of Sunset Boulevard. So taking one bus and just sit and wait until you arrive. After almost 2 hours we finally arrived!! (and that’s not because there is a lot of traffic). We thought that it was just half an hour drive from the boulevard and how much longer can it be??!! Well the bus driver told us it was just a little bit more than 50 km!! picture this: ONE STREET 50KM LONG!!!! So LA is BIG!! But very nice…
Everybody is living there own dream here. Even if they are homeless, they all live in their own movie, soap or dream! From the guy in the bus with his big Parrot, thinking he is a pirate, from the old homeless lady who was flirting with Huib by telling him she was a famous movie star in the twenties!! I couldn’t stop laughing when once some crazy dude hopped on the bus and kept shouting: NEXT STOP – ISRAEL every time the next stop was announced. Everybody was shouting to this guy: HEY – SHUT THE F*CK UP, GET OF THE BUS M*TH#RF*CKR… It was as we where in a movie scene or something.
Hollywood, Beverly Hills: the house of John Travolta is amazing and Marciano (from Guess) has 30 or something Ferrari’s on the driveway, Rodeo Drive: nice vibe is hanging there around sunset, Downtown: the Guggenheim-alike looks good, and the night clubs like the famous SKY BAR and Ivy restaurant are really good fun. Even the Premiere of “Music and Lyrics” with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore!! Yes, ladies and gentleman we saw them in live!!!! (And for the girls, Hugh is GREAT!!!).
So definitely a must see, especially if you are a movie addicts like us!
Hasta la vista, baby! We’ll be back!
