City of Angels

Adios sweet Mexico, hellooo bright lights and big stars of L.A.  After flying in from Mexico we jumped into our hire car & drove downtown to an old majestic hotel from the 1920's.  It was late so no restaurants open - but luckily there was a taco van on the corner, with a vendor who spoke Spanish, and served up huge American sized burritos.  Que rico!

With only one day in LA, the next morning we hit downtown early for a gigantic American breakfast - bacon, eggs, potatoes and pancakes!  A meal to last the whole day.

Satiated, we navigated the hoods of LA and headed for Hollywood Boulevard, and the strip of stars.  A highlight were the stars of Buster Keaton and Charles Chaplin.

With the Hollywood sign in the distance, we had to get a closer look.  After driving through some very schmick neighbourhoods we got treated to a great view of it - just like the movies.

Heading towards Beverly Hills we drove along Mulholland Drive, picking David Lynch iconic spots on the way, as well as many famous people's houses, including Jack Nicholson and Madonna (we knocked back no-one answered - bloody snobs!).  Hoping to meet up with them later we headed down Rodeo Drive, but we were to broke to even go in any of the shops, so instead we drove down Santa Monica Boulevard with the sun going down (cue Sheryl Crow) to the Santa Monica Pier.  After some onions rings and a stroll around the fair (pretty solar powered Ferris wheel) we headed back to the airport, for the final leg of the trip.