Saturday 26th Jun
So I've been here for almost 2 days already. The flight was fine - I slept most of it so it didn't feel so "are we there yet?" as I thought.

I got to Los Angeles and it smelt like rain. I was a little disappointed because I was still recovering from my Aussie Winter cold, and I was expecting summer weather.

By yesterday afternoon, it was stinkin hot and summer was in the air! I went shopping at Northridge Mall (The 5 pairs of undies I bought made me regret bringing so many to begin with!) then had dinner at this salad type buffet called Souplantation. It was cool eating there because it was OK to eat as much as I wanted coz everything was pretty healthy.

Today, we spent the day at Venice Beach which is a city drive from where I'm staying. A little bit seaweed infested and shell infested... but a beach is a beach! We built a castle, dug a hole, went swimming and of course... TANNED! I'm a little half black now which I'm a bit excited about.

Saturday night for Veed and I is a bit quiet. We're just resting the day off because we're gonna have a big one tomorrow. Tell ya'll about it later.

OBSERVATIONS
* Californians talk really LOUD with very sharp accents
* I find it interesting how on my cousin's school calendar it has to say "Don't bring weapons to school"
* There are a lot of huge cars/trucks/4WDs here - really high off the ground too!
* I think the Hispanics are the Wog equivalents in LA

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Monday 28th Jun
Yesterday was a little bit full-on:
* Walked down the Hollywood Walk of Fame for a while
* Tried our hardest to get pictures of street signs and the HOLLYWOOD sign
* Had lunch at Universal - @ some place called "Tommy's"
* Drove through Beverly Hills
* Walked around Santa Monica Beach

My calves this morning are a little bit sore from all the walking. But I was so taken aback at the ambiance of it all - it was worth it!

Tonight Veed and I are flying out (seperately) to the east coast where I believe we'll spend part of the day at my cousin's college. I wonder what that'll be like huh? So I believe that concludes the LA leg of my trip.

We're gonna re-pack now... coz we've managed to make a mess of everything we've brought and bought. Slates Gates.