Where on earth..?

Los Angeles CA

Los Angeles.. Home of movie stars, Hollywood, movie studios etc. I've heard so many people telling me to stay away from LA. ..but you know, you've seen LAPD and all the movies and how could you resist the temptation of seeing someone famous?


Now that I'm sitting in a comfortable internet cafe and transferring some new pictures I can finally hope to write something nice about LA. We lived in a hostel in Santa Monica, just one block from Santa Monica pier and the beach. There was a shopping district just two blocks up from the hostel and everything I needed was within walking distance. I felt pretty happy living in Santa Monica.


On the second day we took a guided tour around the city and managed to see most of the tourist atractions like the Hollywood sign, universal studios etc. I'm sure Carina like to tell you more about the specific places in the city so I'll cut my story short..


The bad news.. you need a car to move around the city. If you want to get away from LA you'll need a car. If you want to go and buy some food you'll need a car. Everywhere you go and what ever you do you need a car for it. And you can not miss the fact when you're trying to surf around the city in the middle of the chaos of all size of cars. If you add the attitude of people to get your money with only bad service you're getting the point why so many people tell you to steer away from LA.

It's not all bad though. With more money you could afford living in luxury, taking a cab from A to B and enjoying your little private life full scale. There are so many places you can spend your coins and so many people ready to help you with that. Just don't expect getting a ride home when the money is spent. When you're out of $ you're out of luck.

It was great to see the place of the rich and the famous but I'm not going to miss LA.

posted by Raine @ 11:42 PM