Los Angeles - "The stars come out to play..." After arriving by bus into LA we spent a few days on Venice Beach. This place is seriously free of any restriction on personal expression. Some of my favourite people include the guy shaking his tin can asking for money and singing "jingle bells, jingle bells help me get drunk"! Others include the old man dancing practically naked (in the cold) amongst skateboarders, rollerbladers and freestyle dance troupes near a s...

We are currently on a stop over at LA Airport in-transit to Mexico City via Dallas. We have just come from Narita, Japan via Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Manilla, Philippines! Fun times.. Where to begin... ok so for the absolute novice traveller out there I have found that there is a knack to packing/unpacking backpacks and understanding when certain items are more important than others. Logic then says to have these items more accessible right?? Right?? I am slow...