Day 2 Got up for an exploration of the area, again we didnt really like Venice Beach but did check out the famous muscle beach gym-there was an old man in leopard print boxers doing weights-not a good look! Headed to Santa Monica which was lovely, spent the day on the pier, took a ride on the ferris wheel and checked out the shops...trying not to spend too much money!! In the evening we went back to Santa Monica and saw 'Ps i love you' at the cinema (Not my cho...

Day 1 8th January 2008 We started our travels in style- first class with British Airways- which was amazing, they pandered to us for 10 hours and ive never been given a menu on a plane before, what an experience!! That seemed to blur out the fact that we were travelling for the next 6 months and wouldnt see such luxury for a very long time!! Arrived at LAX airport very tired but made it into our first yellow cab all the way to venice beach. Our hostel was right ...