Friday Kuya and Ate picked us up in the morning and we drove to The Getty Museum, which was a beautiful building in the Hollywood Hills. We parked at the bottom of the hill and got a tram to the top. It's a free museum as in Gettys will he asked that the museum be a non profit organisation but the car park cost $15 lol! Each Pavillion was dedicated to a practice, painting, photography etc. We saw some Renoir, Monet, Gaugin, Van Gogh and celebrity photographs. Th...

Thursday Feeling good feeling fresh Kuya Nonong picked us up to go on our Downtown experience, first stop Chinatown. We parked up and walked through the main part where a movie was being shot. There were lots of props set up, classic cars, huge lighting and people making stuff. It was so colourful. I asked the security and he said it was a movie called Gangster Squad a 40s gangster film (later I googled the trailer and although the name is awful the cast was mad...

Wednesday I woke feeling like absolute death. The free vodka and Canter's meal repeating on me violently! The stodgy potato and chicken fillet suffocating me as it came back up! I laid on the bed while Neil went to get his iPod fixed! I attempted to shower while being sick and changed and went for the usual breakfast of honey nut loops and toast which i didn't eat! Today I was meeting my cousin Kuya Nonong and his wife Ate Fay (who i hadn't met before) and I n...

Tuesday After an excellent sleep in our private dorm which has its own fridge, TV, bathroom we went and had breakfast served 8-11am. Honey nut loops and some toast reminded me of childhood. Don't understand why American bread tastes sweet???! Got on the 704 bus to Santa Monica which took about an hour but looking out of the window made time go fast! Walked along Santa Monuca pier and the ocean looked amazing! We walked up the coast to Venice Beach and got some...

Monday After a 10 hour flight we gained time! After 2 hours getting out of the airport because of a Ham sandwich we got to the hostel at 5pm and went to explore Fairfax. Fairfax seems to consist of predominately Jewish bakeries, eateries and thrift shops. Desperate for a Mojito we stopped in a bar/restaurant in The Grove which is an outside mall which has an odd Disneyland feeling. We stayed for one drink (an $11 atp mojito) and strolled back stopping in the Ros...