Day 15- Hollywood Today was a slightly earlier start than others to make sure we made the most of our time in Hollywood. Due to our position in the city we decided to make our own way out to Hollywood on bus and metro so that we could get the hop on hop off touristy bus from there. It took us slightly longer than expected and we therefore didnt really get started until about 11am and ended up at the wrong end of hollywood but a pleasant walk along the walk of fa...

Day 12- Pumping our guns on Muscle Beach After a grand nights sleep we had another makeshift breakfast and then headed out to the gorgeous sandy beach, about 10 metres from our hostel door. We spent about 2 hours exploring Venice beach and all the interesting market stalls that lined the promenade. The area itself is a very diverse one with a number of people skating or cycling with dogs in tow or spray painting various artworks to sell on the sidewalk. We also ...

Day 10- Independence Day (July 4th) After checking out of the hostel in the morning we headed into central flagstaff to check out some independence day celebrations. We caught the very end of a parade and saw lots of flags flying and also a lot of dressed up dogs and a 3 day art show which took up the whole of the main park which was cool. As there was not a lot to do in sleepy flagstaff we decided to head to a 'movie theatre' which was nearly 2 miles walk to se...

Day 9 - The Grand Canyon! We were met at the front desk by our guide Michael and his minivan at 9am along with an aussie guy, 2 swedish girls, 1 welsh girl, an american lady, japanese guy and another american guy. Was about an hour and a halfs drive to the Canyon we saw some antelope on the way and learnt about the active volcanoes in the surrounding area. The last eruption was only 1000 years ago! After getting some lunch we headed for the south rim. On arriva...

Day 7 As we had asked to check out later to coincide with checking into our new hotel we had another lazy morning in luxury indulging in some American culture with the Jerry Springer Show! After checking our :( we got a taxi downtown to our new hotel in a much dodgier and run down part of town. However, it was very convenient as the greyhound station was right next door. After exploring the area we agreed it was definitely the chavvier (is that a word?) end of V...