Leaving LA. The Hire Car. Orange County. The American Dream. With L.A. done the time had come to move on. Our transport of choice for the LA-San Diego leg was by car however trying to hire a car on a dodgy Internet connection in an L.A. Hostel wasn't proving fruitful. I was going to have to do this the old fashioned way. I was actually going to have to order something by talking to a person. Having visited a couple of rental companies, haggled a bit (chose the c...

Lights, Camera, Action! Well day 2 was a blast. we crammed the whole of LA sightseeing into 8 hours and we were shattered. Not content with doing prepackaged tours and guides we decided to do it ourself on public transport. Places visited: The Valley, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Venice Beach. LA is huge and all the tourist spots are spread out. First visit was to the VAlley. This was in error as we got off the Metro at the wrong stop but it i...

Hello everyone. We have arrived in Lalaland after a mammoth 24hrs travelling. Weather is fab at around 16 degrees. It is very strange to see christmas tress in the sunshine. After an eye opening journey on the Metro from LAX to Downtown LA (there is a reason the metro isn't mentioned in the guidebooks - they don't want people to use it) we made it to our hotel which is perfect. Accommodation - Hostel called STAY. Very clean and modern and has a flat screen ...