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Finally we have some bits and bobs to note down for you all to read :) wooohoooo!!! We arrived in LA about a week and a half ago... we were quite boring for the first week as we had purchased a go-la card to use when staying in Hollywood so were waiting to use that and funds are running slightly dry so trying to be careful hehe
The first week we were staying in Inglewood - proper ghetto land, didnt feel 100% safe but the hostel was really cool - not that far from the airport and we had free shuttles to and from places, we checked out a few shopping places and one day went to Rodeo Drive to see hair salons - we were both in need of a haircut and thought there was the best place to do it :) we are in LA and all!! We booked our appointment and headed back there a few days later... SJ is now a BRUNETTE!!! morgan now...... has slightly shorter hair haha one of victoria beckhams hairdressers did SJ's and someone who has coloured leona lewis' hair did morgans haha - claim to fame or what???!!!!
When we left Inglewood we headed for Hollywood - this is where we are at now.... the day we got here - we felt just as unsafe - we felt safer through-out asia!!!! there are junkies and homeless people everwhere but again our hostel is cool so we dont mind to much. we wanted to find our bearings so we headed to the beverly centre - we had already been there but needed a few things and thought it would be quite easy to get too... we were wrong haha, an hour and a couple of buses later we arrived... mooched about, had a chinese for dinner and headed back to the 'ghetto'. busy day of siteseeing the next day so had an early night.
Yesterday we left our hotel quite early and got the metro train to the centre of the glitz and glamour.... 'HOLLYWOOD' it was actually much better up that neck of the woods haha... we stepped out onto the 'walk of fame' saw tons of famous people names engraved onto the stars and even got our own names on a star - we have a photo to prove it ;)
Our first stop of the day was the Kodak Theatre - this is where many famous events are held - the major being the oscars, we had a guided tour around but wernt allowed to take photos :( we were taken into the bar area which had this crazy glass - one direction you could see through it clearly the other is was all foggy (this is to give the celebrities their privacy but so they can still be seen - best of both ay?!) we saw a real oscar - they are pretty huge! we also sat where the stars sit throughout the actual ceremony and we 'walked the red carpet' with out the red carpet down hehe - still felt awesome!
After the kodak theatre experience we headed around the corner to where we would go on a tour and see the stars homes... we were in an open-top van and saw many of the rich and the famous' houses... some of which we saw were... the last ever LA home Elvis owned, the beatles first LA home, Leonardo Dicaprio, Nicolas cage, Britneys new house, the osbournes (now christina agulairas) simon cowels new one (it is being built), where the fresh prince of bel air was filmed, tom cruise, bruce willis, the beckhams and many many more.... we also had a tour of LA/Beverly Hills/Bell Air (where most of the celebrity homes were) and rodeo drive etc... this was pretty cool - we were shown johnny depps club - 'the viper room' and ashton kutchers retuarant - tons and tons of stuff - it was all very interesting!
After this we went to the Hollywood museum - this wasnt all that great as we wernt sure what was real or not but it was used back in the day for the maxfactor makeup artists - that was pretty cool! There was lots to see in there - Hannibal Lecter's cell and outfits from famous hollywood films - they even had elvis' (stained) robe - whether this was all real or not we will never know??!!!
After all this and lunch we wanted to check out a film in the chinese Theatre - outside there is a pavement - not any old pavement - stars have put there feet and hand prints in the stone... we saw loads of stars stones - adam sandler, johnny depp, nicolas cage, steve mcqueen, al pacino, eddie murphy, tom hanks and loads more - too many to mention, those were just our favorites :). The Chinese Theatre is used for major premiers... we decided on 'Pride and Glory' - it is like the best cinema we have ever been in!!! even the toilets were crazy cool!! haha!
When we came out it was dark and so much was going on - Hollywood does come alive at night!!! everyone was dressed up all fancy and there was loads of people in fancy dress too!
Today we have been to Universal Studios - we wern't sure what to expect as we heard mixed reviews - but we had an awesome day!
First on our agenda was the universal studio tour - we saw lots of sets - where CSI and some other programs are filmed (we didnt go inside these) we did however see the desperate housewives set, saw the plane crash set from the war of the worlds. there were lots of sets we were involved in - fast and the furious - cars were tossed right up in front of us... skull island from king kong - the water appeared to be flooding into our tram... also we were in an underground station (used in beverly hills cop) and there were big explosions - trains almost crashing into us as well as lorrys - our tram was rocking side to side at this point also!!! was lots of fun! Jaws peeked his head at us aswell... we saw so much haha!!
Next we headed to waterworld this was just like the film! There were lots of stunts and flames and explosions - it looked so real!! after this we headed to the 4D Shrek theatre - again lots of fun we screamed a few times - the seats were all moving and we got wet when donkey sneezed... lots of times!!!! ha ha
After these we went to the special effects theatre - this was where they showed us how the special effects for universal's biggest movies were made, then backdraft - this was pretty boring but again we were shown special effects and taken into a room were a huge fire and explosion was going off - it was soooo hot!!!! - it really felt like you were in the middle of a warehouse fire! arghhhhh!! haha
By this point we were quite peckish so we had a bite to eat and headed to our last point of the day.... Terminator 2:3D - all we can say... very very good!!!
We are now sat here writting this - off to san Diego tomorrow - really excited... hope everone is good - back home in 3 weeks, even though we dont want this to end will be really good to see you all :)
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