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My flight into LAX was 10.30 hours and landed at 5pm US time (1am GMT) yesterday so I was fairly tired! Even more so when it took an hour and a half to get through American customs and border control.
I was star-spotting before I even got out of the airport when Noel Gallagher stood 2ft from me in the customs queue. I then found my bag and attempted to get the metro to my hostel. I met a Swedish guy (or was he Dutch?) called Toby who was also trapsing around with a huge rucksack. He helped me find the right metro line to get before he left. Incidentally it actually turned out that I had stood on the wrong bit of the platform and got the wrong train anyway. I got off two stops later and got a taxi having had absolutely no idea where to go!
The hostel took a bit of finding even after the taxi ropped me off, but I did manage to get there at about 8pm eventually and fell into bed at 8.30 (4.30am GMT)
Los Angeles is huge! It's a massive concrete jungle of shops, neon signs,freeways and flyovers. Not the nicest place to look at but it beyond the cosmetics it is very interesting. There are lots of homeless people which is saddening. I have also come accross a few people who are not quite 'all there'. One guy talked to himself continuously on the metro, just muttering nonsense, another almost shouting at himself. This can be scary but I kept my distance.
The hostel is right opposite the Kodak Theatre, where the Oscars are to be held in a few weeks time. Today I got the chance to hold a real Oscar award and they are heavier than they look!
I went on the Warner Brothers Studio tour today which was great. Got to see where various famous scenes have been shot and even got to go into Central Perk (the Friends set). In the afternoon I saw a film called Basket List (Jack Nickolson and Morgan Freeman) which I don't think is out in the Uk yet. It was very good, I recommend it!
I went to get some food in the evening (the hostel doesn't have a kitchen, just a microwave) and met a guy called Astro who's from Seattle and we got chatting about stuff like Obama vs Hilary.(the vote is tomorrow i think).
I am going to see the Jay Leno show tomorrow and Universal studios on Wednesday! thats all for now!
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