Los Angeles
Seeing as I was having such fun, LA was a severe let down. This is supposed to be where the rich and famous hang out, Sunset strip, Hollywood Boulevard, the Viper room, etc, etc. I expected a pretty snazzy city. No its a sh*t hole, sorry for the profanity (The Greyhound drivers warn against profanity while traveling), but of all the cities I have seen this is the truly least rewarding.
It's big, very big, and flattish in the middle. Air here is not the normal transparent stuff that I am used to, but un-attractively yellow. If you are foolish enough to travel to the look out point, high above the city you can truly see the panoramic vista of yellow fug that covers the city. Apart from the curiously coloured air, the city scenery has all the charm of a Lego brick, but porridge coloured. Its just an endless sprawl of low rise.
On the up side Universal Studios was my first US theme park and I can recommend the experience. You have to shout continuously, screaming preferably, shouting is necessary as there are hidden (v)loud speakers everywhere, bellowing high velocity music, and instructions on where to go and how quickly to do it. They are incredibly thorough in the placement of the speakers. That tree looks quite, no, one in the leaves, ok lets try the soda fountain shaped like a pumpkin, no again, there is a speaker in one of the ears (dont ask).
But it was good fun and no queuing. Water features heavily and repeatedly getting wet from various angles is fun, honest. Just as an example, the 3D cinema looks just like a regular cinema, except you put on funny specs. So as the 3D spiders appear to be falling into your lap, dry ice blows across the back of your legs, scaring you half to death (not me, of course). The seats which looked securely fixed to the floor suddenly pitch forward, towards the water fall that is now appearing to float in front of your face and the back of the chair in front sprays you with water, inventive, nice.
Venice beach is what you would expect, pumping iron on muscle beach, gangs playing basketball, rollerblading saxophonist, cop show being filmed, girls in thongs, life guards in orange shorts, incense burning, the constant buzz of tattoos being etched, juggling, Hell's Angels on choppers, no deck chairs though.
A group of us went out clubbing on Sunset strip; Manchester or Liverpool beats it hands down. Ended up having a great time playing an endless drunken game of "Killer" (darts), much to the confusion of the locals. Not quite the LA experience I was expecting.
It's big, very big, and flattish in the middle. Air here is not the normal transparent stuff that I am used to, but un-attractively yellow. If you are foolish enough to travel to the look out point, high above the city you can truly see the panoramic vista of yellow fug that covers the city. Apart from the curiously coloured air, the city scenery has all the charm of a Lego brick, but porridge coloured. Its just an endless sprawl of low rise.
On the up side Universal Studios was my first US theme park and I can recommend the experience. You have to shout continuously, screaming preferably, shouting is necessary as there are hidden (v)loud speakers everywhere, bellowing high velocity music, and instructions on where to go and how quickly to do it. They are incredibly thorough in the placement of the speakers. That tree looks quite, no, one in the leaves, ok lets try the soda fountain shaped like a pumpkin, no again, there is a speaker in one of the ears (dont ask).
But it was good fun and no queuing. Water features heavily and repeatedly getting wet from various angles is fun, honest. Just as an example, the 3D cinema looks just like a regular cinema, except you put on funny specs. So as the 3D spiders appear to be falling into your lap, dry ice blows across the back of your legs, scaring you half to death (not me, of course). The seats which looked securely fixed to the floor suddenly pitch forward, towards the water fall that is now appearing to float in front of your face and the back of the chair in front sprays you with water, inventive, nice.
Venice beach is what you would expect, pumping iron on muscle beach, gangs playing basketball, rollerblading saxophonist, cop show being filmed, girls in thongs, life guards in orange shorts, incense burning, the constant buzz of tattoos being etched, juggling, Hell's Angels on choppers, no deck chairs though.
A group of us went out clubbing on Sunset strip; Manchester or Liverpool beats it hands down. Ended up having a great time playing an endless drunken game of "Killer" (darts), much to the confusion of the locals. Not quite the LA experience I was expecting.
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