After a 19hr flights, yes 19hrs, we had a 3hr stopover in auckland.
we finally touched down in freeeeezing cold LA.
Jan and her boyfriend, Brian, came to pick us up at the airport.
they took us straight to an all american diner named Denny's for brekky.
we had pancakes, eggs, bacon, waffles, sausages, hashbrowns, grits ( after hearing about this all the time on top chief i had to order it, not that great, its similar to porriage with "gritty" bits in it adn u can either top it with butter or suger)
all this was topped off with REFILLABLE soft drink n coffee!!!!
this it the place we discovered my favourite drink, strawberry lemonade. deeeeeelicious!!!!
its like solo lemonade topped with strawberry chucks n syrup.
Once our bellies were full, we headed over to Santa Monica pier.
this is where we saw our first bonafide bums, they are exactly like u do see in the movies!
lazing on the grass, sunning themselves and with a trolley full of their belongings next to them.
after walking around the pier, we rented bikes. Ilda n I had kick ass tricycles.
we rode down venice beach (where a bird pooped on me) to muscle beach gym, where the guys and some girls, who are ultra tanked, work out in the open, under the sun and being ooogled by tourist like us.
Venice beach reminds me alot of thailands market stalls, but instead of thai ppl its african americas (with their really cool accents) or mexicans trying to hock their goods off to u.
we even encountered one guys who was an inspiring rapper, SALT, the price for his cd was $10 then after a quick " no im not interested" the price instantly dropped to $5!
dinner was at HOOTERS, food wasnt bad....fried pickles was an interesting dish....
we are staying in Lomo Linda. so about an hrs drive away from central LA.
yup....we living in the burbs!
everything about LA seems very familar but different.
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