Today we've few missions to conquer!
One of it was to find the famous Michael Jackson mural at Cahuenge Boulevard, second was to find some HARD ROCK tshirt or merchandize and another is to continue the green route of hop on hop off which lead us to the world’s
famous pier- Santa Monica.! Yes..the famous pier where many Hollywood
director’s favorite shooting location. So after our hearty sandwich breakfast
at Subway, we took the first schedule bus to Walk of Fame again.
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| call me maybe? |
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| 1st mission complete |
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| Captain JAck! |
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| madame tussauds |
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| nice structure |
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| look at those hanging luggages! |
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| tom jones graffiti |
Asked the
locals for Caheunge Blvrd and we went round and round of blocks where suddenly I saw this huge
building like a courthouse which stated United States Post Office..sweet! went
in to buy few postcards and stamps for my family and fren back home.
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| spot on! my favorite building--POST OFFICE |
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| all the dearly departed |
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| nice! |
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| time to head home these postcards |
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| neat eh? |
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| post boxes |
Then we searched
again passing through unfamiliar road which was really quiet and a little dodgy
but finally lucky strike and there we found it!
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| empty street |
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| oh yes! finally found it! |
Then we head back to Walk of Fame
and waited for the bus to our next destination. If you grew up watching
Hollywood movies, then most of the roads and places will definitely makes you
feel like you are into similar scenes minus your heartthrob’s actors. Haha.. I
used to watch Beverly Hills 90210 and always wonder what was the number
for..now that I’ve seen the street myself, the postcode gives perfect sense..it
was during the 90s where I don’t have any computers to google for it..haha but nevertheless the series was one of my favorite even though it doesnt give any good social examples.
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| the famous palm tree |
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| the arch |
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| Rodeo Drive.. |
Today’s weather is a little windy
and we were so hungry by the time we reached the pier. The place was lively
with colourful wheel ferris, fun fair and small booth around. We took our lunch
at Bubba Gumps…to be honest, I’ve never tried Bubba Gumps in Malaysia. I
remembered having my first at New York and I simply love it plus the waiters
never fail to entertain us with their quiz, games and chat about Forrest Gump.
Well Forest Gump will be always one of my inspiring timeless movies.
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| fun filled activities can be done here |
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| let's check out this place |
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| at the pier |
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| world famous Pier - Santa Monica! |
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| time to eat! |
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| prawn with hotdog |
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| this is what i've ordered. Fish + prawn rice...so so yummy! |
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| its a lift actually |
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| ferris wheel |
After the scrumptious meal, we went
for a walk at the beach. A blue-eyed boy was doing his summersault so I say hi
to him. And he said Hi back to my Malaysian friends..haha
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| hi malaysian |
After admiring this place, we
decided to make a move so that we could have enough time to catch the last bus
from Santa Monica to Beverly Hills for the next interchange route.
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| while waiting for our last bus at beverly hills stop |
Then by the
time we arrived the Walk of Fame, it was about 930pm already where the hop on
hop off operating time ended. So we decided to take the train to Downtown LA.
As we asked the lady at the counter, she just said “Be careful you two young
lady went taking the train during the night” that gives us the wild scare. Well
sometime ignorance is bliss?
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| night scene at HOllywood |
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| train station..so quiet |
But everything was alright, we kept
ourselves alert and pretend like we were the local Asians that has been staying
there..anyway one thing I noticed that Los Angeles has been the spine of Asians
instead of the whites. You see, I was staying at Downtown LA where the next block
was Little Tokyo, few blocks away you could find the street of Mexicans, and
another few blocks there you would find the ever famous Chinatown. So yeah I
think I can blend well here..haha
You may also check out the rest of the post about my LA trip :
