If you brought small children on the plane, don't forget to take them with you...

So here we are in LA, and I must say, it's not really what I expected. We're staying in a hostel in Venice Beach, just a few steps away from a whole strip of market-type stores where they sell lots of novelty t-shirts and the like. We landed at 7 in the morning to find a low cloud shrouding the city in a dismal dreariness; it's now the evening and the low cloud hasn't lifted. Maybe it's smog. Hopefully the sun comes out tomorrow.
The Venice beach strip is interesting. LA is full of fitness junkies; you can pretty much find any sport here. Basketball, roller hockey, a giant kind of playground for gymnastics, handball etc. There's even an outdoor weights gym where super muscle guys can show off. It's a bit gross. The strip is also full of hippies and guys selling advice for a dollar. We decided to hire some beach cruisers and went for a ride down the coast, probably the nicest thing we did today. The place is quirky but mainly a bit shit and I'm not sure if I'd walk around here at night...
Tomorrow we'll go downtown and check out the Hollywood stuff. But so far, LA kinda sucks and we've decided that instead of staying a week here on the way back, we'll take a bus to San Diego and go to Mexico.
Looking forward to our flight to Santiago on Tuesday!!
xx