We headed off in the morning to check out Laguna Beach, before heading to the old Mission at San Juan Capistrano. Finally ending up in San Diego.
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Laguna Beach
Mission San Juan Capistrano
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Monday, July 4, 2011
West Coast USA 2005: Day 8
May 2005
We headed off in the morning to check out Laguna Beach, before heading to the old Mission at San Juan Capistrano. Finally ending up in San Diego.
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Laguna Beach
Mission San Juan Capistrano
We headed off in the morning to check out Laguna Beach, before heading to the old Mission at San Juan Capistrano. Finally ending up in San Diego.
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Laguna Beach
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Friday, July 1, 2011
West Coast USA 2005: Day 7
May 2005
Disneyland, my favourite place in the world. I have many childhood memories of the tea pots, mini and mickey ears, the hunted house, yo ho pirates and it's a small world. We actually visited during the 50th Anniversary celebrations, and for me it was like being transported to a different time. I would recommend for those of you who have kids, have never visited before and/or want to check out California Adventure Park to do it over a minimum of three days, but reliving your childhood for one day was good enough for me.
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Best Western Stovall's Inn - we caught the tram to Disneyland in the morning and back again that evening
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Disneyland
Disneyland, my favourite place in the world. I have many childhood memories of the tea pots, mini and mickey ears, the hunted house, yo ho pirates and it's a small world. We actually visited during the 50th Anniversary celebrations, and for me it was like being transported to a different time. I would recommend for those of you who have kids, have never visited before and/or want to check out California Adventure Park to do it over a minimum of three days, but reliving your childhood for one day was good enough for me.
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Best Western Stovall's Inn - we caught the tram to Disneyland in the morning and back again that evening
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Disneyland
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
West Coast USA 2005: Day 6
May 2005
This day was spent at Universal Studios, quite a bit had changed since I'd last visited in 1997, and this was DHs first visit. We were lucky because it was mid week, relatively quite and the ques were short, it might have also been the rain, which didn't dampen us too much, but I could see why you would avoid it in the rain if you could. Make sure you check out one of the live shows and take the studio tour.
Stay
We stayed at the Hollywood Metropolitan Hotel the night before, as staying right at Universal is $$$
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Universal Studios
This day was spent at Universal Studios, quite a bit had changed since I'd last visited in 1997, and this was DHs first visit. We were lucky because it was mid week, relatively quite and the ques were short, it might have also been the rain, which didn't dampen us too much, but I could see why you would avoid it in the rain if you could. Make sure you check out one of the live shows and take the studio tour.
We stayed at the Hollywood Metropolitan Hotel the night before, as staying right at Universal is $$$
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Universal Studios
Saturday, June 25, 2011
West Coast USA 2005: Day 5
May 2005
We continued down Hwy 1, stopping at Santa Barbara for a quick look around before driving into LA and stopping at the La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world's most famous fossil locations.
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Hollywood Metropolitan Hotel for it's closeness to Universal Studios at a low rate
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La Brea Tar Pits don't forget to checkout the outside areas as well as the Page Museum
We continued down Hwy 1, stopping at Santa Barbara for a quick look around before driving into LA and stopping at the La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world's most famous fossil locations.
Hollywood Metropolitan Hotel for it's closeness to Universal Studios at a low rate
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La Brea Tar Pits don't forget to checkout the outside areas as well as the Page Museum
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Manhattan Beach, Los Angelas
May 2010
On a recent overnight stopover in LA, I took the $5 tram bus ride from the LAX hotel I was staying at out to Manhattan Beach. It's a pretty little area with it's pier makes it a nice place to spend a sunny afternoon.
Manhattan Beach is also apparently the location for a number of films, including Point Break, the latest edition of Starsky and Hutch, as well as Jerry Maguire.
So, it's a great option if you have an overnight in LA, a bit too much jet lag (or too early a flight) to see any other part of LA and just want somewhere new to chill.
On a recent overnight stopover in LA, I took the $5 tram bus ride from the LAX hotel I was staying at out to Manhattan Beach. It's a pretty little area with it's pier makes it a nice place to spend a sunny afternoon.
Manhattan Beach is also apparently the location for a number of films, including Point Break, the latest edition of Starsky and Hutch, as well as Jerry Maguire.
So, it's a great option if you have an overnight in LA, a bit too much jet lag (or too early a flight) to see any other part of LA and just want somewhere new to chill.
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