We spent the last couple of nights of our trip in Los Angeles, staying at a hostel in Venice Beach. The Bay Watch style life guard boxes on the beach were cool, but the weather wasn’t warm, so we didn’t trouble the life guards them too much. We did get a first hand look at the muscle bound freaks, watched a bit of beach-side basket ball and hired some roller blades, as you do in Venice Beach.

We did some of the other touristy stuff. We walked down to Santa Monica to check out the pier and the shops. We went to Hollywood to see the stars and hand-prints in the pavement on Hollywood Boulevard and view the sign (it looks pretty small from Hollywood blvd!). We even did some window shopping on Rodeo Drive.

We boarded our flight home with a couple of hours to spare on the last day of our 12 month ticket.