Arrived in LA at around 7pm, took a quick taxi to our b and b in Playa del Ray.
Nice accommodation but the area was a bit run down. Totally knackered so went straight to bed.
10 hours sleep later felt more human.
Sunday 24th, went back to LAX to pick up our hire car, white Chevy Impala.... Alright but nothing to write home about. Also came with a satnav. Here's a useful life lesson, don't hire a satnav. Spend £145 at home, buy the maps you need and take it with you. We ended up going back to Dollar 4 times and went through 5 satnav and cable combinations.
So back to Sunday, went to the Getty Center. Well worth a visit for a bit of culture in LA plus some spectacular views and architecture. Satnav died on the way there so Kath did a brilliant bit of off the cuff navigation across LA. This led to our first trip back to Dollar!
Wandered down to Playa del Rey for a bite in an Italian restaurant. Had to wait in the bar next door and was treated to a wonderful cross section of local LA colour. However, the clientel of the restaurant were even more wondrous to behold. It really was like the Cateena scene from Star Wars including a jazz band..
Monday 25th July: Went to Venice Beach..... via Dollar as the satnav had died again. Venice Beach, what can you say but wow, Kath said it was a bit like Hebden Bridge. I said let's wait and see what wanders by to change your mind. Within 2 minutes we saw a skate boarder being pulled by a couple of dogs, not to unusual. This was quickly followed by a woman with a pram full of puggs and then a very old Jimmy Hendrix look-a-like on roller blades playing an electric guitar. Like Hebden Bridge my arse!

The afternoon was a mad dash across LA to Warner Brothers for a studio tour. Good fun.
Oh yeah, on the way the satnav died. So afterwards back to Dollar again. This time we didn't get out of the carpark before the satnav froze. Back in and yet another one and back on the road.
Dropped in to the LAX Gun Range for a quick 150 rounds and then back to the B&B.

Went to the Triple for beers and food. Really nice, lots of locally brewed and exotic beers plus really good scoff. Home and sleep.....