America

Hey y'all! We're now in Los Angeles for our last few days of the trip before we head home. The flight from Fiji was very long and we're both a bit jet-lagged. Our hotel is ok, though, with lots of interesting original 1920's features but it's in a bit of a scary part of town- everyone keeps warning us not to go out at night! There are sirens outside all night, but we're fairly sure that there's a fire-station down the road from us. Fairly sure.

Yesterday we went to Hollywood, and walked along the Walk of Fame, with all the movie star names in the pavement. We went to Grauman's Chinese Theatre, which has all of the handprints in the concrete in the forecourt; Jack has the same size hands as Kevin Costner, and Sarah's are the exact same size as Julie Andrews' hands. Then we went to into
Hooters for some cake; quite an eye-opening experience! :D

Today we went to Venice Beach, and Sarah, having managed to avoid getting sunburnt in Fiji and Australia got burned on our second-to-last day. Grr. No sunbathing, though, we spent the day walking up and down the promenade looking at all the weird and wonderful stalls- not to mention the interesting people we saw too!There was an old rastafarian on skates playing the electric guitar all day, a body-building man/woman in a gold bikini, and a guy who came up to us and said, "The tracks were huge, man! I mean how did all those tiny Chinese people build such big tracks?!". Needless to say, there were quite a few shops selling 'bubble pipes', and a guy sitting on the floor with a sign saying 'WILL WORK FOR MARIJUANA'.

Unfortunately there weren't any bodybuilders at Muscle Beach today- they must've seen Jack coming and felt intimidated.

That's about it for today... we're
hoping to go to Universal Studios tomorrow, and we're flying home after that!

We've had a really great time on our travels, everywhere we've gone, but we're both really looking forward to getting home and seeing everyone again!

See you really soon!

Lots of love

Jack and Sarah
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