Los Angeles

Monday
October 16, 2017

 
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I arrived in L.A. on Sunday, took a shuttle from LAX to the metro train station and bought a 7-day metro card pass, then used that to get to my hotel in West Hollywood, the Elan Hotel.

I headed out Monday morning for a day of sight-seeing. First stop, Santa Monica Pier.

After visiting the pier, I headed up to the bluffs overlooking the beach and walked the entire length of Palisades Park, up to Inspiration Point (about 2 miles).

I caught a bus back down to the pier and made my way back into Hollywood to the La Brea Tar Pits (which is pronounced 'bray-uh', not 'bray' as I had thought). The grounds are free, but I wanted to see everything so paid for entrance to the museum and also for their movie 'Titans of the Ice Age'.

My final tourist destination of the day was the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I ended up mostly taking photos of Star Trek alumni. Unfortunately, Shatner's star was blocked off by wooden panels and metal fences guarded by Men in Black. Best guess, they were preparing for a new star ceremony. Either that or they were guarding Trump's star (which was also in the blocked area), although it seemed a bit excessive for that.

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