Venice Beach

So we are in venice beach now in LA. Still to reitarate if you havent heard allready we definately left our hearts in san francisco...loved the hostel (the green tortoise) as much as the place itself but with a plethora of free festivals it was all a bit too good...We popped down to san diego for a while between san fran and here...it was nice but too full of californian fakes to be a place to warm too...we happened upon the annual ocean beach festival which was good fun but too full of american shallowness to actually be fun. We visited balboa park (that is more like a theme park full of car parks and museums) but did see an amazing conservatory with some wonderful carniverous plants... mind you with the only free thing there it was the highlight! We popped over to tijuana too which is more like an an american pharmacy than real mexico...but a few cheep Coronas and some delicious tacos later and it all felt a bit better...I do feel sorry for the mexicans though, the americans seem to treat it like some kind of theme park where they can feel better about themselves. Some freaky 5 year old mexican singers later and we were back in the alleged safety of America. Venice beach is loverly though. Its what you would expect of LA (i never realised it was quite so big LA is Huuuge) and the smog is a little impending! Lovely beach though and I even managed to do a bit of a hassolhof run sown the white sands....

Looking forward to leaving tommorow though Cook islands here we come!!!!!!