Do you have dream? Everybody has a dream. Welcome to Hollywood. It is only when you get on a bus to go somewhere do you realise how big this place is. It took us over 1.5 hours to go from Venice Beach to Hollywood. In the afternoon we walked along the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard, checked out all the famous hand and foot prints outside Graumman's Chinese Theatre, and then went on a tour of Beverley Hills to see the homes of the famous. David Beckham did invite us in for tea and cucumber sarnies but we just didn't have the time. Maybe next time Golden Balls if you are reading this. The amount of money in this place is unbelievable. The houses were massive and the cars being driven around were all top of the range. We must of counted over 15 Ferrari's, four of which were parking in the same drive way (the house of the designer Guess). On the second day we went to visit Universal Studios. Basically a large theme park with some additional information about the special effects used in the movies. We took a ride on the shuttle bus which took us around the 30 sound stages and the outside sets. We saw Wisteria Lane where Desperate Housewife's is filmed and the clock tower out of the back to the future film. We explored Sunset Strip and Rodeo Drive and went out for the evening around west Hollywood as this is were the main concentration of pubs and restaurant are including the likes of the Sky bar, owned by Cindy Crawford and the Ivy. Although we didn't go to either of these two places we had a good time watching people trying to stay on the Bucking Bronco in the middle of the western style pub we had our first drink in. On our last day in Hollywood we rented a car and headed out to Santa Barbara and then on to Ventura were we stayed the night on the boat ready for our days driving on the Wednesday (17th). The crossing out to the Channel Island for our diving was very rough! We both felt sick and Jo lost her breakfast over board about an hour into the trip. The water of the Pacific Ocean was so cold. The dive watch read between 13 to 14 degrees. We were both given full wet suites with hoods, gloves and boots. We have never dived in this amount of gear before and were only used to the tropical waters of 25 degrees. The diving wasn't much to write home about and we were both disappointed not to see the sea lions/seals which others saw. The best thing about the dive boat was the hot tub they had on board to warm yourself up in between dives. This was fine until you tried to get out again and into that cold wet suits ready for you next dive!
