First glimpse of LA

So that’s LA or at least a small piece of it.

Glimpse of Los Angeles out the aircraft window.

Glimpse of Los Angeles out the aircraft window.

 13+ hours later here we are, very tired and still a long way to go.  Well, I can say although I didn’t sleep the food was good, the service was good and the plane felt pretty comfortable but I would have liked a bit more leg room.  We actually made an enquiry about how much it would cost to upgrade.  The response was A$900 (USD$900).  Hmmm, I’ll think small!

Special Note: LA Customs and Immigration check points.  We made a boo boo.  When disembarking from the aircraft we collected all our rubbish which we were going to deposit in the nearest trash can.  I thought that our fellow travellers were very untidy as they had left a variety of food stuffs including lots of uneaten oranges etc.  Guess what . . there are NO TRASH CANS between the plane and Customs!  What you take off the plane, even if it is rubbish, you MUST declare it!  We had previously completed our immigration and declaration form stating that we had NO food items but because we had food scraps in our rubbish . . we had to declare it.  That meant completing another declaration for both of us.  The queues at LA Customs are really long and guess what another 747 arrived from Australia about five minutes after us.  But wait there’s more . . to save time I thought that I’d go to the toilet after the Customs check and before the baggage search area . . guess what ????? there are NO TOILETS in between those areas.  AAAARRRGGGH!

 

Sydney Australia – Travel Tips

So here are some travel tips for things to do in Sydney, Australia!

Sydney Beaches

Sydney is renowned for its beach-side suburbs, which include Manly, Bondi and Cronulla plus plenty more. During summer, these beaches are packed full of swimmers, who flock to enjoy the city’s beautiful sandy beaches. Like Rio de Janiero and Los Angeles, Sydney is somewhat unique in that it’s a major metropolis surrounded by beautiful beaches, making it an ideal holiday spot. If you’re heading to the beach in Sydney, don’t forget your sunglasses, hat, and sunscreen, as the UV rays here are extremely high.

Trains, buses

Law Enforcement Corruption & Abuse Welcome to America.

What happened to 2000 elderly British cruiseship passengers when their ship landed in Los Angeles after touring the world… legal protection for non-citizens Theoretically, there are legal protections for people who visit the US. Theoretically. But the theory goes out the window if one of the little ICE dictators decides they don’t like you. "Rule of Law? What’s that? You’re a non-citizen on US soil. You don’t have no stinking rights." And that’s how they play it every day all over the Land of the Free. The story of the cruise ship full of elderly Brits abused at the hands of ICE in LA was unusual – because it was reported. Apparently elderly people aren’t subjected to collective punishment back in the UK. Backward place really. They need to get with the program. Seriously, how many hundreds of billions – trillions? – of dollars have these federal shit heads cost this country over the last ten years in discouraging travel, discouraging trade, loss of good will. (They were behaving this way long before 9/11 by the way.) And for what? Greater security? Bullshit. The country was raped and pillaged in broad daylight by a handful of banks causing exponentially more economic damage than ten real armies could inflict on the US and no one’s even been brought to task, let alone indicted. But by God, if a handful of cranky elderly people object to the way they’re treated by the steroid pumped morons brigade, we’re going to hold up everyone on the boat with them – all 2000 – for <b>…</b>

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