Part 2: Los Angeles (LA) Trip - June 2017

Hello again readers,

Continuing Part 2 of our LV/LA trip here. Hope you enjoy and find this quick guide useful! 💕

Our 4 days LA itinerary (changed some plans here and there but this is our simple itinerary) 💥

Day 1:

- Santa Monica beach/ pier, Santa monica place, Venice beach, Muscle beach

- Went to view our puppy

- Beverly Hills/ Rodeo drive

Day 2:

- Griffith Observatory

- The Groove + Farmer's market

- Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood walk of fame, TCL (Chinese theather)

- LA County museum of art (LACMA)

Day 3:

- Grand central market

- Little Tokyo

- Chinatown (Food at Chinatown: Ocean Seafood Restaurant,

Golden Dragon Restaurant, Sam Woo Bar-B-Que Restaurant)

- Outlet in LAThere are quite a few, but after researching these 2 were the best:Camarillo Premium outlets (57mins away from downtown)Citadel Outlets (just 13mins from downtown)

Day 4:

- Universal studios Hollywood (ticket was ard $100, more info here) - some places we enjoyed the most were Jurassic park, Revenge of the Mummy, Harry Potter world (the rides were just ok though), Studio Tour

- Universal Citywalk at night

Upon arrival at LA, checked in to our Airbnb located in Hollywood. Uber was around $50 from LAX to our location.

We took Uber ard mostly (public transport was rather convenient too); while on the roads do allocate more time as the traffic ard LA is quite horrible 😂)

Yes ramen again 😘

Santa Monica (you can easily rent bicycles there)

And... introducing our puppy...!

Fell in love with him when we first saw him; oh how much he has grown!!

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Griffith observatory (went in the morning but the observatory only opens from 12pm-10pm, so rmbr to Check hours)

Explored around Downtown LA

Grand Central Market

Shake shack - its really awesome~ Gotta try! 🍔🍟

Chinatown (nothing much there actually)

Little Tokyo:

Dinner at Marugame Monzo (the Q was about an hour but we took the chance to walk around Little Tokyo meanwhile 😛)
& they are famous for this Sea Urchin udon; didn't manage to catch a pic of it & we felt the taste is pretty strong

Came across this really cool bookstore downtown:
The Last Bookstore - its really huge and cool, you should check it out if you are around the area

Heard really good reviews on this, so we gave it a try:

Lights at LACMA

Hollywood walk of fame, something you wouldn't miss

Universal Studios Hollywood
(to be honest, this place is more for Families; felt the rides were rather "meh" due to all the 4D animations and stuffs..) However, the Studio Tour was rather awesome!

Harry Potter world (go early to avoid VERY long queues! it can get up to 2hrs) - refer to this link to check out current wait times for rides (its really useful)

Our first butterbeer 🍺
We also had lunch at one of the restaurant there their food was real yummy! It's more fast-food style and despite the long queues it was a short wait (we were too hungry & didn't manage to take a photo 😹)