LA Day 3

It looked a bit dodgy at the outset for the day's excursion out into the larger area of LA. Fortunately the skies cleared and it was a nice sunny day. What ratio of fog/smog was part of the haze I am not sure. We started at the La Brea tar pits and unfortunately there really wasn't any tar pits to look at that were still being extracted. The pit out the front is more ground water than tar and was man made but still made for a nice photo. The history of the tar pits and how they came to be was also very informative while also being
able to examine specimens of the sabretooth cat (not tiger) as well as dire wolves (turns out they aren't just from DnD).

From there we made for the beach and did the walk from Santa Monica, including the massive pier with a carnival on it all the way down to Venice beach. Venice of course is famous for the muscle beach section where the likes of the Governator trained out for everyone to be able to watch. You also had the sidewalks choked with rollerbladers, cyclists, stalls, performers and shops making the going a little harder because of all the crowds but it added to the festive air. When we showed up (it was a very long walk) there was boxing displays and powerlifting. Basketball also featured prominently but the players spent more time arguing than actually playing.

As the sun started going down we made our way into downtown LA to have a look at the
skyscrapers and public buildings. Some of these were very impressive but with the failing light it was hard to capture all the details. I personally liked city hall with its Greco-Roman influences. From there it was well and truly dark as we walked into Chinatown for dinner where the cooks also spent more time arguing so loud the whole restaurant could hear than actually cooking.

A very full day in all with about 20km covered on foot. My jeans have already gotten loose despite a high sugar/fat intake at places like Jack in the Box and Taco Bell (we won't stop till we try them all at least once).