On the way to Los Angeles. Grapevine is a passage through the mountain range, just a few hours north.

More Grapevine

Pyramid Lake. A large man-made waterhole.

Six Flags Great America amusement park is spotted in the distance

The door at the hotel we stayed at for 2 nights in Hollywood. The geek in the background with the laptop backpack and Ubuntu t-shirt is me.

My "I'm scared of bums"-face

Chinese theater, Hollywood

Chinese Theater, Hollywood

The Green Lantern approached Elisa. She did not understand much of what he was babbling about. Neither did I to be honest.

Some statue at the end of Hollywood Blvd.

Martin posing once we hit Sunset Blvd.

Seventh Veil strip joint. Was often attended by 80s metal bands

Even Eddie the Monster put his hand imprint at The Rockwalk

In the hands of Mötley Crue

RIP Ronnie James Dio. You will forever be remembered as the little dude with the enormous voice...and the one who brought the "metal horns" to the masses.

I love this picture of Martin. Happy as man can be. Rock on!

Yet another famous spot where many members of rocks bands got inked.

Ahh, the contrasts. The beautiful grove of trees in full bloom, right next to a strip joint.

Whiskey a Go-Go. Like they put it themselves: As long as there has been a rock scene, there has been Whiskey a Go-Go. In other words, all rockers walks through these doors at one time in their lives.

Inside Rainbow Bar & Grill. A horrible place to eat but it is absolutely packed with rock 'n rock memorabilia, and pretty much all rockers have dined here. Martin sits at the spot Bret Michaels once sat, and tries to imitate the picture in the background.

I guess I thought the long wait for the waitress to come back from her drug binge is getting to me. Once I got my first beer (we had walked for hours at this point along Sunset Blvd), the smile came back.

Where we ate when we came back from a exploratory day in downtown LA. We took public transit (a buss in this case) and this was Martin and Elisa's first In-N-Out experience.

Artistic picture of Martin on the bus.

Angels Flight, going up towards the business district of LA. We never tried it.

Nothing special here, other than this is the old part of LA

Grand Central Market, a large indoor market in the historic part of Los Angeles. You can buy fresh produce, pig heads, dried herbs, Mexican fast food, and everything else you can put in your mouth. Interesting smells to say the least.

Odd place to sleep. Even for a bum. Maybe hoping a car would ram him over?

The first 3 story building in Los Angeles. Currently not in use.

Olvera Street. The oldest part of LA. It is basically a Mexican market. A long street with just vendors, selling everything from instruments and clothing, to food (plenty of it) and horse saddles.

Eating Mexican food at Olvera Street

A group of native Americans performing, what looked like a rain dance, with a bunch of children

Los Angeles union station. An old railroad junction still used today.

Inside union station. The particular part was closed for the public.

The courtyard of an old church across the street of Olvera Street

More walking....

We finally settled in at Casey's Bar & Grill. After hours of walking around, many beers were welcome.

A few beers in... I always have a smile on my face when drinking this beverage.

Lovebirds

Public transit in LA is not for me. However, I did not piss myself here, even though the picture says otherwise.

American wont show any type of mercy for this dead terrorist.