Journey to USA – day 6 and 7 (Hollywood, Universal Studio and LA)

We had an early flight to catch to Los Angeles (LA), it was 6.30 AM by the time we were in airport. All the US airports wanted passengers to have self check in using their automated kiosk system. It was fast and efficient, and you even can check in your own baggage with baggage tap printed from the machine. Wichita (ICT) is a small city in US that there is no direct flight to LA or the US is too big that we have to make 3 connecting flights to arrive our destination. We made 2 stops for transit to reach LA, one at Denver International Airport (DEN) and one at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS). Another cool travel experience to visit 4 different airports in one day (ICT-DEN-LAS-LAX).


The transit and flight hours took long enough that we only reached LA around 3.00 PM, the LA time is UTC-7 hours. We quickly hopped on the airport free shuttle bus to get our rented car which we made the online rental few weeks ago. We rent Toyota Sienna mini van, and that cost us about USD 800 for two weeks rental.




LA is always crowded with people and mobiles, and so much polluted like KL. We used GPS system and drove to our hotel which was located at West Hollywood and just behind the Kodak Theatre and the Walk of Fame of Hollywood. Two days at LA we visited the LA shopping outlets, Walk of Fame, Universal Studios and the famous uphill Hollywood signs.

Nothing much to shop at LA shopping outlets. But the studio tour at Universal Studio was awesome, from there we knew the filming area of Desperate Housewives, Fast and Furious, War of World and etc. At Walk of Fame, you can find any big celebrity you can name: Jacky Chan, Bruce Willie, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, and even The Simpsons, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and etc. People there drive Porsche, Lamborghini, Benz and carry branded things. Besides, the highway system was awesome, and the minimum driving limit is 80 miles per hour!

We didn’t explore other parts of LA due to time constraint and also have to prepare our California road trip the next day. Anyway, the highlight of
this US trip should be the following days. =)