At Los Angeles

At LAX Airport, James was held up by the customs officer because he had 2 US visas. His tourist visa was not expired yet, so the officers brought him to a room and questioned him. Took about 2 hours. The rest of us waited and waited for him. We were all exhausted and hungry from the travelling, but quite excited for being able to step out of the plane and breathe America air.

We put up at the Embassy Suites Hotel near the airport. The rooms are all suites-with a living room and King-sized bed. We arrived at noon. Took a quick shower and had lunch at the hotel. Ate mushroom swiss burger and fries, buffalo wings and lobster bisque soup (shared with CT). Portions were huge, so I ended up so full. After lunch, most of us were exhausted. Some of them slept on the sofa in hotel lobby. What a sight..

Decision taking took a long time as there were 11 of us. So, it was difficult to arrange transport. Waited for quite a while before we decided what to do after lunch. Finally took a Metro train down to Hollywood and walked around in LA. Also went to the streets along Universal Studio. Had dinner at seafood place. Did not like my steamed mussels. But the dessert-strawberry shortcake and brownies were lovely. For a person who does not take much desserts, it was de-li-cious!

Took train back to hotel. Journey took about 1 and a half hours. Very exhausting as it was about 10 plus pm already. The waiting at the restaurant took very long. It was a test of patience. Fell asleep in the train. Once we reacher "Aviator" metro station, we had to take a shuttle bus to LAX airport before our hotel shuttle bus could pick us up. So troublesome. Reached hotel about 12 plus, 1am. Once reached hotel, went straight to bed. Such a nice big room with 2 TVs went to waste as we did not have time to enjoy all that. Too tiring.