Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Day 18 Los Angeles and Hollywood

We have spent 4 days in Sea Camp in San Diego. During the entire time there we did not see a single cloud, only blue sky. We've been body boarding on San Diego’s beaches and kayaking in the surf. We have learnt about ocean life in classes or labs as they are called. We spent part of the day at Sea World where the greatest part was the Shamu show, full of killer whales splashing the crowd. We went for a boat trip out into the open ocean and went snorkeling. We also saw some great marine life such as blue whales, bottle-nose dolphins and just about every variety of kelp California has to offer. The beaches are nice especially since everything in the water is not trying to kill us. During these four days, we've eaten the best and non-processed food for the whole trip. Shock horror: even salads! Everybody is exhausted at the moment. Today we drove 3 hours north to Los Angeles, Paradise city. We took a walk down Hollywood BLVD, there are probably more people trying to sell $10 products than there are stars on the walk of fame. We will never do that again. Tonight we went to Jerry’s Famous Deli where the menu was said to have over 600 meals. They were massive and delicious!

somewhere between San Diego and LA - lots of traffic.

Hollywood streetscape
Rodeo Drive - not a Walmart in sight!

Rodeo Drive - we forgot to make appointments, so couldn't visit many retailers
The Beverly Wilshire Hotel - the primary filming location for Pretty Woman
Around Rodeo Drive
An outlet for handbags
No more to say
Outside the TCL Chinese Theatre on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Famous droids
He was  thrilling the crowds on the Walk of Fame



Norma Jeane
A famous amphibian

A district in LA
Views


Day 17 Sea Camp, San Diego, CA

Boogie boarding and Sea World
Ready to boogie
Let's go surfing now...

At Sea World
 Things you don't see everyday...

...polar bear

...walrus
...beluga whale
...emporer penguin

...dolphin

...dolphins at a people show
...dolphins cooling the crowd

...jumping pilot whales

...jumping dolphins
...synchronised orca's - Shamu and baby Shamu

...an orca tsunami.






Monday, 30 September 2013

Day 16 Sea Camp, San Diego, CA

Snorkelling and Whale watching

Arriving at the harbour, for a day's boating
Loading the boat
The boat...'Sea Watch'
A local dropped by to greet us
More locals

Enjoying the spray at the bow
San Diego

Common dolphins in our bow wave
Getting instructions prior to snorkeling the La Jolla cliffs and caves

Learning to enter the water correctly from a boat
Back at the boat

Playing around at the back of the boat

 ...we then went looking for whales.

...thar she blows!
A unbelievably huge Blue Whale
This is a different individual...there were dozens!
Another Blue Whale
Blue Whale flukes


Sunday, 29 September 2013

Day 15 Sea Camp, San Diego, CA


Breakfast at Sea Camp
Some instruction prior to snorkeling
Ready for action



Putting on fins
Beach seining to find out what lives in these waters


Snorkeling in the harbour 
Examining marine creatures
Inspecting the seine net


It was a big morning!
Back at Sea Camp for evening Lab class to learn about marine plankton
The winners of the best plankton design - Ryley, Felicity and Jasmin.