hi guys welcome to another episode of what's my bucket list and on today's
show I show you around the city of Los Angeles they call this the City of
Angels but to be honest there's nothing really
angelic about it what I can tell you though is that it's effing huge it
spawns quite a lot of one mass I'll show you everything from the city escapes to
the nightlife and to the attraction is all around Hollywood and some of the
beaches I suppose I better stop with this place
downtown Los Angeles to be honest it's not too dissimilar to every other
American city with big tall skyscrapers and lots and lots of roads but if you do
come to downtown there's plenty of interesting things to look at such as
the Walt Disney theatre yes this is actually some kind of theater slash
Opera House and la city hall which is actually quite a substantial building
when walking around downtown LA especially down Figueroa streets you
might come across this place the Staples Center this is the entertainment arena
here in Los Angeles and is home to some of the city's most iconic sports teams
the LA Lakers and LA Clippers for basketball and the LA Kings for my sake
now I actually decided to catch an LA Kings game here and right next to the
Staples Center there's a cool entertainment complex full of shops and
bars and stuff but I'm not here for that I'm a big ice hockey fan and
unfortunately I was actually dying of a cold whilst recording this and this is
exactly what I remember of the actual game that's right literally nothing I
actually fell asleep on my seat and was woken up to the sight of this yes that
is a drunken Hispanic girl pushing her bust into my face now ordinarily I
actually don't mind Hispanic ladies putting their bomb in my face but to be
honest whilst I'm sitting here dying of the flu it's not that much fun so
between her jiggling her booty in my general vicinity all the two housewives
that are sat next to me talking about anything except ice hockey this was
pretty much my experience of the LA Kings I'm sure I would have enjoyed it
if I wasn't dying such a hot death now la also has some other famous football
teams la FC and LA Galaxy for soccer and the LA Rams and LA charges before
American football which will they'll be playing in the new soulfully stadium but
all of those pale in comparison to the biggest sports team in the city and
that's their baseball team the LA Dodgers they play here at Dodger Stadium
which is a short bus ride away from downtown LA and when I got here I
realized that this place is pretty damn palatial it's absolutely massive and the
video here really doesn't do justice I got here early to take some footage but
at night when the stadium fills up it's actually quite a decent atmosphere I
must admit I cheated out on the tickets and I bought tickets in the nosebleeds
so that's why there's not that many people up here but other than that I
highly recommend that you take in an LA Dodgers game and at least the food
options are pretty good so let's say you're not in sports how
about shopping well there's only one place to go we'll do Drive now this is
the posh street that you'll find celebrities and people with money doing
their shopping admittedly I'm not that so this is the only footage of it I can
show you but a short drive away from Rodeo Drive you'll come across the
fanciest neighborhood in LA the world-famous Beverly Hills it really is
as nice as everyone says it is it really is as cool as it is in the movies on
television I highly recommend that if you are in a higher car to drive around
the place because it's actually quite a nice place to go but when you're driving
through Beverly Hills you might as well drive up to this place the Griffith
Observatory this Observatory overlooks downtown LA high on a hill and it's
actually a cool place to go into it's actually free of charge and you get the
best views of the city of Los Angeles right over there
yeah those buildings right over there that's downtown LA inside the
observatory well admittedly the science was a little bit lost on me but other
than that it was free to go inside you can in theory walk from the observatory
to the other main attraction that's around the area the famous Hollywood
sign now I highly recommend actually driving
to a place called Hollywood Park and walk up to the sign from there in fact
with both the Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood sign I actually made a
separate video about it right here because as one of the things that you
have to do while you're here in LA but you have to know quite a bit about it so
I highly recommend that you check out that video so how about Hollywood itself
well I highly recommend that you do come to Hollywood Boulevard this is the place
where all the movie premiers happen right here at the CCR Chinese theater
and where the Hollywood Walk of Fame besides this is the place where
celebrities immortalize themselves on the sidewalk
whosh Rutter you could even probably catch a bit of filming or two and be in
a movie yourself if there's only two nice blocks in Hollywood Boulevard and
the rest is a bit of a dump hole actually made a separate video about it
right here if you ever want to do that if you're running short on time I highly
recommend getting on a hop-on hop-off tour bus it's the quickest way of seeing
all the sights in the city but if you like me and you have your own car you
can actually drive around and show yourself around the place especially if
you want to go to the beaches then you definitely need a car la has some of the
most famous beaches in all the world but to stand out more than most Venice Beach
which is right next to Santa Monica Pier which is this thing over here it's world
famous for being a pier but it has that nice carnival atmosphere so when you do
come to Santa Monica Pier you'll realize that a it's the end of route 66 and B
you'll have an awesome time here and the beach itself Venice Beach is actually
pretty damn lovely indeed so I highly recommend that you spend at least an
afternoon meandering around Venice Beach and once again if you want to find out a
little bit more about it I highly recommend that you check out my separate
video on this also wash it around in a speech check out their Venice canals now
these are just canals and people actually live on the side of these
canals which is kind of awesome the other beach I highly recommend right in
the south part of Los Angeles County Huntington Beach aka surfaces to USA
whether or not you're here for the surfing and pretty much the perfect
waves or taking a few classic cars whilst you're here cause it's a beach
has it all and once again I made a separate video about this right here
it's definitely worth going to these two beaches if you are making a trip here to
Los Angeles but let's say beaches and Hollywood and
sports isn't your thing what else is there to do there's some extremely big
attractions here Universal Studios which is basically a movie theme theme park
combines all the thrill rides of a normal theme park mixed with the
behind-the-scenes experiences that you'd get if you are actually in Hollywood
producing movies and stuff this was actually kind of cool to go around so I
highly recommend Universal Studios if you do get a chance to come here
and right in the city of Anaheim you've also got Disneyland yes there's a
Disneyland here in LA I was tempted to go but after you've been to the one in
Florida this one really doesn't compare if you've never been to the Florida one
I highly recommend that you come here to the one in Anaheim admittedly
Universal Studios and Disneyland isn't the cheapest thing that you'll ever do
here in LA but if you're only coming here once I highly recommend that you
shell out the money the only other thing I would suggest is this place the
Hollywood Bowl this is an outdoor amphitheater which acts as a concert
venue it's not too far from the Hollywood sign highly recommend that you
check that out if there's something on which obviously that isn't right now le
at night is a vibrant city but I highly recommend that you avoid Hollywood like
the played at night if you do have to come to Hollywood at night stick to the
two nice blocks and avoid everywhere else I'm not joking I was almost killed
out here in Hollywood so I highly recommend that you avoid this place
especially at night take whatever snaps and photos you need to get get back in
your car and seriously Drive the hell away what's over all guys LA is an
amazing city it's absolutely massive and you'll need
at least a week or so to explore everything that LA County has to offer
and I highly recommend that you actually shell out money to do things as opposed
to stick to the free of charge attractions
okay I'm sold what I need to do well you need to come here to Los Angeles
California it's served by a major airport LAX and that's most likely the
place that you'll come to if you're flying into LA now I have to address the
elephant in the room la is known for risk hauling traffic and
plus a reason for that number one because it's so big you need a car to
get literally anywhere can this results in frequent traffic jams and traffic
congestion so be prepared that if you're hiring a car just like I did that you'll
most likely be stuck in traffic especially if you're stupid enough to
travel in rush hour you're pretty much not moving another reason why the
traffic is so bad is because the public transportation system is absolutely
shocking la has to have the worst metro system and buses that I have ever used
anywhere in the world unless you're absolutely desperate and can't drive I
highly recommend that you don't use public transportation and hire a car
instead even though you'll be stuck in my traffic the cost to do the
attractions well la is quite an expensive city there are free of charge
attractions such as walking around Hollywood and the Hollywood sign and the
Griffith Observatory but to actually do some fun things you're going to have to
shell out some money so if you are coming here to LA I highly recommend
bringing a huge water cache or at least a big limit on your credit card if
you're looking for someplace to stay unfortunately it's all going to be
expensive I stayed in a cheapo hostel which was
not cheap at all at least it came with a rooftop pool so that you could see all
of downtown LA from the top of the roof which was actually kind of cool
unfortunately this was easily the most expensive part of my whole American road
trip and if had to do it all over again I'd find somewhere else
is there anything else I need to know yes la isn't particularly a safe city at
night so I highly recommend that you limit nightlife to it's safe places and
I highly urge you to avoid walking around residential areas because you
never know what's around the corner especially with its known gang violence
so guys I hope you found this video on LA helpful and if you have enjoyed this
episode please be sure to like share and subscribe and comment in the comment
section below and if you cost any other bucket list ideas feel free to tweet
them at me forget enough suggestions I'll go ahead and do that so guys thank
you very much for watching and we'll see you in the next episode
Ninh Ly - www.ninh.co.uk - @NinhLyUK