Day 29 - the beach
As the bungalow was less than a 5 min walk from the Santa Monica beach, we decided to spend most of the day there. The beach is lovely, and has soft golden sand all the way along. After some sunbathing and bodyboarding (which came with the accommodation) we walked along to Santa Monica pier. The whole area seems familiar, as there are so many films and tv shows that have included that as a location. We tried our first corn dogs of the trip (meh, they were ok) and headed back for some more relaxing. This had been a very busy and hectic month, so we made the most of our chill out time.

As evening drew in, we changed and walked up towards Venice beach. Venice beach is more lively than Santa Monica beach, with the boardwalk having all sorts of shops, shows and performers going on. It also has a lot of restaurants and bars, so we stopped in one of them and had our dinner facing the beach; what a setting. Afterwards we made our way back towards Santa Monica, stopping in a few bars along the way.

This area was a lively one, and we got chatting to a few people. We met some nice people in the last bar that we visited at the end of the night and got into a conversation about the differences between the UK and USA; it's always interesting to hear other points of view. I mentioned that Americans don't seem to get my dry sense of humour, followed by a joke that they didn't realise was a joke; proving my point.

The night nearly ended in disaster, when I realised I'd lost the keys to the bungalow! I managed to climb onto the roof and through an open window so at least we had somewhere to sleep.