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Lights, camera, promises to make you famous.
I’ve always loved strolling down Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, with all the people holding pamphlets asking if you’d like to be an extra in a movie, audition for a potentially big role or see where famous people live.
I’d like to say I’m not drawn into the whole celebrity-spotting thing myself, but I admit I saw a few celebrities and immediately adopted the role of ‘Undercover Agent Must-Get-A-Photo’. Yes, I know, where’s my cool? To be fair though, I didn’t go after them, they came to me – well, in a shared-the-same-physical-space-as-me sort of way. Because I’m so terrible at remembering names though, at one point I referred to someone as ‘JUST SHOOT ME!’ and another as ‘SEX IN THE CITY!’ Isn’t it awful when you’re not even a fan of a show but you get excited when you see people from it?
Celebrities aside, I’ll tell you what’s impressive about LA: the roads. SEVEN. LANES? SEVEN LANES? I’m only talking about lanes going in one direction by the way. On one of my trips in infamous LA traffic, I found myself on a freeway that spanned 14 lanes in total during one stretch. I think that’s the size of my suburb at home. No joke.
LA is always an interesting place to visit, a place filled with too many talented people and too few movies/shows/songs for them to share. On the upside though, I’m not one of those people so my visit is purely for the theme parks.
Week 15: Mexico (part 2)
One of the great things about Mexico is its incredible history. This country is filled with remnants of the many civilisations that have called Mexico home at some stage.
For example, Mexico City was built on top of an Aztec city so if you scratch below the surface, you’ll find acres of Aztec ruins. There’s a great site in Mexico City where you can see where some of the ancient city has been excavated and one of the modern roads is still running across the ruins. I asked a local guide why they didn’t just dig up the Aztec city and they responded, ‘why dig up a city just to find ruins?’ My internal dialogue and inner geek cried out loud at the thought of all the amazing things under the pavement I was standing on.
As I mention in the video, the structures of ancient civilisations are absurdly complex and often cater to moments such as stars aligning or the position of the sun at a particular time. Unfortunately, they were also incredibly mindful of acoustics when building these sites so my cursing would echo around the ruins as the guides told me the purposes of some of the architectural features.
Many people mention Chichen Itza when they talk about ancient sites in Mexico, but the whole country is decorated in ruins that I recommend you take a detour to see if you visit the country.