Blue lips, blue veins, blue: the colour of our planet from far, far away...

I'm currently watching 'China's Got Talent' (which has the weirdest performances ever, definitely much more entertaining than the standard 'Australia's got talent'. There's a guy who can shut himself into a little glass box, and an English guy that dresses up as Chairman Mao and sings Chinese songs) I'm loading...let's see...20 YouTube videos at once. I'm going to watch them in bed after my shower, snuggled up on top of my electric blanket. I hateeeee making my itinerary for America. It's a long, bothersome and anxiety-inducing process. There's a little voice in the back of my mind going, 'you are SO going to get lost'. I'm still at it. Sad, I know. Here's a sample of one of the days:

Day 5– Thursday 29 December

Hollywood (bring (?) dollars, Guinness World Records museum ticket)

-5:40am: Wake up

-6am: Walk to Mountain Meadows and Mountain Trail line 1 bus stop (7mins)

1. Head northwest on Amberridge Ct toward Mountain Trail St (80m)

2. Turn right onto Mountain Trail St (483m)

-6:10am: Catch line 1 bus to High St across from train station (ticket $1). Previous stop is High St and Spring Rd.

-7:10am: Catch 7:17am 106 train to L.A Union Station. Last stop, previous stop is Glendale.

-8:28am: Catch metro red line 802 subway travelling in North Hollywood Station direction (ticket $1.50) to Hollywood/Vine station (19 mins, 10 stops). Previous stop is Hollywood/Western Station.

-8:56am: Walk to Life Food Organic (Breakfast chai nut milk and coconut yogurt parfait, $14.50, 7mins)

1. Head west on Hollywood Blvd toward Ivar Ave (160m)

2. Turn left onto N Cahuenga Blvd (321m)

-9:15am: Walk to Hollywood/Cahuenga (5mins)

1. Head north on N Cahuenga Blvd toward Selma Ave (321m)

2. Turn right onto Hollywood Blvd (22m)

-9:24am: Catch bus 217 travelling in Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub direction (ticket $1.50) to Hollyood/Orange (5mins, 5 stops). Previous stop is Hollywood/Highland.

-9:35am: Go to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

-9:45am: Catch 212/312 bus travelling in Hollywood/Vine Station direction (ticket $1.50) to Hollywood/Whitley (3mins, 3 stops). Previous stop is Hollywood/Las Palmas.

-9:53am: Walk to Guinness World Records museum (5mins)

1. Head east on Hollywood Blvd toward Whitley Ave (92m)

2. Turn right onto Schrader Blvd (321m)

-11:20am: Walk to Hollywood/Whitley (5mins)

1. Head north on Schrader Blvd toward Selma Ave (321m)

2. Turn left onto Hollywood Blvd (61m)

-11:25am: Catch 212/312 bus travelling in Hawthorne Station (ticket $1.50) to Hollywood/Highland (3mins, 2 stops). Previous stop is Hollywood/Las Palmas.

-11:30am: Walk to Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum (1min)

1. Head east on Hollywood Blvd toward N Highland Ave (49m)

-12:25pm: Catch metro red line 802 subway travelling in Union Station direction (ticket $1.50) to Hollywood/Vine station (2mins, 1 stop).

-12:35pm: Walk to Tender Greens (5mins)

1. Head south on Vine St toward Selma Ave (321m)

2. Turn left onto Sunset Blvd (45m)

-12:50pm: Walk to Sunset/Vine (1min)

1. Head west on Sunset Blvd toward Vine St (77m)

-12:51pm: Catch bus 2/302 travelling in Westwood/UCLA direction (ticket $1.50) to Sunset/Highland (5mins, 4 stops). Previous stop is Sunset/Cherokee.

-12:59pm: Walk to Hollywood Museum (ticket $15, 5mins)

1. Head west on Sunset Blvd toward N Highland Ave (15m)

2. Turn right onto N Highland Ave (321m)

-1:45pm: Walk to Hollywood/Highland (1min)

1. Head north on N Highland Ave toward Hollywood Blvd (53m)

2. Turn left onto Hollywood Blvd (31m)

-1:50pm: Catch 212/312 bus travelling in Hawthorne Station direction to La Brea/Wilshire (ticket $1.50, 24 mins, 17 stops). Previous stop is La Brea/6^th.

-2:18pm: Walk to Whimsic Alley (5mins)

1. Head south on S La Brea Ave toward Wilshire Blvd (39m)

2. Turn right onto Wilshire Blvd (321m)

-2:44pm: Walk to Wilshire/Dunsmuir (1min)

1. Head west on Wilshire Blvd toward S Dunsmuir Ave (45m)

-2:45pm: Catch bus 20 travelling in Downtown LA – 7^th – Maple direction (ticket $1.50) to Wilshire/Western (14mins, 14 stops). Previous stop is Wilshire/ Saint Andrews.

-3:04pm: Catch metro purple line 805 subway to Union Station (13 mins, 7 stops, last stop). Previous stop is Civic Centre Station.

-3:30pm: Catch the 3:35 train to Moorpark. Previous stop is Simi Valley.

-5:05pm: Catch route 2 bus to Country Trail Park (ticket $1). Previous stop is Mountain Trail and Mountain Meadows.

-5:46pm: Walk to home (3mins)

1. Head east on Mountain Trail St toward Amberridge Ct (147m)

2. Turn right onto Amberridge Ct. Destination will be on the left (80m)

Yeah, that's how detailed each and every single one of my days on the itinerary will be. It takes me FOREVER to make this type of thing. I have to calculate all the times, convert the units, look up bus lines, do tonnes of research and everything, and Google Maps definitely isn't that reliable. I will probably have to edit that day because I'm going to add landmarks so I know where to walk and stuff. I mean, how would I know where for example 'Northeast' is? I don't want to go around holding a compass. 

Right now, I know for sure where I'm going on December 26 (downtown LA):

-Citadel Outlets (I need cheap clothes during the post-xmas sales! I have like zilch summer clothes, and a total of two jackets that are warm enough to wear in China)

-Fashion District (I need non-ugly fingerless gloves. I left my black ones at a random restaurant)

-Japanese Village Plaza (cool gift shops. I'm a sucker for buying overpriced unique things)

27 December (Camarillo and Oxnard):

-Camarillo Outlets (In case the clothes at Citadel are a rip-off)

-Target (just because I want to)

-Walmart!

28 December (Thousand Oaks)

-The Oaks Mall (I need hand sanitiser from B&B works. And as you can tell, I am going to buy tonnes of stuff in America)

29 December (Hollywood):

-Ripley's Believe it or not museum (I was obsessed with these books when I was a kid)

-Guinness world records museum (cos it looks cool)

-Hollywood museum (not sure why, so not spending much time there)

-Grauman's Chinese theatre (I want to look at the Harry Potter actors' wandprints!)

-The attractions are pretty much all along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the most famous stars are near the theatre so yeah.

-Whimsic Alley (It's a harry potter store!)

Yuck, my mind is scarred right now from the sight of muscly female bodybuilders on China's Got talent dancing in fluoro rhinestone-studded bikinis. Ewwww. And they got into the next round! The judges are so lame. 

Lunch on the plane was gross. It was some sort of curry pork noodle dish.

Dinner. The chicken noodles were ok but the salad was disgusting. It was a raw bean salad thing. Air China does wayyy better food than China Eastern Airlines. And China Eastern Airlines has no TVs :(