Los Santos:
Mission:
Players Gareth and Francis have to survive the city and visit the hotspots of Venice Beach, Hollywood, Compton and Watts and escape unscathed via Route 1 to Monterray.
Status:
Completed.
Mission Highlights:
1) Compton and Watts.
Being stuck behind a articulated truck in Compton with no way to get round it or reverse. Some hairy moments as we stared nervously about waiting for the ambush to begin. Thankfully the ambush never came and we were able to continue and soak in the delights of Watts. Neither neighbourhood looked that bad in the daytime, the only indicator of dodgyness being that every window had bars on it. Presumable it's after dark when the predators emerge.
2) Venice Beach
A wonderland of sun, sand, artists, bums, weirdos and shops and stalls selling everything from Pepper Spray (a bargain at $5) to Salvia Divinorum (a hallunicogenic drug). We rented bikes and cycled up to Santa Monica taking in the boardwalk and pier. Muscle beach was unfortunately deserted, it seems to be a spot for posers more than actual real bodybuilders plus our timing was bad, most people can't take Thursday morning off work to go flex their pecs on the beach. Our next mission. Project Hollywood.
3) Driving in the Hollywood hills.
It took us about 40 minutes of driving around before we managed to get properly into the hills. However just as we got on the right track some cracking Mozart concherto came on the radio. It was like there was a orchestra celebrating our every turn onto a steeper and steeper street. It's easy to see why you would want to move into the hills, you feel like you are on top of the world with an entire city laid out at your feet.
Everything else:
1) Hollywood Boulevard and Mann's Chinese Theatre.
Not really all that impressive. Hollywood Boulevard is pretty seedy and Mann's Chinese theatre while a landmark takes about 5 minutes before you're bored of it. One interesting thing we discovered it that Sylvester Stallone has really small feet judging by the shoe prints in the concrete outside the theatre.
2) Driving in America.
Oh I think I'll need a whole post to bitch about American driving habits and the confusion and consternation and stress that I have already endured trying to decipher American road signs while trying not to become roadkill.
3) UCLA campus.
One word. Wow. It's pretty.
Mission:
Players Gareth and Francis have to survive the city and visit the hotspots of Venice Beach, Hollywood, Compton and Watts and escape unscathed via Route 1 to Monterray.
Status:
Completed.
Mission Highlights:
1) Compton and Watts.
Being stuck behind a articulated truck in Compton with no way to get round it or reverse. Some hairy moments as we stared nervously about waiting for the ambush to begin. Thankfully the ambush never came and we were able to continue and soak in the delights of Watts. Neither neighbourhood looked that bad in the daytime, the only indicator of dodgyness being that every window had bars on it. Presumable it's after dark when the predators emerge.2) Venice Beach
A wonderland of sun, sand, artists, bums, weirdos and shops and stalls selling everything from Pepper Spray (a bargain at $5) to Salvia Divinorum (a hallunicogenic drug). We rented bikes and cycled up to Santa Monica taking in the boardwalk and pier. Muscle beach was unfortunately deserted, it seems to be a spot for posers more than actual real bodybuilders plus our timing was bad, most people can't take Thursday morning off work to go flex their pecs on the beach. Our next mission. Project Hollywood.3) Driving in the Hollywood hills.
It took us about 40 minutes of driving around before we managed to get properly into the hills. However just as we got on the right track some cracking Mozart concherto came on the radio. It was like there was a orchestra celebrating our every turn onto a steeper and steeper street. It's easy to see why you would want to move into the hills, you feel like you are on top of the world with an entire city laid out at your feet.Everything else:
1) Hollywood Boulevard and Mann's Chinese Theatre.
Not really all that impressive. Hollywood Boulevard is pretty seedy and Mann's Chinese theatre while a landmark takes about 5 minutes before you're bored of it. One interesting thing we discovered it that Sylvester Stallone has really small feet judging by the shoe prints in the concrete outside the theatre.2) Driving in America.
Oh I think I'll need a whole post to bitch about American driving habits and the confusion and consternation and stress that I have already endured trying to decipher American road signs while trying not to become roadkill.
3) UCLA campus.
One word. Wow. It's pretty.
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