Last and final stop on the tour and my three months of adventure was the City of Angles, Los Angeles.

Previous visitors had all warned me the place was a complete shit hole and I’m sorry to say they are not wrong. Glitz and glamour it ain’t….Hollywood sheen not so much and American dreams only seem to come true here if they were dirty and downtrodden to start with!!

Thanks to bizarre Trek America logic where one person had booked an early flight so all 13 of us had to go back to the hotel early instead of just letting her make her own way to the airport…we had a grand total of 1hr 20 minutes to explore downtown Hollywood.

The delights of the Rodeo Drive, Sunset Boulevard, Stars homes tours and the Hollywood Bowl remain a mystery. So I basically just rinsed Hollywood Blvd and the Walk of Fame hence the unadventurous array of snaps

Exciting to see all the stars lining the streets and play the find your favourite game

Most painful fact about such a whistle stop visit was that Ryan Gosling was premiering his new film at Man’s Chinese Theatre and was pretty much the best shot I’dve had at making him realise he’s made a terrible mistake marrying Eva Mendes. They tore me away kicking and screaming. He was arriving in an hour #heartbroken

We managed a sneaky stop at Hollywood Park for an epic view of the iconic sign before we left though. We all had a final family snap before heading on to the last hotel for our bon voyage. Wished my 3 week family the very best for onward adventures and all did the thing where we pretend we’d visit each other / all book on another trip for the same time next year.  They’ve been proper gems to have as company and I really got seriously lucky with that lovely lot this time…and no vomiters to be seen! yay!!

Lucky for me I still had 3 days of fun with lovely Leanne, as we were headed to our West Coast highlight, Disneyland California. Those who know me will know there is no better way for me to end 3 months of travel than some time on roller coasters and hanging out with everyone’s favourite mouse

It also marked the last and final of 5 worldwide wide Disney parks I have visited. I commemorated it with lunch at Earl of Sandwich and a new set of super sparkly Minnie ears in absence of marching band to greet me as I came through the turnstiles! (yes I know Shanghai has decided it’s delayed opening will be in 6 weeks…no I don’t want to talk about it…bastards!!!)

What a bloomin’ marvelous couple of Disney fueled days we had. Great to find a friend with a like minded approach to completely smashing the park in most efficient possible way…

We got on everything, twice pretty much and reveled in pretending to be 5 years old all over again

Icing on the cake was the epic nighttime water show, World of Colour, which told the story of Walt Disney’s original vision for the park and the history of how it all started with a mouse. Narrated by Neil Patrick Harris, Mickey and Walt himself and peppered with hideously cheesy Disney classics. I’m sorry to say I lost it at the end, balled my eyes out with happiness as I realised what a phenomenal 3 months had come before me and just how lucky I’d been to have had such a great adventure #travelwanker #cringe #dontevencare!

But first, just the small matter of a 10hr flight across the world before I can put my feet up…London, I’m on my way!!! Xx