Travels in a Tin Can

vehicle sound system...the screaming infant ever-present on tours, in shows,
everywhere.
The tour included a couple of stops, one at a strange local market
selling such delights as bottle bags made out of animal legs, complete with
hooves. There seemed to be little relevance in stopping here and we
wondered if the guide’s relatives owned the stalls. The second stop seemed
to have more relevance to the tour as it was near to Mann's Chinese Theatre,
which features the handprints of various stars and was very cool. This stop
also allowed us to see some of the stars on the street and get a good view of
the Hollywood sign. Unfortunately we only had 30 minutes to take in these
sights before piling back on the bus. Personally I could have done without the
animal-unfriendly accessories to have more time at the real tourist attractions.
In between we also got to look at - or at least in the vague direction of -
the Pretty Woman hotel, the drainage ditch Arnie drove through in Terminator
2 , and the nightclub owned by Johnny Depp.
Moving on from the second stop on the tour we drove up into the
Beverly Hills/Bel Air districts to see some stars’ homes. Now there are several
things wrong with this last sentence. First, the only thing we saw were the
gates of the rich and famous, with the occasional glimpse of an actual house
a rare cause for excitement. Second, the use of the word 'stars' was often ill
advised.
What we in fact saw were things like 'the place where Danny de Vito
used to live' or 'that's Nick Cage's old house' or 'once upon a time someone
famous saw a picture of this house in an estate agents window but could not
afford it...' you get the drift. Other than this the houses were the homes of