So after an eventful sleep or rather lack of sleep due a hobo having a full blown argument on the street outside we are all pleased to leave Venice Beach and head to pastures new. We have decided to head down the coast to Huntington Beach O.C however the only hostel's phone there doesn't seem to be working so we decided to find the hostel ourselves. After a 3 hour bus ride on 3 different buses we arrived in Huntington Beach with the sun shining and therefore headed towards the hostel. We arrive at the hostel address to find that the hostel closed down 2 years ago which doesn't help. So off to a hotel to use their wifi to find a cheap motel/hotel. We arrive at a Best Western on the sea front and ask the price of a room. They said a room would be $150 which we decided was a bit steep and therefore decided to find somewhere else to stay. as we crossed the road a couple of people called out to us from another hotel saying they could do us a room for $120 and before we had time to consider this new offer a lady approached us saying she could get us 10% off of the hotel we had just looked at due to her being a AAA member.
So back to the Best Western we go and check out how much a room would be using this ladies membership card. Unfortunately the membership did not affect the price and we were back to square one, however this lady named Kim then recommended another Best Western hotel which was slightly out of town. Then Kim offered to drive us out to the hotel and help us get a room for $90 which we were happy to go along with. En route Kim told us how she was originally from Huntington Beach and that she was visiting due to her son had recently died of Cancer and that he loved Huntington Beach. She drove us out to this new hotel and helped us check in as well as telling us she could give us a lift back to the beach. LEGEND!
The Hotel was really nice and the breakfast was the best we had yet as it included a full english, croissants of all varieties, cereals, bagels and toast.
Huntington beach is really cool as well with a beautiful high street, beach and pier a place we are glad to call home for the next 3 nights.
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