USA Trip - Planning

So back in December last year, Enrique and I were discussing holiday plans for 2012. The original plan was to have his parents come to Australia for a month or two, then perhaps make a trip to Bali or Thailand. I LOVE THAILAND! But it is quite expensive for them to stay here for more than 2 months without working, so that plan was scrapped.

Plan #2 was to go to.....NEW YORK! I've always wanted to go there, seeing as it's the location for most tv series, movies etc. That plan fell through when we realized winter in NYC would be too cold for Enrique;s mom.

Plan #3  - Los Angeles
We are going to spend a month in LA, and make short trips to Las Vegas, San Francisco, and San Diego. The costs for flight tickets, accommodation, and activities so far is already $3,300. Help! Will probably spend 2k or so on food and shopping.

Here is a list of things I'm looking forward to:

• Beaches! -Malibu, Laguna, Venice; all the beaches with beautiful bodies of struggling actors mmmmm
• Theme parks - Disneyland, Six Flags Magic Mountain
• San Diego zoo - supposed to be one of the best zoos in the world
• Shopping at Las Vegas outlets, Melrose Ave
• Celebrity spotting - would really like to attend live filming if I can
• Grand Canyon @ Nevada
• All the landmarks/casinos at Las Vegas
• Alcatraz
• Golden Gate Bridge
• Castro ST @ San Francisco - gay neighbourhood whoohoo