If I could choose any place in the world to live, it would be Malibu. I’m in love with this place. It’s beautiful and it has a great vibe. There’s a sophisticated but at the same time a really laid-back vibe. Words can’t describe the Malibu feeling. Neither can pictures, but I’ll give it a shot.

On the road

For the last two days I’ve been to Malibu. First, the weather was perfect for the beach. You can get from Calabasas to Malibu on several roads. All of them go through the hills. The ride itself is an experience already. My favorite route from Calabasas to Malibu is through Kanan Dume Road. You get breathtaking views of the ocean between mountain tops. And then there’s the famous Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). It takes you on the whole coast line of Malibu.

Beaches

The best known beach at Malibu is Zuma beach. It’s a wide, long beach with beautiful views. Then there’s beach at the Paradise Cove beach cafe. That’s a long beach with high rocks. On those rocks live the rich and famous of Malibu. There are lots of surfers and paddlers because of the good waves.

The 7 mile walk

Today I wanted to make a walk on the beach and I walked from Zuma Beach to Paradise Cove and back. It was almost a three-hour walk of 7 miles (11km)! (With a long break at Paradise Cove of course :)). But that’s something I have to learn about LA, there are no walking distances between places. You have to go by car. But at least I got a good workout though.

Sea World in real life

Malibu beaches are full of wild life. When I was there in May this year, I saw a baby white shark. It was washed ashore by the water stream. Today I saw a seal on a rock, so cute :) And by sunset I saw dolphins! They were very close to the shore jumping over the waves by sunset.

Sun

There’s a particularly sunlight in Malibu. It always seems to be yellowish, like the sun is almost going to set. And don’t start about the sunsets. They’re stunning. Especially when the sun just has gotten under the horizon. Then the sky turns from orange to pink, a phenomenon known as vanilla sky <3

XOXO Mariella KvO

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