Road Trip California Coastline Photography | USA

I proceeded along the highway 101 to see the amazing California coastline passing some beautiful cities like Monterey, Santa Barbara and Malibu. Every city is unique in its way. I was roaming around and did some great photos. Still, I realized that I only get the same themes which I could capture with my camera. I am talking about the typical tourist pictures.

In Monterey, I found a nice place at the local Golf Club to park my camper for free. With this great spot, I was set up to stay a couple of days to relax at the beach and to hang out in one of the Vape Shops in town. With some good juice in my pipe, I could discover the beaches of Monterey with my camera and its hordes of tourists. From there on I continued the road along the Big Sur coastline.

Photography by CHRISTIAN KOEHLERT – MAYAMAGIK | from Miltenberg, GERMANY

Finding a parking lot for over-night camping in Santa Barbara is a tricky thing. All along the coastline the spots are expensive or you can’t leave your car there as soon as it gets dark. So I had to find myself a quite place right in the middle of those communities with small houses. The beach is long and beautiful and all around you can find free showers and restroom facilities.

Photography by CHRISTIAN KOEHLERT – MAYAMAGIK | from Miltenberg, GERMANY

Malibu is fancy little community north of Los Angels along the California coastline. It is also known from the movie “The Big Lebowski” and “Two And Half Man” TV-series – just to mention a few associations German travelers like me have when arriving to this town.

Somehow I found a well disclosed little spot right where all those Hollywood stars talk about when they mention on television that they just bought a cozy little place in Malibu. So I managed to have several nights in one of those porch neighborhoods without being detected. Anyhow – after 3 days I left because I did not want any fuzz with the Police Chief of Malibu.

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Photos made by CHRISTIAN KOEHLERT – MAYAMAGIK | from Miltenberg, GERMANY

Tags: Malibu | Santa Barbara | Monterey | California Coastline Photography