| LOS ANGELES a metropolis, which spans across | | | | urban plazas, what people really come here |
| a thousand square miles of the great desert | | | | for is to experience the city that has come |
| basin, mixed together with congested freeways | | | | to epitomize the American Dream. This is |
| that run between the ocean and the | | | | where teens come to try to become actors and |
| mountains.LA is still considered a young | | | | stars.Recommendation for first time visitors |
| city. In the mid-nineteenth century, it was | | | | is to visit places such as Universal Studios, |
| a community of white American immigrants, | | | | Mann's Chinese Theatre, Venice Beach |
| poor Chinese laborers, and wealthy Mexican | | | | Boardwalk, Watt's Towers, Melrose Avenue, |
| ranchers, with a population of less than | | | | Rodeo Drive, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and |
| fifty thousand. Definitely, a difference | | | | let us not forget about the amusement parks |
| from what it is now. LA is known for it | | | | such as Knott's Berry Farm, Magic Mountain, |
| shopping malls, palm trees, and swimming | | | | and Disneyland.With all the entertainment |
| pools. The celluloid self-image of Los | | | | available in Los Angeles, you are sure to see |
| Angeles is known all over the world.The | | | | a Celebrity or two while you are out and |
| first-time visitor to Los Angeles may well | | | | about. There are many things to do in LA, |
| find it to be thrilling and threatening in | | | | how about just hanging out at the beach and |
| equal proportions. It is a very fast-paced | | | | relaxing or surfing in the Pacific Ocean. |
| city and it will pick you up and sweep you | | | | Many things are within driving distance from |
| along whether you want it to or not. While | | | | LA as well.Check with your local travel |
| Los Angeles has many fine-art museums, | | | | agency for excellent packages to the Los |
| California cuisine and a few old-fashioned | | | | Angeles area. |