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