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