BEVERLY HILLS & SANTA MONICA, USA

DSCF1378Beverly Hills is the home of many rich and famous in Los Angeles. It is also a high-end shopping paradise. In case you’re wondering, there is no West Beverly High. The residence at flat part of Santa Monica Boulevard is merely middle class, the gradually slopping part is for upper class and the fabulously wealthy people lives at the hills north of Sunset Boulevard. There are many celebrities’ homes at Beverly Hills too. But the chances of meeting your favourite celebrities here are pretty slim.


LOS ANGELES, USA - Chinatown & The Grove

DSCF4899The original Chinatown was demolished to make room for Union Station. The new Chinatown that we see today is located at where Los Angeles’ Little Italy originally used to be. In the 1920s and 1930s, Italians began to move out and Chinese began to move in to this area.


LOS ANGELES, USA - Downtown

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Downtown Los Angeles is the central financial hub of the city where all the skyscrapers located. The tallest building in Los Angeles is the 73-story U.S. Bank Tower (left in the photo), which was completed in 1989. Skyscrapers are difficult and expensive to construct in Los Angeles due to the city's high rate of earthquakes and position near the San Andreas fault line. But the city’s skyline continues to grow rapidly due to improvements in seismic design standards, which has made building highly earthquake-resistant.


HOLLYWOOD, USA - Universal CityWalk


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Universal CityWalk is located directly next to the famous theme park, Universal Studio Hollywood. With more than 30 places to eat, 6 hot nightclubs, 19 IMAX screen theatre and more than 30 unique shops, it is definitely a great place to check out in Los Angelas.


HOLLYWOOD, USA - Madame Tussauds

DSCF4737Madame Tussauds is the most famous wax museum with over 17 branches located all over the world. I made it a point to visit Madame Tussauds while in Hollywood since I have missed visiting this place several times while visiting other cities.

Madame Tussauds Hollywood was opened in 2009 and the inside, is divided to few sections comprising of the Courtyard, Red Carpet Arrival, A-List Party, Spirit of Hollywood, Westerns, Crime, Modern Classics, Sport Heroes, Action Heroes and etc.