Introduce A Bit Of Variety to Your Southern California Vacation
General August 12th, 2009
I’d like to make a suggestion for a summer vacation travel destination where you can find a great deal of variety in the type of local attractions offered. We are all different in exactly what we’d like to do during our summer travel. It may include hitting a bunch of theme parks like Knott’s Berry Farm, or relaxing in the mountains. Others love to see historical sites and still others love to play golf.
One of the most well-known vacation attractions in Southern California is the resort area around Disneyland; this includes the Downtown Disney retail entertainment center and California Adventure, on which Disney is spending around one billion dollars over the next few years.
If you haven’t been to Anaheim in several years, you’ll be amazed at the changes. The addition of Disney’s California Adventure alone has changed the whole atmosphere of the Resort, and with the billion-dollar upgrade now underway this will only continue into the future. If you do any people watching, you will notice a very international mix of visitors at the Resort. In fact, people watching at Disneyland can be a fascinating activity, with a rich mix of cultures all in one place.
There are not a lot of other places in the world where you’ll find such a complex melting pot of nationalities as in Southern California. Although there are often visitors from Europe, Africa and Asia, the countries along the Pacific Ocean are particlularly well represented.
You’ll find quite a number of ethnic communities scattered throughout Southern California, and worth a visit in your summer travel activities. In Los Angeles County the obvious targest would be Koreatown, west of downtown, Little Tokyo to the west and Chinatown just north of the central business district. Orange County is home to Little Saigon and Fourth Street in downtown Santa Ana.
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