Rodeo Drive

2. Los Angeles & the home of Pretty Woman!

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October 5th 2008
Los Angeles, La-La-Land, Hollywood hmmm..... We weren´t too impressed with US$70 taxi fare to our hotel but we quickly sussed out the metro system which was reasonably good, although the 12-20 minute waits for a train made us appreciate the tube in London a whole lot more and made us dread Melbourne´s trains. We only had a couple of days here and it´s a pretty unusual city to be tourist in. ... read more

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more