Santa Monica Pier

LA madness

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May 21st 2009
After a week of relaxation and calm in Fiji, a week in LA totally shook up the senses. This was a place I'd been to before, but I was 11 and all I really remember of it is Disneyland and Universal Studios. So I was looking forward to getting to know the place. Which is really not very easy to do, especially in a week. I hadn't quite registered the vastness of the place until I started trying to g ... read more

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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