Inject A Bit Of Variety to Your Summer Travel
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.
An obvious destination is the Disneyland Resort, which includes Downtown Disney and Disney’s California Adventure (by the way, the company is spending like a billion dollars on a major renovation of California Adventure over the next several years).
Anyone who has not visited Anaheim in awhile will be surprised at its evolution over time. 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. It is a great place for people watching—a veritable cultural melting pot.
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. There is a particularly strong presence from Pacific Rim countries, but Europe, Asia and Africa are likewise well represented (not so many folks from Antarctica).
You’ll find quite a number of ethnic communities scattered throughout Southern California, and worth a visit in your summer travel activities. These include Chinatown, Little Tokyo and Koreatown in Los Angeles County. Orange County is home to Little Saigon and Fourth Street in downtown Santa Ana.