So, you want to see as much of Los Angeles as possible in the shortest amount of time?  Here is a minute by minute itinerary telling you exactly what you should see and more importantly, what you shouldn’t waste your time seeing! As locals, we’ll give you a “friends and family” tour, loading up on the best tacos in Southern California and skipping all the “double-decker” tour bus sights!  Let’s go!

This is the second part of our two part journey, 24hrs in LA.  In Day 2 we focused on Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Griffith Park.

As I was walking around the booths at the Los Angeles Times Travel and Adventure Show, the whole convention center was buzzing with energy.  From the hundreds of balloons surrounding the Taiwan Tourism booth to the dancers from Malaysia with their vibrant and fun costumes, crowds of people were excited and eager to explore all the different countries booths.  You could even zip line over the convention center and learn how to scuba dive!

We visited all the booths and sat through several of the talks and workshops gathering as much information as we could about what is happening with travel for 2010.  The talks proved to be the most informative with experts like Jen Leo from the LA Times, Johnny Jet and Rick Steves.

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Fish Tacos, Malibu, the PCH, Venice, Santa Monica, the Pacific Ocean, Downtown, Food from a truck.  That was our first day in LA.  Here’s a quick recap.