LA to San Diego

Affectionately nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles (or L.A.) is known as the cultural, financial, and commercial hub of Southern California and is the second most densely populated city in the United States after New York City. Surrounded on three sides by rippling mountain ranges that reach as high as 10,000 feet, this area is both a highly sought after coastal basin and metropolitan city. Best known as the home of Hollywood, this sprawling metropolis is also a main source of economic generation within the nation, not to mention its Mediterranean climate and ethnic diversity. Just 120 miles south of bustling Los Angeles is the city's chilled out distant cousin, San Diego, also known as "the birthplace of California". This less hectic part of California is best known for its mild year-round climate, numerous beaches, natural deep-water harbor, as well as a recent boom in biotechnology development.