Indian Wells, CA - tour

It took me a little longer than I should to work on this video that's finally ready.
It took more than a month of production in part because I worked on side projects at the same time.
My dilemma was this: how to show a city that I like very much but that doesn't have a city center or even has tourist attractions? In addition the city is quiet small.
The way out was to walk with the camera and try to record interesting aspects in addition to the urban area full of very luxurious residences with their very well kept gardens. Besides, how would I go about assembling in a coherent way?
Looking at everything I shot the mission was more difficult at the same time fascinating because I recorded so many images that it was very hard to edit this video making sure that will not be boring or tiring as well as making interesting and fun.
Well I got to the end with the feeling of mission accomplished. I confess that I would like to dwell a little more on the history of Indian Wells which is full of incredible characters and some quite famous people.
But you can always use the city's website: www.cityofindianwells.org which is very complete. Here I present the result of my filming. Hope you like it. Thanks.
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Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley. Incorporated in 1967, it lies in between the cities of Palm Desert and La Quinta. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 4,958.
The city hosts the sixth-largest tennis tournament in the world, the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament, presently known as the BNP Paribas Open. The Indian Wells Masters is one of nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 high-level events operated by the Association of Tennis Professionals, and one of the four WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association. It is held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, which contains the second-largest tennis-specific stadium in the world.

[@lydiabonnel6474]

I was in Indian Wells this past weekend together with a friend and we loved. Your video helped us out on this choice and we stayed at the Esmeralda. Fabulous!

[@dano332001]

Wow that's fantastic! I'm so glad that you were here in the area. Please come back again!

[@jackk.704]

Wow. What beautiful place Dan. The resorts are pretty are they expensive?

[@dano332001]

I worked on Miramonte and during the season (the festivals and tournaments) prices rise quiet bit. But for most of summer months prices were reasonably 150.00 to 200.00 a weekday and 300.00’s on the weekend on a basic room. This rates were in 2019 before pandemic. Just to give you a sense.