Once Upon A Time In Mexico.....


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January 12th 2009
Published: January 23rd 2009
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Saturday January 10th, 2009 to Thursday 22nd January,2009 “What the hell are you going there for ?”, “You must be mad”, “Be very careful”, just three of the things that were said to me when I spoke of my intention to journey one hundred and thirty miles to the south to spend a Saturday night in the border crossing town of Tijuana, Mexico. With 858 deaths by the bullet in 2008 and seve... Read Full Entry



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Mission Beach, San Diego.
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Boy racers in the river bed.
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Santa Clara motel, Mission Beach. Four of us called it home for a week 21 years ago.
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Nightfall in Tijuana
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Holey curtains and bed sheets.
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Revolucion. Devoid of gringo's.
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Habanero - Worlds hottest pepper. My eyes leaked.
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The only westerners I met all weekend, two old timers from Chicago.
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Let me out.. Saturday night queue to get back to the States.
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Valentino, my personal tour guide.
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The arch. Landmark of the seedier side of Sin City.
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Here she is again.
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Girls in a mirror.
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Shoeshines and hookers. What have I told you about white socks and black shoes ?
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Musicians and cowboys underneath the arches.



23rd January 2009

You should write a book....
Matt, can't believe it... hope you're ok. Crazy stuff, but i'm glad you choose to go to places like that anyway- life would be very boring if we never took any risks! That said- no more photos of ladies! lol. Seriously though, glad you got back to the US safe and sound. I've decided you should write a book about your travels, I for one, would definitely buy it! Chat soon. xxx
23rd January 2009

I have only been to the Yucatan peninsula, where blue margarita's are served by waitresses on roller skates, wearing orange hotpants! Glad you survived to tell the tale tho ! I am just on my day off (thank god for Fridays) and just checking my emails to make sure my Paul Weller tickets have been booked. They have. Great, summat else to look forward to. Don't know about you but im realy feeling the January blues, its just horrid here. Its freezing and wet so it makes you want to shut the door when you come home from work and batten down the hatches. Which in turn means that your life goes on hold until you see that singular daffodil pop up in your garden !! I suppose that is why I have been looking at holiday brochures .... we are on St Lucia at the mo but there are so many lovely places in the world its hard to choose. Oh god and ive just turned the tele on and that annoying programme 'loose women' is on. Did you ever see it when you were here? its 4 cackling women moaning about men and weight and just the most silly things that no-one is interested in... mind you ...sounds like a saturday afternoon at Clare Bebb's !!!!! he he aaah Michelle and I go and see the 3 amigo's (Debbie R , Karen and Clare) about 3 times a year on a saturday afternoon and it is a bit like that. Until the red wine has run out and the only thing to do is put the music on and start dancing, much to the horror of our 11 year old daughters cringeing "muuum stop being so random!!" as we do our 'dancing queen' moves yet again!!!! Good times ! Anyway, enough already. It sounds you are still having a great time over there, keep writing and stay safe. Deb x
24th January 2009

That'll teach you for taking pictures of fat birds!
3rd March 2009

So that was why Caroline wanted the day off.How she made it back from Tijuana in time I'll never know.
3rd November 2009

Hola
Hi Matt, How are you?I was taking a look at ur blog and i really liked it..Where are you from?!I live in Florianopolis,think you´ve been here before:) I love travelling too,add me in MSn if u have some time! take care and enjoy ur trip! x Mari

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