Blogs from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, North America - page 3

This will have been the quickest visit of Tijuana! We will cross Tijuana Sunday morning while the drug lords and their family are at church praying for their sins. We had a great day yesterday in San Diego with Helene (poor Alan had to work...) We enjoyed a bike ride, picked up the "apparently required insurance certificates for Mexico", enough pesos to get us to "La Paz" so we can cross to the mainland (Mazatlan) with the 12 hour ferry. But one step at a time. It will take us 4 days to get there! Yesterday, we met Bob (not our Bob, but Bob, a San Diego born gentleman, at this glorious Irish bar in San Diego so we could send us off the proper way to Mexico. Connecting is what matters... and we had fun ... read more

Welcome to Tijuana, Tequila, Sexo, Marijuana. Aux Etats-Unis l’alcool n’est pas vendu aux moins de 21 ans mais au Mexique on peut se procurer plus ou moins ce qu’on veut. Alors c’est une destination très prisée par les jeunes californiens, qui veulent échapper aux règles strictes des Etats-Unis, pour faire la fête. Ici ils peuvent acheter de l’alcool sans problème et également des médicaments et des drogues sans prescription. Viagra, Valium et autres sont presque aussi facile à acheter que des petits pains. Les mexicains portent des blouses blanches et deviennent pharmaciens. Ils alignent des boîtes de médicaments (probablement vides) sur les étagères de leur petits magasins et mettent des miroirs contre les murs pour doubler les quantités de boîtes. L’illusion est parfaite, on se croirait dans une vraie pharmacie. Nous avons passé une journée à ... read more

Mexico - if only for one day. Tijuana is a typical border town that thrives on offering anything imaginable that is either not quite acceptable or down right illegal on the US side of the line. The only qualifiaction required - cash! The formalities were quite straightforward - just walk through the gate. We parked the car in one of the large parking lots just by the border and strolled on through. A combination of seedy bars, over enthusiastic vendors and ladies keen to meet a gringo attract the underage drinkers from California and those just looking another passport stamp.... read more

Mexico, Tijuana, 04-10 2002. Not my first time in this sleazy and tawdry border town that attracts hordes of americanos on any given day either on a shopping spree or else for cheap booze, s*x and gambling. Whatever is illicit in the USA flourishes here, you just need a full wallet. Though Tijuana is the gateway to Baja California, most visitors never get beyond this sin city which main streets are broad and full with one-day visitors, curio shops and souvenir sellers. You can even get your photo taken in the presence of a burro painted like a zebra from Africa. Rumour has it there is a huge population of locals camping outside the city in a massive tent city waiting for a chance to hop across the border illegally hoping for a better life, a ... read more

Another early start for me again, Can't sleep for some reason up an hour and a half before everyone else. Thank god for the laptop! After breakfast we decided we would head across the border to Tijuana, Mexico and then come back and spend the afternoon/evening at Seaworld. We drove the 20 minutes to the border and parked up then began to walk across before changing our minds and jumping on a shuttle bus. We got off and strolled through a mini shopping centre, then 'OMG' got hassled big time, Particularly Nige and my mum - Cos of her grey hair I think, Well they kept going on about it anyway, trying to sell her silver jewellery cos it matched her hair! Then one guy said to Nige "Let me sell you something you don't need" ... read more