El Paso mexican border crossing

Day 35 - El Paso

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January 8th 2006
We had a look around the 'beautiful' El Paso :p Ok, it's just a boring border town, but it did have an enormous market area, reminded me of Cheetham Hill in Manchester, apart from the Mexicans, of which there were many. We walked down to the border crossing, unfortunately we didn't see anyone rush the border, in fact they just seem to let droves of cars through. They are all coming one way, of cou ... read more

North America » United States » Texas » El Paso

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more