Fh-Fiesta Inn Tijuana

... it's made up -- they had a couple of Italian restaurants along one street and so deemed it Little Italy. Probably very cynical of me. The W Hotel is happening tonight ... some big wine tasting event. Lots of sleek young bodies in high heels and/or tight pants. Both men and women. Very amusing. I definitely felt out of place ... <br>

At work all day, then late afternoon flight. No problems with flight at all ... arrived, got rental car, then drove the few miles to the W Hotel. Very swank. The "living room" bar was happening ... but we just went to our rooms, then met for dinner at Rice, the embedded restaurant, which serves Cuban/Asian fusion. Food was fine, not fab.<br><br>Room is fun ... there's a chalkboard (that received a bit of J. Alfred Prufrock from me) and a window seat. And the linens are wonderful.<br><br><br>

One of the day trips that we took from Newport Beach was a trip into Tijuana, Mexico. I knew I didn't want to go far across the border, just enough to say I had been to Mexico and to finally get some use out of my passport. We parked our car on the US side of the border and walked across. We thought that would be the best option due to the fact that everything we owned was in our cars. Walking into Mexico is not hard at all. There is just a turnstile that you must ...

... smoke without fire, but its definitely an overstatement that can be very misleading when arriving fresh off the boat.This has to be one of the main reasons why i personally wanted to do this trip to separate the fact from the fiction and get my own experience of the place through my own eyes. So after meeting and talking to few locals we were starting to relax a little and not be so apprehensive to take the word of locals or walk a bit away from the beaten path. Taking the advise ...

... but not much. By 1pm, we saw all we needed and made our way back to the border. The process to leave takes a whole lot longer than when you arrive. There was a huge line-up at US customs to depart. They did have a lot of border staff checking documents. If we had driven it would have taken a couple of hours. The line-up coming into California was incredibly long. Apparently, Tijuana has the busiest border crossing in the US. After arriving back on ...

Welcome to Tijuana...Tequila, sexo y marihuana...Well we actually only had tequilas and we feel we got fooled with that as it tasted more like water than tequila...Anyway we can now say we have been to Mexico. If you ever are in San Diego, you do not need to take an organised expensive trip, Tijuana is just a $2.50 trolley ride away. It was off season so they were not many tourists around and we got ...

... same, so it is very easy to get lost on the many floors. We had a very nice buffet lunch, and ate on the balcony that overlooks the harbor. Some seagulls came up to the ledge and some of us fed them some bread and cheese. I met a couple of people at the main gate, I was the 3rd student on and I ended up having lunch with the first and second. After lunch I returned to my room and finished cleaning it up and situating it. Then at 5pm we all had our meetings to see which jobs ...

Ah... San Diego, what a beautiful place - beaches, bars and babes (I've been told!). Drove down here on Monday 8th, via Dana Point, where there's a "Gemmell's Restaurant!" Sadly, the owner (Byron Gemmell) wasn't around, so no free meal - and at $30+ a main course, I decided to eat next door, at Bob's "Greasy" Grill! Heh, heh, heh... On to San Diego, and the "Econolodge." Actually very, very nice, and pretty cheap - more money for beer, which I made good use of that night, touring ...

Was up early from the hostel in San Diego and had breakfast and walk to the trolley that take you to the border of USA and Mexico. Today I was going for a day trip to Tijuana it's the closest City to the States and you can walk it from San Diego. I got to the border crossing and there was a lot of Armed guards with large guns, it was funny cause it was so easy to go into Mexico as you walk pass a large fence with barb-wire and before you know it you are ...