Hacienda Del Rio 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>

Aft** managing t* walk thr*ugh the quietest and d*dgiest area we c*uld find, at dusk, in the industrial badlands *f *ut** Tijuana, with all *ur bel*ngings, we f*und *ur way t* the Avenue Rev*luci*n which is the main drag. We knew we had arrived when we came the end *f a street and saw a 60ft high m*d**n metal arch with a huge multi-c*l*ured light b*x suspended in the middle by wires, which reads 'Bienvenid*s Tijuana!'. Yes it is as tacky as it ...

... the most visited border town in the world due to its reduced prices and lower age limit restrictions we could perhaps eat and then have a few drinks to celebrate our start to the Mexican stage. After visiting the last sight of a church of gualupe just off the main strip we took a brisk walk around some of the other streets that came off the main drag but with them offering little more than what we had seen and after declined for about the 10thtime to have our photo in a horse cart ...

Over the border to Tijuana...I think this fair city went the way of NYC in the 80s...its not the frontier town I remember...its clean, police everywhere keeping order, zzzzzzz. Skipped the bull fight, once was enough to traumatize me for a ...

... to cross the border to see what life was like just past the San Diego skyline. Glad we did - what a crazy place! Tequila, cigars, and a whole lot of hustling, sure at the time it was a bit much for us to digest, but now I would welcome the players.

... the trip into the city and such. Tomorrow we have to go back to our positions for about an hour and a half and be shown exactly what we will be doing and have some training, then at 3pm we are free to do what we want. Actually at 5pm there is a parents dinner, and for some reason they will not let students be in the area. It's for parents only. So you either have to stay in your room or go into the city. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do, possibly go to the theater with some ...

... South roads A Street, B Street etc... That's just lazy! Not much more to tell about my trip to San Diego, although would have loved to stay there for longer! I would definitely recommend it for a visit though. Never made it to the big attractions like the Zoo or water parks (think they were closed for the season!), but plenty to do in the Downtown area! After 4 days down the coast, I headed back off to Los Angeles and the Hollywood International Hostel - adventure continues soon...

from Wikipedia:<br>Tijuana is the largest city of the Mexican state of Baja California, situated on the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to its sister city of San Diego, California. Tijuana is the westernmost city in Mexico, however, the westernmost population center is ...