Hotel Lucerna 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>

... t*wards a friendly l*cal p**l/kara*ke bar with an*th** c*uple tequilas. Left th**e s**i*usly hungry and a bit squiffy and p*unced *n the first f**d stall we came t* that s*ld tac*s. <br>One thing we really miss *ut *n in the UK is decent street f**d. This *ne was a tw* p**s*n *p**ati*n. The girl pr*ducing the t*rtillas fr*m a ball *f d*ugh *nt* the griddle and the bl*ke taking care *f the meat and tac* c*nstructi*n *n a bbq. The level *f ...

... outbreak we headed downstairs to reception to try and get some more news from the woman working the desk. Her name was Paloma and once again she was as nice as you could wish for in that kind of situation, geinually unconcerned for our situation. She gave us all off the info that she knew and also promised to call her friend who worked in Mexico city as a nurse to give us some more information in the morning. She seemed reasonable calm over the situation and told us not to worry ...

... you tossers, take note. Did i mention the leather seats and legroom? <br><br>Aside from getting off the plane in Tolouca by mistake during the layover (and the mad sprint back to departures and security to join my bag on the plane!), it was an uneventful flight and we got there 15 mins early. Absolutely painless so far... although getting off in Tapachula felt like we´d just landed in the Amazon...hot, humid and green.

... the day! The mother was obviously very annoyed, and we did feel sorry for them as it was not going to be an exciting day sitting at the border, until it was time to leave again!!! We finally got to Mexico border, where our tour bus and driver had to wait on the USA side. We were told strictly be back by 5 pm or the bus will leave with out you!!! We boarded a Mexican bus and went over the border. A very easy process, they didn't even stop us to check our passports or anything ...

... accrued on my right side from the body heat of the man. Once in Denver, I found my connecting flight, which was to leave 15 minutes from the arrival of my other flight, and made it to my seat in time. I had been on the plane for about 5 minutes and an air-marshal came up asked if I was James Cummings, and said that I needed to follow him. He led me outside of the plane and said that something inside my bag was vibrating and he needed me to remove, or deactivate ...

... I went on a flight simulation helecopter. That was pretty fun, Dad would have enjoyed that. Being the comsumer that i am i bought quite a bit of merchandise, of Shamu of course. I've already filled my pack with stuff and i think that i will send stuff home on friday. I'm looking forward to LEGOLAND tomorrow and i finished my first disposeable camera today.