Hotel Nelson Tijuana

Not a terribly productive day ... drive to campus (too many cars! too much hyper traffic! no parking!), then back to the hotel, then a walk around the Gaslamp Quarter, then back to campus (too many cars! too much hyper traffic! no parking!), then back to hotel. <br><br>... but I did learn that there is a "Little Italy" in San Diego. I ...

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>

... input is high. Once he hands y*u the tac* the fun really begins. Y*u have a ch*ice *f three diff**ent strengths *f chili, s*me marinated in vinegar, *r just the wh*le seared *nes. Add t* this marinated fried *ni*n, guacam*le, c*riand**, lime juice, cabbage, salsa - g* crazy! <br>This s*rt *f thing gets me quite excited and in my fairly hamm**ed state I didn't even wait f*r my tac* t* be ready, I just f*ll*wed the previ*us punt** wh* I spied ...

The time had finally come to say goodbye to the united states and move on down south over the border into Mexico. It was with bit of a sore head that i got up that morning as i late night season in the bar with the Irish guy who worked there had lasted until the early hours finishing with a few tequila shots and they were not sitting that great as we checked out to get an early start and cross into Tijuana and find some digs for the night. We had heard a lot of bad reports about the ...

Well as the border is so close between the US of A and Mexico I decided to take a day trip to the worlds most crossed border Tijuana, plus I wanted to check it out to see what all the fuss was about, and do a recce as I was getting a flight out of there to South West Mexico, Guadalajara (it was cheaper to fly from than the States!) So got the "trolley" (a tram to me) which took less ...

... was good, as the mother and daughter had now decided to see what happened and still cross the border with only one passport and just a student card for the daughter! Crazy! Tijuana - what a colourful place (clothes, pictures etc all in bright colours), and probably what you imagine in your mind about a Mexican city perhaps! Dry place, sandy, relatively warm and sunny. The main street - Av Revolution - was very catered for tourists, perhaps a little over the tops in some stretches ...

... we had to fill out the forms in that area and drove into Tijuana about 4 blocks to another area, I think it was called Banjercito, a bank of sorts, to finalize payment and details and then we obtained the Temporary Vehicle Pass (cost was 328.19 Pesos or about US $33.) This Pass is required if you drive into Mexico as they do not like Canadians and/or Americans bringing cars to Mexico to ...

... before they would load the luggage. So I went down the stairs onto the gate ramp, under the plane, over the gasoline hoses, under the engine and to the luggage compartment. After digging in my bag, I found that my electric razor had switched on and was in fact causing the vibration. I turned it off, zipped my bag, and returned to my seat, where some from very inquisitive passengers awaited. I made a little announcement "My razor was vibrating". We landed in San ...

The plane arrived on time but it took so long to get through customs that i almost missed my connecting flight. Because the US Airline regulations require you to remove your shoes before going through security i had to run with no shoes on all the way through the terminals, only to discover that the plane had been delayed by almost an hour. I ...