Hotel Pueblo Amigo 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>

... as I frantically tried t* gasp en*ugh air t* quench the fires raging in my m*uth. Instantly s*b** but barely h*lding *nt* my sanity I clawed my way acr*ss t* the 7/11 type st*re *pp*site and b*ught wat**. 20 minutes lat** I c*uld face my n*w tepid Quesadilla : t*rtilla lined with cheese, ch*pped up beef, salsa and guacam*le + sprinkling *f h**bs. Awes*me.<br> <br>We retired f*r the evening but that chili wasn't thr*ugh with me a by a damn sight.

... that they just try and mess with you with some of these names) which has a stop right down next to the border so that you can in fact walk across. <br><br>In about 30Min's we where there at the last stop at the end of the line at their very owns an Isidro. From looking around the surroundings were already beginning to change. Gone was all the nicer than nice look of San Diego and what we were left with was a much more run down looking part of town that had a few bars with Spanish ...

... anything! I am so glad I had someone else with me it felt a bit safer as due to the apparently high drug trafficking here there were armed heavily armed police, touring round in a truck ready to pounce and i even witnessed arrests and the men put in the back of the trucks handcuffed! Time for a quick exit via the bar to have a Margarita and tequilla chaser!!! Lots of love Tracey xxx

... inflated and then its basically who is the smartest haggler will pay the most reasonable price. Some of the dumber tourists will just pay the first price and the Mexicans then hope you will all do that. An example being a blanket that retails for around $20 dollars if you go to a couple of shops - but the first price they offer you will be anywhere between $50 and $80, depending on how easy they think it will be to gipp you off. But saying that some of the shops are more ...

... to get to a destination prior to sun down as we were advised not to drive at night in Mexico. We drove for about 5 ½ hours that day and made it to San Quintin, Baha California. When we entered Mexico we drove Highway 1 and there were 3 Toll Roads http://www.mexperience.com/guide/essent ials/toll_road_charges.htm ; http://www.bajabound.com/before/driving /tollroads.asp , called CUOTA, we drove ...

... of size because of my limited luggage space, but I managed to escape the mall three and a half hours later with only a shirt from Armani, some face SPF lotion from Kiehls, and a 102-language learning CD from Apple for my travels. I did however, find several things that I would have bought, had I had the space, but couldn't. I also found more than a small fortunes worth of things that I could not afford and of course did not buy, including a Luis Vuitton ...

... better than any other that i have ever seen before. The animals have more space than other zoos that i have seen. We walked almost the whole park. I also went on the skyfari (a cable car) over the park. In the afternoon i went shopping at Horton Plazza (the middle is open air and has crazy designs). I bought Arnette sunglasses and a Roxy Watch.