Hotel Real Del Rio Tijuana

... are working, shopping, etc.

So I just asked Carol what her impressions are. She said, "it's clean!" That's true, the roads seem amazingly clean, as do public restrooms and public areas in general. Of course it's totally unfair to compare a major metropolis like San Diego with a rural area like Lake Chapala, but that's where we were living so that's where we make our comparisons. We remember finding Mexico City very clean too in comparison to ...

we have nw continued down route 1 to san diego rther log but great on the coast...not so good through LA down to san diego....6 hours in the car getting lost at the end stress stress . Got to our cheap motel and spent a couple of days i the sun. sEALS ON THE OAST AND WARSHIPS IN THE HARBOUR...Great ribs ...off th yhe cooks on an overnight flight so hopefully get some rest ...I know you all feel sorry for me !

... bridge spanning the Ri* Grande (the natural b*rd** separating Mexic* and Am**ica which is really n*thing m*re than a trickle *f p*lluted wat**) and made an attempt t* b**k *ur *nward j*urney d*wn t* La Paz, the capital *f Baja, right near the b*tt*m *f the l*ng peninsula. We w**e t*ying with the mas*chistic idea *f bussing it the wh*le 24 h*urs t* save m*ney but with n* translat*r we s**n gave up and decided t* try f*r a tw* h*ur flight in ...

... further into the country than Tijuana we needed to complete a temporary visa card. It was too good to be true. So off we trundled back to the non-descript white building which had an office at the end containing an unassuming but still burly, cookie-cutter customs official. They’re normally right in your face. They obviously believe in the concept of manana here in Mexico. We filled out the form and he sent us down to the bank hatch to pay our ...

... Mexican side of the border.

Going over the overpass you have a clear view of both lanes that mark the border. On the right hand side are the cars going into Mexico which seems to be a pretty flowing systems in effect to that the cars just slow down barley even stopping as some kind of id is flashed and then they are waved through to be let loose on the other side. The border to get into the states however was a very different story with back to back traffic taking up all ...

... 6 dollars, now that varies from 3.5 -8 dollars from all my previous visits. As we arrived to this hospital, which is gated I hand him a 20$ bill, and of course, I want to kick myself, them cabbies never have change, he did make the effort to to get some change. At first I thought, I got suckered into it, but then changed my frame of thought he needs it more that I do. So I put him through my goodness test and explained that that's the last 20$ I had, and needed a ride to ...

... blanket, and the mandatory magnet. It was very interesting in the city as one of the other very common shops that you also read about in the paper that was present was the Pharmacy! Very cheap medications sold!! Apparently very popular as well for the Americans to do a day trip over to pick up medications. A big one they were selling for cheap was Viagra!!! Lol Liquor shops also very popular and it really is very cheap over here!!!! Big litre bottle of spirits are about $10 ...

... our second night we went to a baseball game, which was great fun. We had no idea what the rules were, but we enjoyed eating hotdogs and nachos. The atmosphere was much more relaxed than at a football game, families were having picnics, children were building sandcastles - unfortunately the San Diego Padres lost, but you can't have everything!

Sunday we picked up Bryan at the airport and headed across the border to check out Tijuana. Having done absolutely no research and, at the time, being completely ignorant in regards to life outside of the US/Canada we had no idea what to expect. This resulted in cameras and all valuables being left behind on the US side along with the rental car. The border crossing ...

... sort of bedbugs. These critters didn't go for me (normally they do) but Michelle was on the receiving end of about a hundred itchy bites. The large supply of Tiger Balm we had stocked up on in Asia soon diminished over the following days. To protect Michelle, we put up our new tent and placed it on the bed. God only knows what the cleaning staff thought of us, weirdo Europeans that we are.


We spent a dull three days in an overcast San Diego trying to get our yellow fever ...