Hotel Real 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>

The day started smoothly enough, the Chrysler effortlessly easing through the busy traffic as we swept through the outskirts of L.A., past LAX and down towards Long Beach.<br><br>This last stretch of the Californian coast terminating in San Diego, however picturesque, quickly became annoying as it's a long series of beach towns, so you can never open up the throttle for longer than a few miles. Consequently, and in keeping with the rule I never seem to ...

... a McDonald's and a bureau de change. There were also a few people offering to change money on the street but we had been advised against as to the less than favorable rates. Also after following all of the advise that had been given to use we had emptied our wallet of cards and money and had them all strapped to us in various undergarment sashes and belts. (ahhh the joy of hindsight of writing this a bit behind of were i really am makes some things that i put now a little ...

... much the only vehicle on the road, after Yuma, things change, car traffic intensifies. It was an easy drive, had no problem placing it on my GPS guidance system and all the highway exits are easy to find. As I arrived to the border of south San Diego, as always, you have to be careful of how easy it's to drive straight through. I did find a parking place for 6 dollars for one day about half a block from the border crossing. Odd though that you can never find overnight ...

... and fairer and do not try and gipp you off, and are more interested in what has brought you to visit their country. They were quite intrigued by us Aussies, being there as they are not an overly regularly visitor. Reminded us a quite a bit of Asia with the haggling and selling techniques, maybe even to the point where the Mexicans were even a little more aggressive with it. We got photos taken on the local tourist attraction that they have one sat every couple of hundred metres ...

... on the way. There are the Toll Roads, which are better paved, much faster and probably safer, but you have to pay. We paid (at JSOA - 26 Pesos, or US $2.60, at JRANGEL - 26 Pesos, or US $2.60 and at JVAZQUEZ - 29 Pesos, or US $2.90.) There are also free Highways, called LIBRE, meaning free; but they are not well paved and much slower. We advise you take the Toll Roads. www.adventurestodo.com

... for 575 dollars, and a 8 thousand dollar coat... I tried it on of course. I decided to do a little pampering and had a men's manicure and a very nice conversation about local life with the lady who gave it. After shopping I took the train downtown and walked around the harbor before it got dark, I also looked at the ship, it's beautiful by the way. (Don't forget to look at the pictures on here.) I rode the train back to my stop and made my way to my room ...

Ked prisiel do San Diega, prestavil som si hodinky a hodiny na telefone na miestny cas, ale na notebooku som mal stale slovensky cas. Bolo to vyhodne, lebo som stale vedel kolko je hodin v Blave. Problemom vsak bolo, ze som vlastne stale nevedel kolko je hodin a aky je vlastne datum a cas. Stale som sa v tom nejako stracal. Tak som sa dnes rozhodol, ze si prestavim hodiny aj na notebooku, aby som sam seba nejako zosynchronizoval. Je to ...