Radisson Suite Hotel El Paso Airport

... Je to trochu jako přejít berlínskou zeď v dobách její největší slávy – most přes Rio Grande odděluje na pár metrech dva rozdílný světy.

Procházíme pasovou a celní kontrolou, která nám zdraží každou lahev o dolar. Už jsme ale v ulicích, který jsou vylidněný, všude jen spousta aut a v obchodech usměvavý „how are you doing guys?“ prodavači. Vracíme se po dálnici do kempu.

... The room is large with both a wall-mounted big screen TV and four cubicles for computer users. There was also a fitness area at the back of the room. The only thing missing was a pool. I have to admit that Bliss does have one of the nicest RV areas I’ve seen in our several years of travel. The worst drawback is they, like most other military parks, do not accept advance reservations…..even when you’re only ten miles away.

... but fragment the crime gangs and make them more violent.

But right now the immediate problem in Ciudad Juarez is to restore order and state control in the city. For the moment a growing number of Mexican citizens is buying a house in El Paso, to escape the most dangerous city in the world.Francesco Defferrari

I had my heart set the whole trip on crossing over into Mexico and doing a little exploring. It just so happens that while I was on my scenic route to Juarez, all hell was breaking loose. So when I got to El Paso and spoke with my friend Mark about going to Juarez, all the bars and restaurants were closed due to the swine flu, and army hummers full of armed soldiers were patrolling the streets to keep the drug war at bay.

After not ...

My trip into El Paso started off innocently enough. I was scheduled to meet a friend at his bar (Pershing Inn, if ever in El Paso go check it out and tell Chuck I said hello). After a good little while at the bar the first night I turned out into the streets to see what kind of mess I could get myself into.

Some of the people from the Pershing Inn had given me some ideas of where to go, and eventually I wound up at some hotel bar ...

... moest zijn. Ik belandde dus al snel in et hostel waar ik slechts 1 nacht had geboekt, wa derna ging gebeuren was een vraagteken. Na al men baggage te hebben gedropt en wa te hebbe gerust gingek is op verkenning in et centrum da trouwens op minder als ne km van juarez ligt, ook wel gekend als the city of dead :-), wegens meer moorden dit jaar dan in Irak. Yeah i know im really good at picking places. Twas zondag en alles lag er wa verlaten bij. Nog altijd zo goe als geen blanken ...

... Securing the border" is a stupid term that just means speeding up this vicious cycle. Each year, hundreds of people die trying to cross the southern borderlands, walking north for a better life. Still, it is very rare for humanitarian aid organizations like No More Deaths to find a deceased migrant in the desert. It only happens about once a year. I guess this year my friends and I are the unlucky ones. I'm not writing this message asking for ...

... get through to their hosts? Can they learn Spanish in the next hour? Stay tuned... Watch Episode 2!! http://thewaronthem.com/index.php?optio n=com_xevidmegafx&Itemid=30&fun c=detail&id=3

... and Betrayal' by Los Tigres del Norte - a narcocorrida Chihuahua is a pleasant enough city to spend a couple of days adjusting to the pace of Mexican life. Ambience wise, it feels like a large country town surrounded by mountains and desert - unpretentious with a hint of dereliction. White cowboys hats are the height of fashion amongst men. In the main shopping street mariachis entertain the crowds while Indian women dressed in colourful garb sell their handicrafts So ...