Gerard Brown:
Yesterday we arrived home from Los Angeles.
We visited Mexico in the town of Tijuana just off San Diego and this visit I persuaded a friend and his wife to go .
He was driving a Hummer four wheel drive which he hired in LA
We bought products in the town and as
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Overview A typical border town, Tijuana is not suited to everyone's
holiday taste, with plenty of noise and frenetic activity. Its
location on the American border and proximity to San Diego and
other Californian cities ensures a steady stream of curious
day-trippers and souvenir hunters from up north.
Tijuana's notorious 'sin city' image of prostitution and sex shows
has now taken a back seat; the sleazy element, the drugs and
violence that seems to be the lot of a border town, is still there
but the focus has shifted in an effort to clean the town up a bit,
and Tijuana has become something of a shopper's delight along with
the intense nightlife and non-stop entertainment. This is the place
to shop, drink and dance the night away; there are souvenir stalls,
numerous duty-free shopping malls and markets selling goods from
all over Mexico, and countless bars, restaurants and dance
clubs.
Tijuana has some traditional attractions as well, including
bullfighting and Jai Alai (a Spanish ball court game), but this is
not the classic Mexico that stories are made of. It does however
make a good starting point for a holiday aimed at exploring the
Baja California peninsula, and the beaches and resorts to the
south.