Early in January, I decided to go to Mexico. Now, it was only a day trip, but I
figured while staying in San Diego for a few days over the weekend, I
might as well check off visiting a new country, right?
We, my STINT teammate Chelsea, her friend Kristin (who's from South Africa) and I, drove down to the border, parked the car and walked to Mexico. Entering their country was a breeze! Basically, around 11:00 am, we walked past three soldiers with guns, and continued on our way to Tijuana.
We sorta knew where we were going... sort of. I had Googled "Tijuana" before we left the house, to familiarize myself with landmarks. As we were walking to the city center, we met a middle aged Mexican mom, her daughters and grandbaby. They kindly let us walk with us through the "sketchy" part of town.
We
explored the city, checking out souvenir shops (often being called out
to as "Charlies Angels"), people watching and eventually had some
authentic tacos at a hole in the wall restaurant.
We had been told to head back to the border by 3:00 pm so we could get across the border before it got dark. I was sort of skeptical that we would actually have to wait that long...we waited for 3 hours and cross the border right at dusk. In the mean time, we enjoyed people watching, trying local foods like churros and swapping stories of traveling.
Probably my first and last time walking to Mexico...Though we had to wait so long, I still had a fun time with these gals. I love exploring new cities!
We, my STINT teammate Chelsea, her friend Kristin (who's from South Africa) and I, drove down to the border, parked the car and walked to Mexico. Entering their country was a breeze! Basically, around 11:00 am, we walked past three soldiers with guns, and continued on our way to Tijuana.
We sorta knew where we were going... sort of. I had Googled "Tijuana" before we left the house, to familiarize myself with landmarks. As we were walking to the city center, we met a middle aged Mexican mom, her daughters and grandbaby. They kindly let us walk with us through the "sketchy" part of town.
We
explored the city, checking out souvenir shops (often being called out
to as "Charlies Angels"), people watching and eventually had some
authentic tacos at a hole in the wall restaurant. We had been told to head back to the border by 3:00 pm so we could get across the border before it got dark. I was sort of skeptical that we would actually have to wait that long...we waited for 3 hours and cross the border right at dusk. In the mean time, we enjoyed people watching, trying local foods like churros and swapping stories of traveling.
Probably my first and last time walking to Mexico...Though we had to wait so long, I still had a fun time with these gals. I love exploring new cities!
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