Rosarito and Tijuana, Mexico - 2nd March 2008
The day after a long road-trip around the desert of South-west California, Nosher and Isobel decide to head south across the border for a poke around Baja California, Mexico. So we drive to San Ysidro (the last US exit on Interstate 5) and get the bus down to Tijuana for a change of bus on to Rosarito. Rosarito is one of those places that sounds nice on paper (seaside town, etc) but in reality is blighted by truly hideous beach-front bars pumping out music all day (at a volume which you can stil hear half-a-mile down the beach). We even end up at one of these bars for a drink, simply because it seems to be the only way to find a toilet. Anyway, the rest of Rosarito is a little like a seaside version of Tijuana, but it does give Nosher the chance to eat some street food (as encouraged by Isobel) - a small and tasty Taco al pastor. Later, we catch the bus back to Tijuana and hang out there for a few hours before enduring the spectacle of the border crossing at San Ysidro - the world's busiest.
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The Mexicoach bus waits at San Ysidro border car park |
Fruit stalls struggle against an onslaught of hideous bars |
Kids play on the beach |
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Pineapples, oranges and bags of sweets |
A beach vendor scopes around for more mug punters to sell his tat to |
Quality jewelry up for sale |
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A seller ponders the economic climate |
The hat woman |
Isobel and Nosher at a tacky bar |
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Fruit sales seem to be a little slow |
The hat woman diversifies into jewelry |
Nosher, with hat, on the beach |
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Isobel plays with sand |
A couple of ponies trot along the beach |
It's hard to tell whether this building is being demolished or is not yet finished |
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Classic 1970s American car outside the Brown Pride Tattoo parlour, Rosarito |
On Rosarito's main drag: Bimbo |
Random cartoon super-heroes and Mexican wrestlers |
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A shop absolutely packed with random stuff |
5 and 10 liquor store, Rosarito main drag |
A blob of Al Pastor pork waits for us |
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The dude looks at Nosher warily as he prepares to slice us off a bit of al pastor pork for our tacos |
Isobel gets ready to scoff her taco |
A mobile pick-up-based advert. The colour of light makes this photo look just like it was out of the 1970s |
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A bar on the street corner |
Mexican "lucky" pharmacy - a study in yellow |
Some photos just seem neccesary at the time: the bogs at Tijuana's bus station |
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Everywhere in Tijuana are pharmacies selling cheap drugs to Americans |
Old man on a bike, with his wordly possessions |
Bands of musicians roam the streets |
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Grilled corn-on-the-cob from a street vendor |
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Several lamp posts have been used since forever to staple posters to - the remains of a million posters linger |
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Indoor Tijuana market |
A beat-up Ford van displays some sort of advert |
Downtown Tijuana |
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A curiosity for a fan of the band of the same name: Restaurant "Genesis" |
A mobile taco stall |
More street-corner action |
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A woman in some sort of traditional garb waits for something |
A street entertainer has his head stood on whilst he lies on a pile of broken glass |
More musicians roam the streets, here on Avenue de la Revolucion |
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Amusing neon sign: no drugs or nuclear weapons allowed. |
Another classic old 1970s American car |
Tequila Sunrise |
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In Tijuana bus station - a small carousel with zebra |
Huge queues of cars at the Mexico/US border |
In the masses of queued cars, street vendors ply their wares |
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