“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
Pretty awesome! A friend of mine that is from TJ recently got his band back together because of the resurgence of new clubs and a rapidly growing
music scene. Good stuff!
Great article! We were there seeing a wonderful dermatologist last Thursday and stayed for lunch. You can feel a difference there now from a year or
so ago.
FAITH sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible!
There definably is a new vibrant cutting edge feel to Tijuana as quietly new tenants moved in and brought new energy to the city, and others expanded
during the down turn in the economy and cartel activity that has almost always been away from the business district and tourists and local hot spots.
My hats off to guys like Javier Plascencia that has been opening up fantastic restaurants in Tijuana, and really making Tijuana a better place. I
can't wait to try "Mission 19," although I been to "Villa Saverios" a few times and just love it.
If fact I'm going to make a day trip to Tijuana soon because I have to visit a Tijuana dermatologist not far from "Mission 19" and I'm also going to
stop by the upscale "ViaMexSpa" on Revolution and get a great massage for about $30 dollars for 45 minutes. ( in the states this would run you about
$80 to $100 to get a professional massage like this) They also offer many services from facials to Botox treatments.
Let me if there is any interest and I'll talk to owner if she'll offer a "Baja Nomad' special" and will cut the price if you mention you're a "Nomad"
or she may even give you a free massage from one of the many therapists if your willing to write a review on your service on this forum. Now I can't
speak for her, but I'm pretty sure she'll be glad to offer a "Nomad" special on any treatment.
Oh one more thing. ViaMexSpa and Azteca massage are the only two legitimate massage and Spas in Tijuana outside of a few hotels.
Originally posted by JoeJustJoe
Great article Gypsy Jan.
There definably is a new vibrant cutting edge feel to Tijuana as quietly new tenants moved in and brought new energy to the city, and others expanded
during the down turn in the economy and cartel activity that has almost always been away from the business district and tourists and local hot spots.
My hats off to guys like Javier Plascencia that has been opening up fantastic restaurants in Tijuana, and really making Tijuana a better place. I
can't wait to try "Mission 19," although I been to "Villa Saverios" a few times and just love it.
If fact I'm going to make a day trip to Tijuana soon because I have to visit a Tijuana dermatologist not far from "Mission 19" and I'm also going to
stop by the upscale "ViaMexSpa" on Revolution and get a great massage for about $30 dollars for 45 minutes. ( in the states this would run you about
$80 to $100 to get a professional massage like this) They also offer many services from facials to Botox treatments.
Let me if there is any interest and I'll talk to owner if she'll offer a "Baja Nomad' special" and will cut the price if you mention you're a "Nomad"
or she may even give you a free massage from one of the many therapists if your willing to write a review on your service on this forum. Now I can't
speak for her, but I'm pretty sure she'll be glad to offer a "Nomad" special on any treatment.
Oh one more thing. ViaMexSpa and Azteca massage are the only two legitimate massage and Spas in Tijuana outside of a few hotels.
In the last two weeks I have spent a lot of time in TJ and have discovered that it truly has gone through a change or transformation. We have had a
ball exploring little nooks and crannies as well as the obvious like the Culture Center and other attractions.
Originally posted by JoeJustJoe
Great article Gypsy Jan.
There definably is a new vibrant cutting edge feel to Tijuana as quietly new tenants moved in and brought new energy to the city, and others expanded
during the down turn in the economy and cartel activity that has almost always been away from the business district and tourists and local hot spots.
My hats off to guys like Javier Plascencia that has been opening up fantastic restaurants in Tijuana, and really making Tijuana a better place. I
can't wait to try "Mission 19," although I been to "Villa Saverios" a few times and just love it.
If fact I'm going to make a day trip to Tijuana soon because I have to visit a Tijuana dermatologist not far from "Mission 19" and I'm also going to
stop by the upscale "ViaMexSpa" on Revolution and get a great massage for about $30 dollars for 45 minutes. ( in the states this would run you about
$80 to $100 to get a professional massage like this) They also offer many services from facials to Botox treatments.
Let me if there is any interest and I'll talk to owner if she'll offer a "Baja Nomad' special" and will cut the price if you mention you're a "Nomad"
or she may even give you a free massage from one of the many therapists if your willing to write a review on your service on this forum. Now I can't
speak for her, but I'm pretty sure she'll be glad to offer a "Nomad" special on any treatment.
Oh one more thing. ViaMexSpa and Azteca massage are the only two legitimate massage and Spas in Tijuana outside of a few hotels.
My Wife and I recently visited 6th and Revoluccion, and the club scene there was completely new. There were virtually no Americans, and Calle
Revoluccion wasn't very happening like 6th street was. We did hit Club Las Pulgas across the street from the Jai Alai palace, and it was PACKED last
weekend.
Avenida Revolucion hasn't been happening for some time. I think the young kids mostly Mexican-Americans started going to Rosarito Beach a few years
ago because they have better clubs, but they pretty much abandoned Rosarito Beach too. The new passport rules alone knocked off many American young
people wanting to party in Mexico. You throw in the recession and scary news sensationalized stories about the drug cartels. I would say Tijuana is
lucky to have any kind of young tourists. ( I doubt Tijuana wants to attract young 18 year old party/drug tourist anyway. Young people never have
money and they cause problems)
Tijuana over the years have opened a few high end clubs, but they are all far away from the tourist strip on Avenida Revolucion, and most Americans
don't know where these places are.
The club "Las Pulgas" is a nice young blue collar club for Mexican nationals. It's nice to see Ken Cooke over there on the dance floor.
The older very loud club & restaurants on Revolucion probably need to be closed down and rebuilt. In fact I'd say Avenida Revolucion needs a new
face lift badly or else it really will become a ghost town. I think that's the main reason why American tourist keep away. There is nothing to do on
the main tourist strip in Tijuana.
The blog 'MexicoPerspective" had a nice write up about Tijuana the blog writer translated to English from the "Frontera.
Yes Tijuana makes me happy too:
Column is headlined 'Tijuana makes me happy'
Jousín Palafox has a column in Frontera newspaper today headlined, in English, "Why Tijuana makes me happy." He said he came to Tijuana 19 years ago
with his family and said Tijuana may be the city that wakes up the earliest to go to work in all of Mexico. "While Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico
City never sleep, Tijuana never rests," he said.
He said his friends in the center of the country seem surprised when he tells them he has had a nice day drinking coffee and walking on the Playas de
Tijuana seaside esplanade. "Tijuana has a beach?" they ask. "Of course we have a beach, not only the border, we have mountains, dunes, whale watching
and more to show off to the world!"
The Autonomous University of Baja California law school graduate and radio host said Tijuana is not all narcotraffickers, criminals or migrants.
He said his family moved to Tijuana to live, and never with the idea of crossing the border to live and work. He said Tijuana has given hundreds of
thousands of Mexicans a new start in life and an opportunity to progress. He said many wake up at 3:30 to 4 a.m. to wait in line two hours to cross
the border to work.
He said Puebla may have its sweet potatoes, the Oaxacans their black mole, Veracruz its pellizcadas filled tortillas and Yucatan its panuchos filled
tortillas, "but not many know that our 'very humble' traditional meal is lobster with rice and beans! Beat that!" (El Mexicano on Wednesday reported
that the lobster catch brought in $40 million to the region). In addition, Baja California ďs the land of "the best red, white and rose wines in all
of Latin America, competing in quality with those produced in Chile, Napa Valley and the European Mediterranean."
He spoke of Tijuana as the TV-making capital of the world and now home of the first-division Xolos soccer team. He concludes, in English: "Tijuana
makes me happy."
About 10 yrs. ago, I visited some of the nicer places in the Rio zone, and was really impressed. Definitely a higher-calibre with dress code and no
drink specials.lol
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