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chrisx
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?What about Mexicali¿
What about Mexicali¿
Everybody wants to go to
Loreto
Ensenada
la Paz
Todos Santos
Sierra de ?¿?¿?
Even Mulege
Some people even type about eating dinner in ¨yikes¨ Tijuana.
Nobody ever types about Mexicali.
Does anybody like Mexicali¿
Is anybody afraid of Mexicali¿
Has anybody ever seen Mexicali on the map¿
Has any person and a dog spent a week in Mexicali, so they can say
¨si bueno¨
¨no bueno¨
HEY GRINGO HIT THE BRAKES
SCAN THE ROAD AHEAD AT ALL TIMES
HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOW WAY DOWN
WAIT, PASS WHEN SAFE
HEY GRINGO HIT THE BRAKES!
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DENNIS
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Mexicali is like Los Angeles. That should tell you all you need to know.
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sancho
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There is a site Maryanninmexicali, something close to
that, a couple living there. Seems a bit of a hard
scrabble place. Driven thru many times, don't think
I would consider living there. I would choose TJ
over Mexicali
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RichBaja
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The Mexicans refer to Mexicali as "Infierno". That's all I really need to know.
Cold in the winter, hot in the summer.
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chrisx
What about Mexicali¿
Everybody wants to go to
Loreto
Ensenada
la Paz
Todos Santos
Sierra de ?¿?¿?
Even Mulege
Some people even type about eating dinner in ¨yikes¨ Tijuana.
Nobody ever types about Mexicali.
Does anybody like Mexicali¿
Is anybody afraid of Mexicali¿
Has anybody ever seen Mexicali on the map¿
Has any person and a dog spent a week in Mexicali, so they can say
¨si bueno¨
¨no bueno¨ |
Why don't you tell all of us here...about Mexicali? What a freaking troll you are.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Gypsy Jan
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How About Mexicali?
Check this out:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/633827
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicali
http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1310-sweet-and-sour-times...
AND
From the eminent Latin American culture and cuisine scholar, Bill Esparga, otherwise known as "streetgourmetla"
http://www.streetgourmetla.com/2010/09/for-unlawful-carne-as...
Is that enough for you?
Cheers, GJ
“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
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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bajalou
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I like Mexicali. It's hotter than San Felipe in the summer - maybe 10-15 deg, Cooler in the winter by about the same amount, but If I wanted a city
near the border, that's probably where I would go.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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chrisx
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there really needs to be a way to block mcbeer and her kind
she makes the Internet a miserable place to type
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | Originally posted by chrisx
What about Mexicali¿
Everybody wants to go to
Loreto
Ensenada
la Paz
Todos Santos
Sierra de ?¿?¿?
Even Mulege
Some people even type about eating dinner in ¨yikes¨ Tijuana.
Nobody ever types about Mexicali.
Does anybody like Mexicali¿
Is anybody afraid of Mexicali¿
Has anybody ever seen Mexicali on the map¿
Has any person and a dog spent a week in Mexicali, so they can say
¨si bueno¨
¨no bueno¨ |
Why don't you tell all of us here...about Mexicali? What a freaking troll you are. |
HEY GRINGO HIT THE BRAKES
SCAN THE ROAD AHEAD AT ALL TIMES
HIT THE BRAKES AND SLOW WAY DOWN
WAIT, PASS WHEN SAFE
HEY GRINGO HIT THE BRAKES!
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JESSE
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I have family in Mexicali, its like they put a city in the middle of nowhere, bad weather, nothing to do. About the only thing i would miss if
Mexicali was destroyed by an earthquake, is their Chinese food.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
About the only thing i would miss if Mexicali was destroyed by an earthquake, is their Chinese food. |
http://chinese-mexico.blogspot.com/2007/03/mexicalis-chinato...
http://chinese-mexico.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
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Bajafun777
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I go to Mexicali a lot but not in summer if at all possible just like I now get away from Brawley in the summer, just too dang HOT!! I take off for
Rosarito area for those months now. So, from June to middle of October stay away but then all is good in Mexicali, especially after you know your way
around.
I use doctors and pharmacy there with good results. I go to numerous places to eat and yes Chinese food down there cannot be beat! They also
numerous clubs to go for entertainment which the Valley has very little to choose from. They also have numerous events all year long for more things
to do, just depends on what you like to do. Have not had any real problems in Mexicali and I have been going down there for over 40 years. Take
Care & Travel Safe-- "No Hurry, No Worry, Just FUN' bajafun777
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CortezBlue
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I started driving through Nuevo Mexicali and it is very nice. It feels and looks like the US.
The homes are extremely large and luxurious.
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Bajafun777
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Yes there are CortezBlue, just enter through the East Port and head east once you cross then explore,LOL. They have some malls and like you said nice
homes along with many places to eat. Take Care & Travel Safe---"No Hurry, No Worry, Just FUN" bajafun777
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tjBill
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Being a big city over one million people, Mexicali is worth a visit.
1) visit the 'old town,' including Chinatown
2) nightclub district along Ave. Rio Cajeme, on the Eastside
3) a big shopping mall
4) two big parks; one with a zoo. Another with a big sports center near the university.
5) view the Baja State Capitol building and judicial complex
Fun to visit in Winter when the weather is nice.
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JESSE
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cool!!!
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zoesterone
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I don't think the "yikes" about eating dinner in Tijuana applies these days. Tijuana, from all accounts, has experienced something of a renaissance
with really good restaurants, shopping, spiffing up and lots to do. It isn't a city of just the red light district and jokes anymore. Even Bobby
Flay, well known chef who visited recently, said he was astounded at how nice it was and nothing like he had "heard". So, with everything, seeing is
believing.
Dogs are not our whole life, but make our lives whole.
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chrisx
there really needs to be a way to block mcbeer and her kind
she makes the Internet a miserable place to type
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | Originally posted by chrisx
What about Mexicali¿
Everybody wants to go to
Loreto
Ensenada
la Paz
Todos Santos
Sierra de ?¿?¿?
Even Mulege
Some people even type about eating dinner in ¨yikes¨ Tijuana.
Nobody ever types about Mexicali.
Does anybody like Mexicali¿
Is anybody afraid of Mexicali¿
Has anybody ever seen Mexicali on the map¿
Has any person and a dog spent a week in Mexicali, so they can say
¨si bueno¨
¨no bueno¨ |
Why don't you tell all of us here...about Mexicali? What a freaking troll you are. |
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Well maybe you need to apologize to us all....for coming in here with your insulting remarks toward us...half a year ago. Fat lady in a red
car.....drunks...so on. Then I'll leave you alone. Till then....I will just keep reminding all here that you're a insulting punk.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Mulegena
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Family just returned to Mulege from a week in Mexicali.
They could not WAIT to get back south-- said Mexicali made the sweletering summers in Mulege seem like eating ice cream in Alaska-- Mexicali's HOT!
That being said, brother-in-law had extensive dental repairs done in a clinic in Mexicali
and is very, very pleased. Anybody interested, I'll share doctor's contact information. u2u me.
Also, Dr. Manuel Cota the veterinarian from Sta. Rosalia trained at the University of Mexicali. Because of the city's proximity to the US many of its
professors are educated in the states
so students benefit, he says.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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Bajajorge
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:no on't like no stinkin city. No matter which side of the border it's on.
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Barry A.
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We lived in El Centro for 13 years----------went to Mexicali all the time----at least 5 times a month, mostly to dine at night, winter and summer.
Great restaurants, if you know where they are. The more I went to Mexicali the more I liked it.
But it has been quite a few years, now, since I have been there.
It is a BIG CITY, so take that into consideration!!! Like the Imperial Valley, winters are heaven, weatherwise, but summers from May 15 to Sept 15th
+ - are BRUTAL, as is the entire Imperial / Mexicali Valley. We are talking 115+ days, and 90 degree nights, in mid-summer. It's those HOT nights
that really get too you.
We are a little crazy, and we loved it. 
Barry
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