patrickjb
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options for Tijuana and around
Hi all,
I'm planning a last-second trip to Mexico next week--since I'll be in LA for work I thought I'd skip down to Tijuana and find something interesting to
do for about a week. I'm in the early stages of my planning, and although I've spent a lot of time in Mexico it will be my first time to Baja. I have
three main questions for anyone out there who may have an answer:
1. I'm a journalist and photographer, and looking for stories in the Tijuana area and around. Anyone know any interesting places or people whose story
must be told?
2. Should I rent a car or motorcycle, or go with bus and taxi?
2. What would you do/where would you go if you had 5 days in Tijuana? (I have to be back in LA for a flight back to NY on Sunday).
Thank you!
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CaboRon
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If I had five days to spend in tijuanna ,
I would take a nice trip to the central coast of California .
Maybe a nice wine tasting trip ...
CaboRon
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k-rico
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If you're taking photos grab a cab. Taxi Libre, small white and red cabs are the cheapest. Work out a deal with the driver to take you around. Driving
in TJ is not for the timid and it's easy to get lost.
TJ is a big and varied city. Here's some pictures.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=574082
Playas de Tijuana is always crowded and fun on summer weekends. Plenty of good seafood restaurants on the bluff overlooking the beach. Lots of pretty
girls too!
La Coahuila is the night time red light district, so I've heard. It's part of the downtown.
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k-rico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by patrickjb
Hi all,
I'm planning a last-second trip to Mexico next week--since I'll be in LA for work I thought I'd skip down to Tijuana and find something interesting to
do for about a week. I'm in the early stages of my planning, and although I've spent a lot of time in Mexico it will be my first time to Baja. I have
three main questions for anyone out there who may have an answer:
1. I'm a journalist and photographer, and looking for stories in the Tijuana area and around. Anyone know any interesting places or people whose story
must be told?
2. Should I rent a car or motorcycle, or go with bus and taxi?
2. What would you do/where would you go if you had 5 days in Tijuana? (I have to be back in LA for a flight back to NY on Sunday).
Thank you! |
As a journalist you may find Playas de Tijuana or simply "playas" as the locals call it interesting. The border wall runs out into the surf. To the
north will be an empty beach, the only people being police, to the south will be thousands of people having fun. It's a thought provoking scene.
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Gypsy Jan
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1. Seach this site for posts by fdt and then send him a U2U message on this board.
2. Search this site for Tijuana and find all kinds of info, admittedly several are negative, you will have to sort through the dreck.
3. Search the online site for the San Diego Union Tribune, they have a great deal of information on what to do and see in Tijuana
4. I have no recollection of where I read the story, but TJ is full of artistic fiberglass cows commissioned by a local dairy, Lala, something akin to
the cows that were put on street corners in Chicago and New York recently. They are interesting/arresting and worthy of pictures.
5. Search the New York Times archives, they have done several articles on the burgeioning artistic and literary growth in Tijuana lately, a subject
that is mostly ignore by the MSM in the U.S.
6. For rah, rah tourist oriented stories (although they are a lot more legit since they started printing articles from the Washington Post Syndicate,
do an online search for the Baja Times.
7. Above all, use your own instincts, talk to the regular people, taxi drivers are more than willing to share their city with you, depending on your
interests. In other words, they know the museums and cultural institutions as well as the location of the newest, hottest strip joints.
I hope you have a great time and will write with some new insight about what the rest of the world doesn't know about the city.
“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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