A traveller's reflection: Mexico 1989: Tijuana - Tia Juana for the Gringos...

My Travel Journal

"There isn't much I haven't shared with you along the road and through it all there'd always be tomorrow's episode" - Elton John

I started traveling around the world since early 80s when I had the opportunity to combine business trips with vacations. Then later when my rezeki is in abundance, there were numerous other trips along the way for vacations, most of the time with hubby and the kids when the timing is right. I have also started to compile the journal and photo-pages covering almost more than 45 years of world wide travel. Some destinations I visited just once, others many times. Many of those places are the obvious famous places people would like to visit but some, the casual traveler doesn't even think to try. I have placed links to my travel at the side bar of my personal page, My Life Reflections, and will be updating them from time to time.

My wish is to continue my travel and complete circumnavigate the globe, insyaAllah…

Thursday, 1 June 1989

Mexico 1989: Tijuana - Tia Juana for the Gringos...

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are..." - Theodore Roosevelt

Tijuana, Mexico

(1 June 1989)

(In a small Mexican town)

We had the opportunity to cross the heavily guarded US - Mexico border and visited the city of Tijuana. This region of Mexico isn't the safest and is notorious for its human-trafficking and drug-related homicides. As it was a short visit, we avoided the crowds and stayed within the tourist shopping area.

Tijuana is the largest city of the Mexican state of Baja California, situated on the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to its sister city of San Diego. Tijuana is the westernmost city in Mexico. Tijuana has a vastly diverse population consisting of immigrants from all over Mexico and the world. Tijuana is also home to a large and rapidly growing population of United States citizens, mostly from Southern California, who have moved to the city to avoid the higher cost of living in their home country while still being able to work in San Diego.

Tijuana's bustling main street, Avenida Revolución, is lined with souvenir shops and lively bars. Landmarks include the neoclassical Jai Alai Frontón palace and Centro Cultural Tijuana, a modern cultural complex in the Zona Río district. Throughout town, stadiums stage lucha libre for wrestling matches, while the nearby city of Rosarito fronts sandy beaches.

A visit to Tijuana was a once in a lifetime experience for us...