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September 24, 2006

Back In the U.S.S.A.

I thought you might be interested in some initial thoughts and details.

First the details on the trip from the Tijuana Airport to San Diego:

Taxi from the airport to the San Ysidro border: $180 MXN.

Four-Day pass for San Diego Trolley, taken from San Ysidro to San Diego: $15 USD.

Trip time on trolley: About 30 minutes.

I hit town and went to Dara (402 Broadway, #180, San Diego, CA), a great Thai place. I had Pad See Ew with mock duck (seitan) and the huge fried tofu appetizer, accompanied by a thai iced tea. With tax and tip, it was $25 USD.

As for initial thoughts:

  • The stuff I overhear now (and can't help but hear now because it's all) in English is all about work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work all the time, everywhere.
  • Whereas on the trolley from San Ysidro, there were two guys speaking in Spanish, and they were talking about how to make different types of cocktails.
  • Everything here is so new! Buildings, roads, parks -.the oldest stuff one sees here are like a train stations from the 30s.
  • The city architecture here in San Diego is like a museum of modern art whereas in Guadalajara, it's like one with antiquities.
  • People wear shorts here.
  • People react like it's inappropriate if you talk to strangers here...like in line at 7-11.

Posted by crispy at September 24, 2006 11:32 AM

Comments

Hello! I am from Guadalajara and I loved reading your blog. Thank you for appreciating our city as you do. We should be lucky enough to have more people like you living here.
My cousin and I are straight but are very aware of the gay life in the city because of our best friends. Feel free to get in touch with us any time and we'll be happy to show you around.

Posted by: Linda at September 25, 2006 01:44 PM

"Gimme some porno magazines, a bottle of Old Harper, large box of condoms, some panty shields, (illegal fireworks), and a disposable enema, no, make it 2."

Posted by: akira at September 25, 2006 04:29 PM

'The stuff I overhear now (and can't help but hear now because it's all) in English is all about work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work all the time, everywhere.'

There's something else?

On the strangers talking stuff, I don't like talking to people. Some nut talks to me in a line somewheres, I start looking for a place to duck and cover.

Heck, sometimes I don't like talking to people I know and like! I'm a regular people person.

[crispy says: Shawn would be in complete agreement with you. That stuff freaks him out too, and he looks for a place to duck and cover. However, in Mexico, that's usually not the case, at least among people of the same socioeconomic class, and I think he's starting to develop a taste for it.]

Posted by: Mark Allen at September 25, 2006 05:44 PM

On the "People react like it's inappropriate if you talk to strangers here...like in line at 7-11." subject - that's why I am moving from COLD (and I mean that as the weather and the attitudes) Colorado to Texass - at least people are friendly here. Austin is a cool place - can't wait for you two to come visit!

Posted by: carolco at October 16, 2006 04:12 PM