San Diego/Tijuana

SO me and Rachelle went to San Diego and Tijuana last Thursday the 9th. The day started out so beautiful! driving by the beach... it was sunny... we romanticized the fact that we were going to Mexico! and then... we crossed the border... which was no hassle by the way, to get into Tijuana you just walk thru two gates and your in.

Can I just tell you it is such a trip to literally walk thru a gate from a first world country into a third world. Every time i have heard about people going over to Tijuana they talk about the 2 dollar drinks, the duty free shit, the mexican food, the cheap jewelry. I dont remember anyone ever mentioning the fact that you have to think about the ice in your drink because the waters so bad or the fact that those cheap earrings your thinking of buying is what someone else is depending on to get them some dinner. Or the fact that majority of Tijuana that i saw which was not a lot (but still) everyone was waiting for americans to cross over and buy. They depend on us.. and Yet people are so confused about why they wanna come live here.

we share the same land.. califorinia is mexico... I fucking hate that theres a border.


p.s. check out Rachelle's poems about Tijuana and San Diego
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