TRavel to Tijuana

I want to go to Tijuana early Dec ( day trip). I will travel to San Diego.
Can I park it securely then catch a bus to Tijuana?

Any tips for shopping or just find my way?

Thanks

Harvey
Australia

Harvey,

You can park safely at several of the San Diego trolley stops, take
the trolley to the border, and walk across. Then you can take a
Mexican taxi or bus to wherever you're going. See
http://www.sdcommute.com/

Crossing into Mexico is usually easy, but it can take several hours to
return, even on foot, depending on the time of day. Bring your
passport.

Weather in December should usually be quite comfortable, a little
cool.

DKM


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 07:05:08 +0800, "Wallbanger"
wrote:

I want to go to Tijuana early Dec ( day trip). I will travel to San Diego.
Can I park it securely then catch a bus to Tijuana?

Any tips for shopping or just find my way?

Thanks

Harvey
Australia



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I want to go to Tijuana early Dec ( day trip). I will travel to San Diego.
Can I park it securely then catch a bus to Tijuana?

Any tips for shopping or just find my way?

Thanks

Harvey
Australia

"Wallbanger" wrote:

I want to go to Tijuana early Dec ( day trip). I will travel to San Diego.
Can I park it securely then catch a bus to Tijuana?

Since you'll be leaving the U.S. and re-entering, make sure that's legal.
You get there by taking the trolley to San Ysidro from anywhere on the
trolley system. From there, it's a short walk to the tourist zone along
Avenida Revolucion. Once you get past this, Tijuana starts to look a lot
more like Mexico.

I haven't been to Tijuana in a number of years, but the San Diego paper
seems to have some interesting suggestions and other useful info. See
http://www.signonsandiego.com/bajaguide/Tijuana.html .

If you have a car and just want a quick, off-the-beaten-path, pleasant,
low-key taste of Mexico, consider driving about 50 miles east of San
Diego to Tecate. You can park in Tecate, California, on the U.S. side
for about $3.00, and then walk a few hundred feet to Tecate, Baja
California. Once you're there, there's not a whole lot to do, but the
town makes for pleasant strolling, and the famous Tecate brewery will
give you a free beer even if you don't take the tour. Of course, for a
few pesos more, you can find a taco stand near the town plaza and get
some tacos to cushion the impact of the beer.



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I want to go to Tijuana early Dec ( day trip). I will travel to San Diego.
Can I park it securely then catch a bus to Tijuana?

We took the SD Trolley from near SeaWorld to its southern terminus, mere
feet from the border crossing, and hoofed it over and back. It didn't take
long, nor was it crowded. I didn't have my passport, my wife had hers; no
hassles.

On the way back on the trolley, armed transit police boarded no less than
three times to check tickets. Not a peep on the way down. Telling.

Funny thing: my cellphone stopped working just at a pedestrian bridge that
seemed to mark the border, and started right back up there when I was headed
back.

Wallbanger wrote:

I want to go to Tijuana early Dec ( day trip). I will travel to San Diego.
Can I park it securely then catch a bus to Tijuana?

Any tips for shopping or just find my way?

Thanks

Harvey
Australia


Yes. Just take the highway to San Ysidro
and last exit before the border. Well marked.

Secure parking lots, $5- $6-. Buses leave
from the lots.

A $1- bus ride will get you downtown. You
can look around there and take the bus back,
or just walk back to the border. Half an hour
if you walk briskly, longer if you dawdle.

If you just park on the US side and
walk across the bridge you enter a large shopping/
entertainment zone. More interesting
to take the bus downtown.