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Originally Posted by xzmattzx
Nice pictures! I've been interested in going to Tijuana ever since I was in San Diego in 2009. Is it safe there to walk around the main neighborhoods?
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3 weeks ago I made my 83rd or 84th trip to Tijuana, from Las Vegas, and, there have been times, I've spent a long weekend just in TJ itself, out walking about, all alone, through the Zona Norte (red light) district and I've never been scared for a minute. No one will believe me, I don't expect them to, but I feel even safer walking around Tijuana Centro at night than Las Vegas.
What's really fun, if you're adventuresome, is to hop on one of those old school buses, used for public transportation, and just ride it to the very end, no matter where it ends up, as the bus must return to Centro, sooner or later.
How you project yourself is ultra-important, show no fear whatsoever wherever you may be, even though you may feel afraid.
What a blessed contrast to the sterility of San Diego!
I've been wanting to rent a car with a camera and do a photo session of "poor man's San Francisco", as I call Tijuana, but I don't think I could top this, except I'd have San Diegoans drooling over the pictures I'd take from the highest hills there, with sweeping views of downtown San Diego!
I've traveled all over the world, particularly to 3rd world countries/cities, and Tijuana remains on my Top 5 Cites I've enjoyed in the world. As for the cleaner, sterile cities?