Baja news & stories
Old Tijuana Train Station "Cuidado Con El Tren," says the X-shaped sign where a dusty road crosses Tijuana's only railroad tracks. If you cut over to the left, just south of the US Port of …
Halfway House (Restaurant Medio Camino) Kilometer 32 on the Tijuana-Ensenada free road In the days of boiling radiators, this was a natural stop for people taking the free road (the only road back then) to …
Sunday night at Hussong's Avenida Ruiz, #113, Ensenada (011-52-61) 78-32-10 At Hussong's Cantina in Ensenada, they're still waiting for somebody to dispute their claim they're the longest-running cantina in all of the Californias. They've been …
La Casa del Tabaco 1115 Revolución Avenue, Tijuana (011-52-66) 85-52-48 A zillion signs hang out on Revolución advertising "real" Cuban cigars. Most, according to "Casa" owner David Tourgeman, are made in Mexico. He proudly shows …
Club Don Loope Jai Alai Palace, Revolución and Calle 8, downtown Tijuana www.donloope.com or www.norteccollective.com A collective has taken over the café to the left of the main entrance. They've called it the "Don Loope." …
Viajes Cuauhtli 8160 7th (Galeana) Street, between Revolución and Constitución, Tijuana (011-52-66) 85-33-10 Taino Tours 9330, Ignacio Comonfort Street, next to the ball-shaped Cultural Center, behind the McDonald's (011-52-66) 84-96-34 Flights to Cuba are becoming …
Las Rocas Resort & Spa 619-234-9810 or 888-527-7622 Thirty minutes south of the border and ten minutes past "The Rosarito Beach Hotel," Las Rocas rests cliffside and boasts a seamless sunset into the ocean. Each …
Sanborns 1102 Revolución Avenue (at 8th), Tijuana (011-52-66) 88-14-33 Beautifully proportioned, life-sized, true-to-color black-spotted golden cheetahs are for sale at Sanborn's. They are papier mâché models from Jalisco. You can also buy an antelope or …
Rosarito-Ensenada 50 Mile Fun Bicycle Rides Baja California, Mexico Bicycling West Entry information: PO Box 15128, San Diego CA 92175-5128 619-583-3001 www.rosaritoensenada.com The Rosarito Ensenada 50 Mile Fun Bicycle Ride is the West Coast's largest …
"Just like Florence, just like Rome, Tijuana, too, has its monuments." Professor Julio Rodríguez steers his blue Ford through Zona Rio, gesturing at one statue after another. "And what are monuments? What do they represent? …
“There were three sisters, all of them wrestlers. Two sisters married brothers who were also wrestlers.” Speaking is a man I’ll call Earl Elkin, 53, who, in the maturity of his life, found a career …
I know this guy -- call him Dave -- who spent much of February and part of March searching San Diego stores for a set-top receiver compatible with the DirecTV system. He had no use …
'Go to the border between 5:00 and 7:00 in the morning, and you can understand something about my patients' lives. At that time in the morning, the border is crazy. People honking, yelling, fighting for …
Popotla Yearning for the laid-back Baja that Earl Stanley Gardner used to describe in the '30s? It's alive and well -- just. Best and nearest place: Popotla, a jerry-built squatters' fishing village on a rocky …