surgeries. The reason there is so many dentists is because apparently thousands of American and Canadian people come down each year to get their teeth done, as it is seriously cheap. Aidan took advantage of this and got his teeth professionally cleaned. There was a few dodgey characters on the streets so it didn't seem like a good place to take out an expensive camera. Apart from the dentists standing outside their surgeries advertising their services, the only other kind of "business people" were the street merchants trying to sell us... well mostly crap really. The town is really run down and it was obvious that most of the people running around us were living in poverty. It was hard to believe that the US was literally a 3 minute walk away. We spent our time in Mexico having a bit of fun haggling with the street merchants and then we went for a bit of lunch. We had a few chicken burritos... but I'd swear that the meat we were eating was definitely not chicken!! Although we were only at the other side of the border, at least we can finally say we've been to Mexico. It was certainly an experience anyway! When we go to San Diego in California we might actually head to Mexico again see how far the dollar can really stretch down there.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Day Forty Nine: Down Mexico Way...26/11/08
Well we finally did it... We crossed the border and stepped into Mexico. The RV park is only 10 miles or so from the border, and seeing as we are so close to California, we actually had to cross the state line before we crossed the International line. There is a border crossing checkpoint but we weren't stopped or checked on the way into Mexico, only on the way out. We crossed into a little town called Los Algodones, and boy was it different!! It was almost like we walked on to a third world movie set.. Los Algodones is a very rare little town, and the main line of business is dental care. I'm not kidding.. The town is only a few blocks in size, and there is almost 30 dental practices!! There is one street that consists entirely of different dental 
surgeries. The reason there is so many dentists is because apparently thousands of American and Canadian people come down each year to get their teeth done, as it is seriously cheap. Aidan took advantage of this and got his teeth professionally cleaned. There was a few dodgey characters on the streets so it didn't seem like a good place to take out an expensive camera. Apart from the dentists standing outside their surgeries advertising their services, the only other kind of "business people" were the street merchants trying to sell us... well mostly crap really. The town is really run down and it was obvious that most of the people running around us were living in poverty. It was hard to believe that the US was literally a 3 minute walk away. We spent our time in Mexico having a bit of fun haggling with the street merchants and then we went for a bit of lunch. We had a few chicken burritos... but I'd swear that the meat we were eating was definitely not chicken!! Although we were only at the other side of the border, at least we can finally say we've been to Mexico. It was certainly an experience anyway! When we go to San Diego in California we might actually head to Mexico again see how far the dollar can really stretch down there.
surgeries. The reason there is so many dentists is because apparently thousands of American and Canadian people come down each year to get their teeth done, as it is seriously cheap. Aidan took advantage of this and got his teeth professionally cleaned. There was a few dodgey characters on the streets so it didn't seem like a good place to take out an expensive camera. Apart from the dentists standing outside their surgeries advertising their services, the only other kind of "business people" were the street merchants trying to sell us... well mostly crap really. The town is really run down and it was obvious that most of the people running around us were living in poverty. It was hard to believe that the US was literally a 3 minute walk away. We spent our time in Mexico having a bit of fun haggling with the street merchants and then we went for a bit of lunch. We had a few chicken burritos... but I'd swear that the meat we were eating was definitely not chicken!! Although we were only at the other side of the border, at least we can finally say we've been to Mexico. It was certainly an experience anyway! When we go to San Diego in California we might actually head to Mexico again see how far the dollar can really stretch down there.
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