and finally, wrapping up winter trip 2006 in mexico!
it's not too bad. finally the end of the steady stream of winter trip posts, just before summer starts! (at least it's less than half a year delayed... =P)
so from the mountains of the copper canyon, we went back to city life. next stop: Chihuahua, yes, Chihuahua! the dog was named after this state! (Wikipedia)
Chihuahua is the largest state in Mexico, and i believe one of the richest states of Mexico as well. it is located at the end of the copper canyon, and thus our transit city before heading up north to Tijuana.
Musical fountains!! reminds me of sentosa, one of my childtime favs!
the pretty cathedral, lighted up at night in the central square of the city. there were also several lighted decorations all around during the festive season!
CHIHUAHUA! =D there were several of these statues along the street, each painted differently by various individuals. Just like the cows in Singapore! these doggies were for some Chihuahua parade thingy couple of years back, i think. (oops, caught on camera flirting with one!=P)
taco brunch for my taco-loving darling... the last few days/chances to eat authentic tacos right in mexico!
streets packed full of people, with stalls all along the streets, selling meat, clothes, fruits, food, etcetc. feel a little like a large-scale pasa malam! =P
woah!!! HUGE barrow of juicy grapes! yum-yum!
haha. thought this was hilarious. pistachios in these little ball-collectible kinda machines??!?!!? i wonder if anyone actually buys them... (they look pretty old).
HUGE pineapple!!! this was seriously the juiciest pineapple we've ever had! a huge chunk just cut across the fruit, stuck on an ice-cream stick at the bottom, dipped in chili powder, a bit of lime, and ta-da! a huge pineapple lolly!
at the chihuahua airport. tijuana is just way too far north, with nothing much in between, so we found a rather cheap flight (100bucks) and flew up to tijuana instead.
and touchdown into tijuana! the famous crazy party city which never sleeps!
our hotel room. very clean and nice place right in the center of the action for 35 bucks. both of us decided to stay in a slightly more comfy place, since we had saved quite a bit this trip. =)
and more splurging. indulged in a good (and very full) lunch at the pretty funky, lively seafood restaurant. music was playing everywhere along the streets, and people roaming around...
the food was yummy yummy too! fish tacos, shrimp cocktail, herbal-ish fish soup..... *drool*
an indian tribe was performing outside our hotel. and fm thinks this little girl was cute! (hmm...eh em...=P)
random shot of the moon in the day. nice.
we got bored, and found a pool place to play the rest of the afternoon away. haha. i like this shot that darling took. i look pretty professional eh?
more self-indulgence... nice after-dinner dessert at the famous chain restaurant-cum-bookstore.
*banana split~!*
at international borders: we crossed the border to get back into san diego on foot... it was a sunday evening, the end of the weekend, and just look at the pack of cars at the immigration as the party people head back to the states for the week!!!
final note: mexico was certainly exciting!! no planning, just whacking... and everything fell in place just perfectly. really inexpensive trip this time round, saving up lots of (much-needed) $$$! food was good and cheap, and culturally educational! ~highly recommended by the darlings!~
so from the mountains of the copper canyon, we went back to city life. next stop: Chihuahua, yes, Chihuahua! the dog was named after this state! (Wikipedia)
Chihuahua is the largest state in Mexico, and i believe one of the richest states of Mexico as well. it is located at the end of the copper canyon, and thus our transit city before heading up north to Tijuana.
Musical fountains!! reminds me of sentosa, one of my childtime favs!
the pretty cathedral, lighted up at night in the central square of the city. there were also several lighted decorations all around during the festive season!
CHIHUAHUA! =D there were several of these statues along the street, each painted differently by various individuals. Just like the cows in Singapore! these doggies were for some Chihuahua parade thingy couple of years back, i think. (oops, caught on camera flirting with one!=P)
taco brunch for my taco-loving darling... the last few days/chances to eat authentic tacos right in mexico!
streets packed full of people, with stalls all along the streets, selling meat, clothes, fruits, food, etcetc. feel a little like a large-scale pasa malam! =P
woah!!! HUGE barrow of juicy grapes! yum-yum!
haha. thought this was hilarious. pistachios in these little ball-collectible kinda machines??!?!!? i wonder if anyone actually buys them... (they look pretty old).
HUGE pineapple!!! this was seriously the juiciest pineapple we've ever had! a huge chunk just cut across the fruit, stuck on an ice-cream stick at the bottom, dipped in chili powder, a bit of lime, and ta-da! a huge pineapple lolly!
at the chihuahua airport. tijuana is just way too far north, with nothing much in between, so we found a rather cheap flight (100bucks) and flew up to tijuana instead.
and touchdown into tijuana! the famous crazy party city which never sleeps!
our hotel room. very clean and nice place right in the center of the action for 35 bucks. both of us decided to stay in a slightly more comfy place, since we had saved quite a bit this trip. =)
and more splurging. indulged in a good (and very full) lunch at the pretty funky, lively seafood restaurant. music was playing everywhere along the streets, and people roaming around...
the food was yummy yummy too! fish tacos, shrimp cocktail, herbal-ish fish soup..... *drool*
an indian tribe was performing outside our hotel. and fm thinks this little girl was cute! (hmm...eh em...=P)
random shot of the moon in the day. nice.
we got bored, and found a pool place to play the rest of the afternoon away. haha. i like this shot that darling took. i look pretty professional eh?
more self-indulgence... nice after-dinner dessert at the famous chain restaurant-cum-bookstore.
*banana split~!*
at international borders: we crossed the border to get back into san diego on foot... it was a sunday evening, the end of the weekend, and just look at the pack of cars at the immigration as the party people head back to the states for the week!!!
final note: mexico was certainly exciting!! no planning, just whacking... and everything fell in place just perfectly. really inexpensive trip this time round, saving up lots of (much-needed) $$$! food was good and cheap, and culturally educational! ~highly recommended by the darlings!~
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