Hey fellow Steemians! It has been a couple of years since we were on Steemit! But we are back now and have plenty of #travel #photography to share with you all!
Since we last posted on here we have been around the world and back. From India, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan to California, Mexico, Guatemala over to SE Asia and back to Europe. We are really excited to start posting again and to be honest we are a little out of touch with how to do the whole Steemit thing so any tips would be really welcome!
Anyway, let's get started in Mexico and maybe we will jump back and forth between countries as we feel like it. The no plan plan usually works best for us!
Back in 2019 we made our way over to North America and spent a few weeks in California before heading down into Mexico, more specifically, Tijuana.
Tijuana was our first introduction to Mexico and we're glad we decided to stop here for a few days before catching our flight to the southern tip of the peninsula. Tijuana might not look like much at first sight, but believe me, it's an incredibly colourful place, full of life, culture, handicraft, amazing tacos, a wide craft beer scene and lots of live music.
Wherever we travel in the world interacting with people is one of our absolutely favourite things to do. Something we've learnt hitchhiking and travelling around the world in general, is that people are kind and generous everywhere. We've received so much love an generosity on our travels and Tijuana was no exception.
When we visited Tijuana we were lucky to stay with a young local man who is a friend of a friend of ours. He spoilt us rotten, invited us for lots of food, showed us the best locals spots to eat, to shop, to drink, he took us to the beach for sunset, he told us lots of stories about his city and he presented us to his friends and family. Everyone we met through our friend treated us as if they had known us for a very long time.
Going for a stroll along el Malecón was definitely one of the highlights during our time in Tijuana but it was also an emotionally heavy place to visit. Right at the most northern part of the beach is El Parque de la Amistad (the Friendship Park) and a tall fence extending into the sea.
This is the wall dividing Mexico from the USA. If you've ever heard stories of family members meeting up by the wall in order to see each other and speak to each other, this is where it takes place.
If you're visiting las Playas de Tijuana in the afternoon, why not stay for the sunset? The beach and the Malecón are perfect spots to watch incredible sunsets any time of the year in Tijuana. There's nothing as magical as seeing the sun drop behind the horizon and to soon after give you a spectacular and colourful light show for free, illuminating the sky in yellows and reds.
There's no shortage of places to eat in Tijuana. The city is considered by many (including us) to be the “taco mecca” of the world. We´ve even heard that many Americans cross the border just to have lunch in Tijuana. That´s crazy! As a matter of fact, there are organised food and shopping tours taking American tourists across the border and into Tijuana just to enjoy some shopping and food, especially tacos.
So why are the tacos of Tijuana so good? As far as we can see, it it's location. People from all over Mexico come to Tijuana to try to cross the border to the US and with them they bring their regional taco traditions and ingredients. In the last two decades the food scene has exploded in Tijuana as many young chefs have started to put a more modern twist to their tacos and other traditional Mexican dishes. Today, Tijuana is home to a number of Michelin Star restaurants.
There is so much more we could write about Tijuana. It really stuck out as an amazing place to visit and we would love to go back again sometime soon.
If you guys are interested we actually have a video from our time there. You can check it here:
We look forward to hearing from you all! Let us know if you have been to Tijuana and what you liked!
See you in the next post!