Mexico April 22, 2011 The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico about the security situation in Mexico. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Mexico dated September 10, 2010 to consolidate and update information about the security situation and to advise the…
I filled up my Prius yesterday in southern California: $4.03 per gallon. That’s about the cheapest you’ll find around here, as gas prices are still heading northward. Some have been asking about the cost of fuel in Mexico. I polled a few of our clients who have headed south of the border to fuel up…
Bus travel in Mexico? It is pretty economical, for sure. And buses can be hailed very much like a New York taxicab… just stand on the corner and wave your arms! But there are warnings attached to this mode of transportation: According to The Department of State: Buses and Public Transportation:Whenever possible, visitors should travel…
San Ysidro is the world’s busiest land port of entry – and good news, it’s expanding! (FYI: San Ysidro is named for San Ysidro Labrador (Saint Isidore), patron saint of farmers.) More than 17 million vehicles and 50 million people enter the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Nearly forty years after…
If you are planning a trip to Mexico from the United States, this post is for you! I was reading the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website and came across information I wanted to share. These sixteen, or so, tips are invaluable! Did you know that everything you acquire there has to be declared before…
The new mayor of Tijuana will be sworn in Wednesday, 65-year-old Carlos Bustamante Anchondo. With him comes a wealth of cross-border experience as a business man.
Retired army Captain Gustavo Huerta was named Tijuana’s chief of public security Friday 11/26. According to Bustamante, Huerta’s hiring “guarantees that there will be continuity in the work that we have seen in Tijuana.” Read more at the Union Tribune: SignonSanDiego.com
Tijuana Innovadora 2010 an exciting even held October 7-21, 2010 in Tijuana. A first class event with a list of top-notch speakers.
Locals know of it, but few tourists are aware of the Tijuana-Tecate Not-so-Express, an 18mph passenger train that cruises from the Garcia station in Tijuana (between Simon Bolivar and Diaz Ordaz boulevards in the Los Pinos neighborhood) 42 miles to the Tecate station on Defensores de Baja Califonia Boulevard in the La Vinita neighborhood just…
In the coming weeks we may see that the Mexican Federal Government take steps to unify some 2,200 local police departments under a federal command. The reasoning behind this is to establish a core set of training guidelines, practices, and processes that will assist the federal government in its fight against cartels. Tijuana claims some…