San Diego/Anaheim advice needed!

[Pino_Spetzberg]

Originally posted by Hellie
Crossing the border to Tijuana (Mexico) is really easy and worth doing for half a day, if you don't mind being hassled and like a good barter.

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Don't take your hire car into Mexico without valid insurance. This can be easily bought separately but your hire company cover usually won't cover you, often they restrict you to US and Canada anyway regardless of insurance.
You could take a bus tour instead if you are determined.
My trip to Tijuana was memorable, straight through the border from US but a massive queue waiting for nearly two hours whilst being hassled by street vendors and pan handlers to get from Mexico back into US.
Driving into Mexico, immediately the traffic signs are disorientating, the roads are poorly maintained with dead animals, ( cows, dogs, ) and stray children throwing rocks at passing cars ( a bit like the M62 nr Chorlton ). The locals drive around in battered pick-up trucks and they carry guns.
Tijuana itself was a ramshackle collection of flea market stalls, bordellos, gambling dens and mini-supermarkets. A local cop warned us that we were being watched and to be very careful, reason being it's common to car-jack American tourists, kidnap them and hold them as hostage or just kill them.
We spent a day around local bars and stuff then travelled back to San Diego. It was an adventure but it's not for everyone.
If you cross the border near Yuma instead there are several much better and safer Mexican towns to visit.

[Guest]

Hollywood is great to visit, seeing Manns theatre with the hand and footprints outside it and the stars names on the pavement.
We did the Star Tour where you drive round Beverly Hills seeing where the stars live but to be honest, this was a waste of money as you only see the hedge or the fence or gates.
love Rio

[jubileegirl]

We visited Anaheim many years ago when our daughter was also 3! We had a great time at Disneyland and also went on a day trip to Sea World. Best bit of that was visiting the mission at San Juan Capistrano where the swallows always return on a certain date every year. It just captured my sense of romance i think

We also 'did' the Hollywood sights and Universal and the children loved it.
Most exciting bit was waking up early one morning and wondering who was shaking the bed - it was an earth tremor! That's the thing both my kids remember best (probably due to the indelible memory of Mum running around the room starkers having a panic attack)

[Guest]

OMG...I had forgotten about the earthquakes and tremors! ...lol.
We too went to the San Juan Capistrano mission and it was a beautiful place, did you see the lights in the shapes of bells? They were so unusual, we are planning a longer visit there this time as it was just a brief stop on our way to San Diego.
Love Rio

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