David and I have made several trips to Mexico. We’ve only been to border towns like Nogales, just south of Tucson and Ciudad Acuna, near Del Rio, Texas. David has also been to Matamoros on the border near Brownsville, Texas. I have never found these towns to be pleasing. They are interesting in the fact they are in another country and things definitely are different. These border towns are dirty and over crowded. I have always wanted to go deeper into Mexico, to some of the tourist meccas to get a feel for what that is like. On one trip to Ciudad Acuna we had planned to park on the US side and walk over into Mexico but we somehow got in a line going thru the gates and were unable to get out. So there we were driving around and we were both scared to death. The crazy thing is on the way back into the US we had to stop at the border and go thru customs. We had purchased a few souvenirs and we were questioned and as part of the search had to open the trunk and have it searched. We had a box of things in there and would you believe we had some apples and oranges that had been bought in the US in the box. The border patrol told us we were safe in the fact the fruit had USDA stickers on each piece or we would have been in trouble for trying to smuggle Mexican fruit into the US. How funny! Below are some photos from our previous trips.
David wearing the hat he had just purchased in Nogales, Mexico
Linda and David enjoy margaritas in Nogales, Mexico
a street in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico
the Crosby Hotel in Ciudad Acuna, we ate dinner in the hotel restaurant
David in Ciudad Acuna
Linda in Ciudad Acuna
the Rio Grande River looking at the mountains in Mexico
Oh Boy! Too late to turn around now, we're DRIVING into Mexico!
