Part II

Remember part one? I don't. That's the problem with having so much time between post and also having such a short memory. It's also one of the problems when you do this on an air card and all the advertisement ain't true. There are coners of this country that microwaves don't reach and if they do they, like us, are just passing through.

Anyway back to Algodonis MX. The tourist trap if you look at it that way but it is also a medical center. Pharamacias all over the place. Dentist, Glasses, Chiropractors. You name it, They've got it. And they have a bunch. For those who are on Medicare and need to pay for their own medical needs it's a bargain and a well needed bargain at that. Of course the hub bub with our politicans is they can't guarantee the safety of the medicines but so what. They can't gurantee the saftey of those bought in the US. All they can be guarantee is the over pricing of our drugs.

Of course there is more to Algodinis that the med end of it. There is also inexpensive liquor and over expensive trinkits. Gold jewlery abounds. Real Rolex watches, cheap. Yea right. Hats, ponchos, clothing, rugs and on and on and on. Unlike Tiajuana, MX we didn't have to say no to a bunch of annoying children begging in the streets. but you did have to say no to a bunch of vendors peddeling their wears on the sidewalk.

The sidewalks are covered with tarps from the store front to the street. All along the street side are tables loaded with things to be bought by tourist. You wonder where they get all the stuff. I was looking for Mexican artifacts made in China. Didn't find any though. Not wanting to use flash I didn't take pictures of these areas. And then sometimes one gets so caught up in the sights they forget to take the picture all together.

Does that sound like I disliked it? Well I didn't. It gives one a different perspective of how another part of the world has to survive. I think on my next trip, and I will go again, I'll squat in a spot and focus on photos. Catching the moment and the beauty. The folks north of the border are welcome in Mexico. After all we do provide an income for many of them. Guns are not allowed across the border. A little different from being able to carry a gun in Arizona as long as it is visible. Cars yield to predestrians. Try that in New York or Philly.

On leaving the town we joined into a line of people who had to go through American customs. A long line of people. A long, long line of people. It took us an hour and a half to get through and that was without any interuptions in the flow. It's just a slow process. When we got through I looked back at the line and it was longer than when we started. It is my understanding that you come as early as possible and leave early. Get your stuff and get out before the line gets long.