Took the standard tourist day trip to Tijuana, Mexico. It’s a 25min ride from downtown San Diego on a quaint train.

About 300,000 visitors cross by foot or car from the San Ysidro point of entry in the United States every day. … Mexico’s drinking age of 18 (vs. 21 in the United States) make it a common weekend destination for many high school and college aged Southern Californians who tend to stay within the Avenida Revolución.

Greeting tourists is one of the oddest and least attractive structures anywhere. This arch:

I’d rate it zero out of 10 — except for the odd and interesting sound of those many cables vibrating in the wind.

Worst was the world’s busiest border crossing, a pain on the return. Very disorganized.

I highly recommend avoiding Tijuana unless you are on some sort of alcoholic bender.