Tijuana doesn't deserve its bad rap
October 21, 2008
By Rick Steves
Courtesy of Seattle Times
A year ago I was excited about Tangier in Morocco and wrote in my blog, "It's no longer the Tijuana of Africa." I didn't realize my comments would understandably touch a nerve with people who like Tijuana.
So recently I went to Tijuana — a Mexican town just across the U.S. border from San Diego — to give it a second look. OK, I admit, I'd never been there ... so I'd give it a first look. Working on my upcoming book on the value of travel as a political act, I also wanted to visit a rough border town where the First World meets the Developing World.