tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post2076026201236113835..comments2024-03-28T16:44:05.806-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Anything Goes Saturday - Tijuana!Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-31553385303792063342011-08-01T09:18:23.348-07:002011-08-01T09:18:23.348-07:00Love the cars.
These are great, Major. Big thank...Love the cars.<br /><br />These are great, Major. Big thanks.<br /><br />JGJGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456196709930408585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-63884913642793713282011-07-30T17:43:37.200-07:002011-07-30T17:43:37.200-07:00Eh? What's those signs say? "Nuevo Kentuc...Eh? What's those signs say? "Nuevo Kentucky"? The New Kentucky? "Bum Bum is here!" Outta my way amigos! rotfl!Chiana_Chathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18329208224763179478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-45738599810932326342011-07-30T11:07:52.123-07:002011-07-30T11:07:52.123-07:00We spent the afternoon there in 1982 and had a lot...We spent the afternoon there in 1982 and had a lot of fun. We were almost scammed out of $200 by the taxi driver and my wife was propositioned by numerous shop keeps. It was fun bargaining down the price on items we bought.Vaughnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-52531722765326345212011-07-30T11:07:06.666-07:002011-07-30T11:07:06.666-07:00Oh my gosh, how this made me laugh. Why? Because i...Oh my gosh, how this made me laugh. Why? Because it reminded me of the trips my family would take to Tijuana in the 60's. Up at the crack of dawn (to avoid traffic) and the long drive south. We would spend the morning walking up and down the main drag, shopping and then...off to the bull fights. I hated the bull fights. UGH. After that, we'd go eat dinner, walk around a bit more and then pile back in the car for the long drive back home, and I would enjoy my bag of freshly deep fried churros which were 5 for a $1.00!<br /><br />I remember begging my parents for a picture with the donkey, then alive. They always said no. In the 70's, I continued going to Tijuana whenever I'd camp in San Diego. I finally had a photo taken but by then, the donkey was a dead, stuffed donkey. Eeewwwww!Connie Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112860706520621190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-53641685997832109792011-07-30T05:04:40.986-07:002011-07-30T05:04:40.986-07:00This vendor is still providing a similar photo-op ...This vendor is still providing a similar photo-op service to tourists, although the zebra-painted donkey is gone. Tastes have changed, and, perhaps influenced by the gritty reality of Clint Eastwood's westerns and the films of Robert Rodriguez, modern border-hoppers want more authenticity in their tourist snaps. They want a real donkey and lots of brown accessories.<br /><br />Unfortunately, in the past 40 years, donkeys have actually become very scarce on the Baja Peninsula due to a combination of increasing population, less available pastureland, and the ever-increasing number of automobiles. This shortage has led to some creative solutions on the part of the locals. My understanding is that this particular vendor now uses a brown-painted zebra.Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-1929688726953646802011-07-30T00:56:13.483-07:002011-07-30T00:56:13.483-07:00"Marriages And Divorces." One-stop shopp..."Marriages And Divorces." One-stop shopping! I don't know whether to laugh or cry...Pilsner Panthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-15054776998600816462011-07-30T00:39:22.731-07:002011-07-30T00:39:22.731-07:00This looks like when Maurice Chevalier got mixed u...This looks like when Maurice Chevalier got mixed up with the Ricardos and the Mertzes in Tijuana, and get in a traffic jam because of a donkey.D ticketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-78690380152876893692011-07-30T00:34:24.609-07:002011-07-30T00:34:24.609-07:00Fun stuff, Major! Except of course for the poor p...Fun stuff, Major! Except of course for the poor painted donkey! I hope they're not still doing that today.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com