I Leave The US (albeit briefly)

so yes, i met some people in the hostel and they managed to persuade me to go to mexico. when i initially mentioned the possibility of going to tijuana to my mother (its perhaps a 45 minute trip fom san diego in a rusty minibus) she sent me an article from the sunday supplements detailing all the gang crime and unsolved murders over the past year. however after reassurances that we would be fully escorted, i'd thoiught i'd give it a go, after all, the mexican people i meet in the states seem very nica and polite and i wanted to try some food. now we weren't going for a tour so much as a bar crawl. i couldve just gone on a taco shop crawl and been happy enough (i know the difference between tacos, fajitas and burritoes now by the way). i actually think the corona tastes worse in mexico, i think they make a more refined product for export to the uk. i know a bar crawl sounds pretty tacky but even if i didnt see anything of real mexico, at least i got an authentic experience of being an american tourist in mexico. ive already mentioned the bizarre and rowdy american attitute to drinking so don't think to harshly of me for what im about to detail.

yes, so, you drink slightly ropey corona. thats ok. then you come to drink tequila and seems to be the way its done everywhere. the bar man puts a towel under your chin while you tip back your head and he pours tequila down your neck. then he bowls a whistle incessantly whilst putting his hand over your mouth and shaking your head. now i dont have a problem with drinking tequila (although this stuff was a bit rough), i have a problem with some mexican guy shaking my head. all the other girls in our group got firemanlifted and spun around. i said to our escort - its a good thing he didnt try that with me because i wouldve got violent, and he said - yeah i told him not to because i could see by the look of your face it was a no go. too right. mexico is a catholic country, they would never treat a mexican woman like that. we finished off by going to a strip club. now i dont mind nudity or sexy dancing, i just dont like seeing sleazy men leer over woman, and our escort was like - your not going to like this then ho ho but really i dont like it much either its just everyone gets drunk and is like yeah lets go to a strip club and then they get there and actually all feel a bit digusted and want to go home. i wont go into the sordid details here as i want to keep this blog family friendly (a mexican prostitute did say i was beautiful though). those of you of an inquizitive nature can ask me when i get back. also when i get back there will be a lot of mexican food action going down at my house