"Juarez - just a hop, skip and a jump... " a Juárez Travel Page by kymbanm

I was invited to participate in an overnight road trip with a friend and her family. The itinerary changed quite a few times, but the night before we left, I discovered I would be hopping over to Juarez for a few hours.

Needless to say, I wasn't prepared, hadn't read up on things, and just trusted the process. I enjoyed myself, and sooooo want to return :)

My initial tips are few, but hopefully helpful to other 'newbies' to this particular bordertown.

After driving like a fiend all day (ABQ to White Sands to El Paso) I needed a little time to decompress. A local drink I came to love is a blend of lemonaid and tea. I remembered hearing about it, so ordered something along the lines of 'Limon y te' ... I'm glad they knew what I meant - it was perfect, refreshing, and brought a smile to my face :)

As we walked back to the US over the pedestrian bridge, I stopped to practice my High School Spanish by reading the grafiti along the river under us.

Hmmm, there were some very inflamatory anti-US statements, this was the mildest one :)

To the best of my knowledge, this says, "The war of Bush is not against Iraq it is against the world".