Sign in with Facebook"Like a kid in a candy store :-))))" Chula Vista by matcrazy1
Chula Vista Travel Guide: 81 reviews and 137 photos
Chula Vista is still a part of San Diego in my mind hehe although I know now that it's a seperate city with its own mayor and city government.
Chula Vista means "pretty view" in Spanish. No doubts - it's not a touristy city, rather residential area located half way between San Diego City and Tijuana, Mexico.
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Hmm... I was only doing shopping (first time in the USA) there and I was eating there and first of all as a first time visitor to the USA I was looking around and just observed things! That's why this page is more about what I observed and thought than what I visited there.
I am like a kid in a candy store when I visit a country for the first time :-)). So, this page is a child-like perspective.
And, surely some of my tips (local customs especially) are not specific to Chula Vista only but at least to the whole California if even not the USA. So, when I put up pages on exact locations I visited (in ?? months hehe), I am going to move them to either my California or my USA page.
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Chula Vista is a nice, safe city with a few attractions for tourists:
- the new Coors Ampitheater, where major named entertainment is offered,
- an Olympic Training Center,
- the new Knott's Soak City USA, a water slide park.
If you wish more info on tourist attractions in Chula Vista take a look at Imqluque Chula Vista page, please.
- Pros:Human smiles :-))), palm trees, inexpensive shopping, Filippi's Pizza Grotto, tourist attractions
- Cons:It's a city!
- In a nutshell:Stop for a while before you enter Mexico!
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Local Customs
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"Supermarket security guards (is it correct name?) - hmm... are cameras enough? or they are secret = no marked uniforms?... more travel advice
ORDERS TO GO but no delivery
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There are "ORDERS TO GO" in Filippi's Pizza Grotto. Do you call it "TAKE OUT" as well? That mean that you can order a... more travel advice
Comfortable and inexpensive (with a...
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Hmm... I didn't live there but whenever I would look for a comfortable, clean and just nice accommodation in Chula Vista... more travel advice
World famous?
Restaurants
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It seems that each business, company, reaturant etc. is at least world famous or world's best or... etc. etc. in Chula... more travel advice
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Comments (51)
Fajnie jest wiedzieć parę rzeczy o miejscu, do którego mam jechać. Dzięki. Jak dostanę wizę, to najprawdopodobniej będę tam w lutym.
A very interesting page on Chula Vista as seen through a new comers eyes.
This was a fun page to read Matt. Although Canadian, I loooove Walmarts and we did have a HUGE Ram Tough Pick-up truck - Why? Because it was so Cool to drive. hehe!
Very informative page Matt.. and well written.. thanks.. ;-))
Matt, thanks for your comment on my Chula Vista tips. Just read your own.Love your perspective.
Your page reminds me that when I came back home after one year in California, I found streets and parking lots to be awfully small and narrow! I had an old, second (may be more) hand, Buick 6 liters (!) instead of a tiny Peugeot 1500 cm3 at home!
I can't believe the Poles have bigger Pizza's than they have in the US!
loved your writing with your thoughts - enjoyed it very much
Seems like you spent most of your quality time in Chula Vista shopping ;) LOL I loved your perception of California, Californians ( Chula Vistans *) and the habits :)
I'm glad you enjoyed your trip here, most people don't think such wonderful deverse cities such as Chula Vista as vacation destinations. We can enjoy all small town and cities because they all have something to offer.:-)
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