| Page Views: 2,098 Last Visit to El Paso: April, 2003 | The Sun City by matcrazy1 - last update: Mar 29, 2007 |
Downtown | FRAY GARCIA DE SAN FRANCISCO - CITY FOUNDER (1659) |
I didn't visit El Paso like typical American visitor driving from one tourist attraction to another (there are over 100 in the area!) but in more European way: walking on foot around downtown. Some skyscrapers of compact downtown reminded me Madrid although the capital of Spain is much larger, jammed with cars, more lively, noisy and polluted, it also offers many more points of tourist interest.
My first impressions from El Paso:
- it's a large city placed on a huge, flat desert area,
- one urban area is divided by the Rio Grande River (Rio Bravo del Norte) into Mexican Ciudad Juarez and US El Paso,
- there are desert, rocky mountains just northwest of the city
- in reality US part of El Paso is large only by area not by population (only 600,000) because people live in thousands ground floor houses with yards which form tenths neibourhoods (each has proper name used by locals)
- large city area is covered by military Fort Bliss.
I also loved a few places around El Paso in Texas and New Mexico (details in off the beaten path tips).
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kyoub Sun Apr 12, 2009 17:02 UTC
I enjoyed reading about El Paso from an outsider(not from USA). Very interesting history of some of the building. I have lived in Texas for 30 yrs but I have never been to that part of the state. | Nemorino Sat Sep 1, 2007 00:31 UTC
Interesting tips, like on the Creosote Bush. Like Stephen Conn, I have only made one short visit to El Paso up to now. It was hot, and everybody rushed from one air-conditioned place to the next. You certainly saw much more of El Paso than I did! | deecat Sun Aug 19, 2007 20:44 UTC
I always love reading your tips because it's like seeing my country for the first time, unbiased and fresh. Losts of great information, insights, and personal tidbits. A joy to read. | yumyum Sun Apr 22, 2007 19:41 UTC
Brilliant page Matt! I hope you will do Big Bend N.P. soon ;) |
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