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| On the corner of a desert river at the end of the known world not Grande nor Bravo but sometimes flood they built a town and the city grew - Tijuana . The founders began at an old rancho between hot springs and the sea - shared, divided, united, apart, this first piece of border pueblo was born already splintered into battle over ownership of land until even those founders' children debate the true date of foundation or deny the existence of "Tia" Juana yet you must never doubt they love old Tijuana, Baja California so near the horizon of Los Angeles and so far from Mexico City . Ranchos - cattle - horses - onyx transformed the roaring 20s into "old west" & Spanish bullfights drinking & curios souvenirs La Ballena - The Whale Bar - world's longest beer hall - cowhides, boots & vanished casino the most visited city in the world soon grew into a strange metropolis drawn against the gringo line in sand . La garita mas transitada del mundo the busiest border gate in the world Tijuana, México has now become a postmodern maquiladora factory millennium megalopolis of the future where more television sets are built than anywhere else on this planet aún aquí empiece la patria - here the nation begins - on this farthest river frontier for this is and will always be Tijuana, Baja California, México - |
| Copyright 2001-2002 Daniel Charles Thomas |
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