Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Tijuana

去了一趟美墨边境上的 Tijuana。两年前来过一次,不过这次带了相机,乱拍了不少。

Tijuana 市中心也有一个拱门,看上去比圣路易斯的那个差多了,还需要钢缆固定。

墨西哥人用颜色的胆子真大,街道到处色彩斑斓。比起来麦当劳算是素雅的。我贴照片前一般喜欢用 Photoshop 处理一下,提高色彩饱和度,加强对比什么的,墨西哥的照片不需要这些。

在这里吃的中饭。餐馆很鲜艳,餐馆楼上很鲜艳,饭很鲜艳,餐馆外面的街道也很鲜艳。

拱门下等活儿的歌手们,他们的歌声当然也很明亮。

街上有很多画成斑马的毛驴,合影交一块钱。这位大叔在招揽生意,我们这些 amigo 都没答应:斑马和墨西哥算哪跟哪啊。

店里有各式各样的工艺品,可以还价到原价的五分之一左右。只顾讨价还价了,没买多少,之后有点后悔。

最神奇的是“墨西哥跳豆(jumping bean)”,是一种沙漠植物的种子,大小样子有点像松子,不过很轻,放在那里自己就会跳,据说只要隔几天洒一点水就可以跳半年左右。看了半天也没弄明白是怎么回事,回家上网查了一下才知道

从 Tijuana 看过去,美国一边很荒凉。这是一个不对称的边境。

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Welcome to Tijuana. ')

I love the color.

And I know why those beans are jumping from an Chinese movie.

Amazing beans. You should have bought some and mailed some to me and bing. Then i will claim I have some pet. And will take care of them.

Albatross said...

M bought 15 beans with $1. Now they are jumping in our living room -- a little scary at night though.

Anonymous said...

I want one. You think it can jumps itself to New York. We can buy him an bus ticket. That is lovely.