San Diego to Tijuana: What they don't tell you

Expect a long, long wait

The pedestrian bridge to Tijuana from San Ysidro

The brochures and hype hit me: you no longer have to sit in your car at the border crossing for hours to go from California’s San Diego to Mexico. Instead, why not take the trolley or drive to the border town of San Ysidro and just waltz over the pedestrian bridge to Tijuana?