2006-03-22 Aqua Prieta, Mexico 07

We crossed the border from Douglas, AZ into Agua Prieta (Dark Water), Mexico and found a very easy trip into a small Mexican town. We walked around for a bit and it looked like we would run out of town in about 8 or 10 blocks. We walked into a small shop and bought a little trinket and asked about a restaurant for lunch. We wanted authentic food, so we asked her where SHE goes for lunch. She suggested Dona Maria a few blocks over and that's where we went. We were the only Anglos there. Thankfully, the owner/waiter spoke a little English because our Spanish is really bad. I got a plate full of shredded beef tostadas that were great. Andrew wanted something really authentic, so he got the "comidas corridas", the Daily Special. Everyone in there was having it, but he said he's never had an American order it. What Andrew got had sides of rice and beans, and a plate full of pork skins, boiled with cucumbers and topped with salsa verde (green sauce). Andrew is so picky about the amount of fat on a steak or chicken is eating a plate full of pork fat! I'll expecting him to be quite ill later. Each plate was about $3.00. We also went into a liquor store and found a small bottle of tequila, because everyone who goes to Mexico needs to buy a bottle of Tequila. We found this border crossing very different from other border crossings we've had. In El Paso, TX/Juarez, Mexico we found a big ugly city with desperate people trying to sell anything or begging for money. In Big Bend, TX we crossed into Santa Elena and Boquillas del Carmen and found tiny towns of a few hundred people, Boquillas didn't even have electricity (it was kind of strange seeing an adobe-mud building with a small solar panel outside).