The Port of Ensenada, Mexico
I will not be posting again until Friday, when I return from three days in Ensenada, Baja California. Early tomorrow, I will be driving down to the San Ysidro border crossing and meeting my brother there. (He will be coming down from Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley.) At that point, I will hand over the wheel to Dan, who will drive us in my car down to Ensenada, which is something like an hour’s drive south of the border.
Although Ensenada is a major cruise port, we will not have to fight our way past boat people until 8 AM Thursday, when the USS Navigator of the Seas will begin disgorging 3,100 passengers right around the tiome we will be heading back to the border.
Why are we going to Ensenada? Why, for the fish tacos, of course. The city has a reputation for the best taco carts in Mexico, especially where seafood is concerned. When I return home, I expect to have developed gills to aid in my breathing.
Tarnmoor 
Reading your short piece reminded me of ourfirst cruise in 2007 when my Chinese Taiwan born wife and our three children travelled from Hanover, New Hampshire, to join her mother, father, four sisters, and their husbands and children for a short cruise down to Ensenada from Long Beach to celebrate my mother-in-law’s 80th birthday. Ensenada was our only stop. We enjoyed a scenic walk up to an expat community where there was a chilli tasting contest or festival taking place. I remember my dear wife who “likes it hot” went right for the hottest one. She barely touched her tongue to a small spoonful and almost passed out I just checked and found that the event we attended is an annual affair set to happen again this year on October 12. Enjoy your fish taccos y ten cuidado por los habaneros.
My brother and I are chile heads who love habaneros.