Los Algodones, Sonora, Mexico
January 21, 2012
Yesterday Mary and I walked across the border into Los Algodones, Sonora, Mexico. Why did we do that…you ask? So Mary could visit her dentist.
It’s reputed that within a four block radius there are more pharmacies, doctors, dentists and opticians here, than a similar four block area anywhere else in the world! Daily thousands of American and Canadian Snowbirds visit Los Algodones. I’ve been here a number of times…Mary first went there with me in 2009.
It can take as long as 2-3 hours later in the day to wait in line to cross back into the United States. The secret is to go early…get your business done…leave early. I abandoned Los Algodones dentists a number of years ago. My dentist is now in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico…about 20 miles south of Yuma, Arizona. I visited him about one month ago.
Here are some photos I took while Los Algodones…
As always you may click upon a photo to see and enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…
Walking towards the border crossing…
If you bring guns or ammunition into Mexico…you may never be seen again…
Immediately after crossing into Los Algodones…
There are LOTS of signs like these all over Los Agodones…
Here’s photo of Mary in 2009 standing in front of her then dentist’s office…
Thanks to Mary and her oldest son Ken, her dentist now has a nice, new office…
Right next door to her dentist’s office is Maria’s Factory…
A pretty painted restaurant…
With a nice courtyard…
A typical street scene…
In a small central plaza…
Trinkets of all sorts can be found…
You can also watch artistic painters working with spray cans painting pretty scenes on satellite dishes…
We stopped at our favorite eating place. You can see Mary in the background…
You cannot beat the house policy…
After you are done eating you can step in the back to wash your hands…
Lots of places to buy booze…
Lots of pharmacies…
Another typical street scene…
And then you get in line to return to the United States. It wasn’t too bad…only about a twenty-minute wait…
Unfortunately Mary needs one more appointment…so next Monday we’ll once again return to Los Algodones, Sonora, Mexico. Hopefully that will conclude Mary’s dental activity and we can head on out to the Great adventure on Tuesday. If you do not know what the Great Adventure is…you can find out by clicking this link…
http://wp.me/pDCku-3lE
To find out all about Los Algodones, click this Wikipedia link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Algodones
Here’s a good description of Los Algodones…
http://gosw.about.com/od/southwestmiscellaneous/a/Algodones.htm
All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
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Really interesting posts, Jim and Mary. I had no idea it was so common to cross the border for medical/dental needs. Thanks for sharing your adventures, I hope to be on the road having my own someday soon!
do you know when the “goodbye” snowbird party is? We had a fun time at the welcome party and want to come again this Srping.
Sorry, no. You should be able to find that info online.
We are going next week, what is the name of that restaurant or what is it near. We ate in a courtyard, was good, but just did not seem as authentic as the place you ate at.
Hi Terri,
I’m sorry I cannot remember the name of the place. The best I can do is…two streets in (A street?), second block to the right,,,on the right there are two eating places side-byside with chicken grills out front. On the inside there is a big sign running along the wall that says something like…If you do not like the food, you do not have to pay”. Hope you find it! Jim
Been going here for two years now for dental work and eyeglasses! Not to mention the savings on my perscription meds! Wonderful, clean friendly place. We love it! Will try and find your favorite restaurant!
Okay…hope you find it.