Inbetween travels - Planning my next big trip: Generating the idea
Isn't that the way that all good travels start? An idea gets into your head and then you just can't stop thinking about it and you just HAVE to travel there so it stops messing with you head(=P)? Maybe not, but I think that's the way it works for me, unless I travel too often for it to happen. I have been thinking for a while that I want to travel to central america or the caribbean. First it started with my obsession for Panama, then it moved to Costa Rica until finally it was Cuba for New Year...sadly none of those trips managed to happen, but the idea is still there.
After looking at my recent travels, I realized it has been a while since I traveled outside of my own country (El Paso doesn't count) so that was when I said "my next trip should be outside Mexico". I was already planning going to Monterrey for December, because I want to travel somewhere at least two times a year, but going outside Mexico sounds better.
Then I looked at a map and said "well, my American visa will expire in a year, so I should probably stay away from there to avoid trouble." What was left? Central America, of course. As I don't have much money yet (being a full time student doesn't help at all) I decided I'd like to go to the closest Central American countries. I looked at my map again, and the idea was born: Travel to Guatemala and Belize.
Malanki's burger is a series of street stalls where you can go eat a hamburger at late hours of the night, they open at around 7pm and close at around 3 am. Many people is Ciudad Juarez like to eat Hamburgers from there, either before, while or after drinking and even if you're not going to drink at all.
This local business has grown so famous that most of the people in Juarez can tell you where the nearest Malanki's can be found.
I personally enjoy their hamburgers late at night just before heading back home, even if I haven't drinked at all. They have several types of Hamburgers along with Onion Rings, Nuggets, French Fries and other things.
There is a local newspaper called El Diario that every friday realeases an small magazine-like section with all the events that are going to happen for the week-ed and the week to come. The name of that maganize is Escape and it features articles of all the events, several places you can go (be it bars, clubs or restaurants) and sometimes review a few of the new movies for both Juarez and El Paso.
Luckily for you they have an online version available in:
http://www.diario.com.mx/especiales.php?nombre=Escape
Unluckily, it is only available in spanish, so if you don't know spanish, let me known about anything that might interest you and I could translate it for you.
