''South of the Border". The middle of the way from New York to Miami by car

How to drive 1300 miles (this is about 2250 km) from New York to Miami in one direction and do not get crazy? Correctly! You need to take a breaks! Because of this, there are many cafes, fast food restaurants near the road in America. Also there are special rest areas with toilets, soft drinks, pavilions with tables and benches in nature. Each break takes about an hour, they need to be made every 2-3 hours. However, and this is not enough. Therefore, there is a special place called ''South of the Border" approximately in the middle of the way on the border of South and North Carolina, where all the tourists make a great stop.

What is the ''South of the Border"? This is a Mexican-style complex with hotels, gas stations, cafes and restaurants with Mexican cuisine, Mexican souvenir shops, attractions, a mini-golf course and even an exhibition of reptiles. The symbol of ''South of the Border" is the Mexican Pedro, whose figure is here on every corner. And also cactuses, sombreros... You can not only to stop and eat here, but often people stay in hotels for the night.

There are also those who arrange for themselves in ''South of the Border" a piece of rest - are photographed, ride on attractions, in general, do not rush to Miami. We do not belong to such people. We already bought a hotel, so we rushed to MIami "on all the pairs", so that the days would not go away (hotels in Miami Beach are several times more expensive per night than the hotels of ''South of the Border" ). Back to New York, too, we went fast. In the Big Apple we were waited for work )))

''South of the Border" was built in 1950 by Alan Schafer. It was started with a beer shop, then Shafer added a refueling, a cocktail store, a Mexican souvenir shop and a hotel. As an advertisement, the businessman used sombrero at first, and then added the Mexican, Pedro. The topic of Mexico, Alan Schafer used for good reason, he often went to this country, as he led the import business. One day, Schafer returned from Mexico with two men whom he took as servants. Their names were Pedro and Pancho. And the image of Pedro appeared.

Mexican food. You have a great opportunity to taste Mexican dishes here - tamale (pie from corn and beef), tacos (this is when the beans roll, beans, lettuce, tomato, beef), fried potatoes with peel and much more. Although, from my own experience, I can say that we tried the better Mexican before )))

P.S. We twice passed this complex around 10-11pm. Therefore, I post only night photos.