[QUOTE=Phordphan;1990610]Frankly, $100 for 30 minutes in a somewhat shabby room is stupid money in Mexico.
Some guys like strip clubs, some don't. But the zona, in general, is a shithole, and there really is no other description. The bars can be fun, in small doses, but the continual hustles, rip-offs and cons get really old really fast. Not to mention the risk of being jacked by the cops, the omnipresent drug dealers, etc. There are good reasons why lots of guys don't like to hang out much in the zona.
Musas sounds like a rip-off to me. They are discussed in another thread here, too. No face pix until you're a repeat customer? Really? Girls taking loooooong showers while on the clock? I don't use agencies anyway, but if I did this one certainly wouldn't be one.
But the benefit of screwing up your courage, of growing a pair and contacting a girl who advertises on the Internet directly can pay big benefits. Sure she may flake. But she may turn out to offer excellent service. You may not be in a club with pounding music but you won't be hassled by waiters peddling $9 mini-beers. You'll have a nice king-size bed and no annoying knock after 20 minutes. You'll have at least an hour, and usually quite a bit more (at least in my experience).
To each his own, there is no wrong way to do it. But if you're only going to HK, yes, you're missing something.[/QUOTE]I don't usually contribute, I just read your posts, but since I am a local and have used musas a lot I need to contribute, agencies are usually used by locals, people who have something to lose if they are seen in the bars, it is discreet and yes, musas will start sending you face pictures once you have been established as a discreet and reliable client because the girls who work in agencies are also interested in keeping their identity hidden.
There is a little bit of everything in Tijuana, I am glad that I have the option to party all night if I want to, or just relax in a private room with a girl.