General Reports

[ItalianBWalls]

Sunday 6/17/18.

Woke up early, God only knows why. Walked to Restaurant 58. The walk was reasonable, but man seeing the zona norte this early was eerie, I was super paranoid. Seeing the sidewalks and the streets in the light of day with hardly any people around, I was struck with just how filthy the place is. How run down it looks. Restaurant 58 was delicious. They have a very varied menu and many types of smoothies. Cost hardly anything! Everyone was super excited because Mexico was playing soccer, I tried watching it, I really do not understand that sport. Got back to my room, napped. Eventually went around the block and found Carina I think her name was. Went for the typical 400 peso deal in her room. Had her bathe with wipes that I brought. Again, sweet, pretty. The room was 70 pesos and seemed clean. I like the beds in these rooms because they are lower and I can do standing mish and doggy, built for the short guys!

Ate from the taco cart on Nino's. Wow! Relaxed with a shrimp appetizer across the street, the place with a thatched roof, La Perla right? I like this place it feels like an oasis in the chaos, it seems really clean and the waitress was cute. She knew English too. Everyone was very excited about Mexico winning at soccer, trucks were flying around the block with Mexico flags honking their horns. People were in a great mood. I tried peeking in Hong Kong it was too slow, girls just were not interested. Went around the block instead found Tatiana or rather she grabbed me outside Ibiza. Now normally I don't like that. In fact there's a group of girls on one of the corners that will literally grab my hand and pull on me with their weight, they don't listen when I say no, I have to say let go now very firmly, and pull my hand hard before they do. Anyhow, Tatiana was really cute and turned out to be the best so far, I made a rookie mistake and forgot to ask for oral when I made my 400 peso bid, so was upcharged in the the room, a whole 200 pesos. Dammit. It was worth it though, excellent oral! Then she rode like a champ! 22 years old and claimed to have 3 kids, no stretch marks or anything. She was the most aggressive and active in the bedroom thus far. Ibiza is more like Adelitas and Hong Kong, I believe the room was 85 pesos then I had to tip the clean up guy.

The SGs I had so far were generally slim, short, small breasted (which I prefer) and all had girl next door faces. It was like every high school fantasy come true.

At this point I went to the casino in the Pueblo hotel. It's pretty nice, a smoking section and a non-smoking section. Table games are in the smoking section, the air wasn't as bad as Vegas though. It's odd, I wonder if the cigarettes Mexicans smoke just aren't as powerful? Cause it doesn't assault the senses as badly. Filtration seemed to be pretty good too. Anyhow, with a little luck, a lot of patience on their part, plus a small propina, I understood their system. You go to the cashier and exchange money for a slip with the amount written on it. Before that, however, you go to the girl sitting to the right of the cashiers and get your personal card. This is your ID and can be used on the machines as well. At the table games the dealer takes the paper and your ID to give you chips and check you in, respectively. There are both table games with American money used and table games with pesos. There is no currency exchange, as far as I can tell, so if you bring dollars you are stuck with American money tables. Same thing with Pesos. The ATM only dispenses pesos by the way. I was disappointed because as far as I could tell they didn't have holdem tournaments like I am used to. They did have Ultimate holdem where you play against the dealer. Everything on the felt was in Spanish and I had never played this game before, but with my translate app and 20 minutes of watching, plus a smiling patient dealer, I was set. Minimum bet is 30 pesos, Max is 500 pesos. At the American currency games they are a dollar and 50 dollars, if memory serves, it actually might go higher than that. So a gambler could bet pretty heavily if he wanted to. They have craps, roulette, three card poker, something called Spanish 21, and a couple of other table games that I don't recall offhand.

I spent about 800 pesos playing Ultimate Texas holdem and that killed about 4 hours. The dealer was freaking adorable, the stuff you wish your girlfriend was made of, all smiles and dimples while she takes all your money!

I decided to have dinner at Azuls thinking it would be convenient, since it was about 7:30 pm and getting dark. I waited for three hours and had to change my order twice for various reasons due to kitchen issues. Once they even brought me someone else' dinner. Eventually, I got Carn Azada, it was not worth the wait. I would personally not eat here again. The waiter was apologetic, but ultimately, I should have just gotten a couple of tacos from the taco cart on ninos.

I went into Hong Kong it was a steady kind of busy. I sat at the bar and tried to entice girls to let me fondle them for dollar propinas. It was more difficult than I thought. Many girls just took my dollar and walked off, I guess I have ATM tattooed on my forehead or something. The girls dancing would sometimes be very friendly for the propina. Others would just do nothing, one even told me she wanted two dollars to take off her top, I walked away. I did see the foam show and a poor unfortunate fella that got dragged on stage. That was interesting. I left after a couple hours thinking that perhaps Hong Kong just wasn't for me, nothing wrong with that, after all everyone has their preference.

Next morning (Monday), again way too early, I walked around the block. I saw Tatiana, decided to repeat with her, making sure to discuss all of the particulars for a reasonable 400 pesos this time. The girl was laughing, she had no shame. Thus the game I suppose.

At this point I headed to San Diego for a couple of days to explore, sightsee, and recharge.

[ItalianBWalls]

Hey all,

First I want to apologize to those I was supposed to meet, I was dog tired by the time I managed to cross the border around 8 and I admit I did not do nearly enough research regarding phone use out of country, I only had access to WiFi and I did not want to incur roaming charges. In the future I will endeavor to be accessible because I do believe that making mongering friends is important.

Saturday 6/16/18.

Hong Kong room is nice, they didn't have the safe key which was a bit disappointing considering that if my debit card is stolen from the room I was out of luck. I kept my debit card reasonably hidden in my bag using it to grab pesos out of the ATM only.

You guys are spoiled! Every other street girl I saw was adorable, a lot of them were gorgeous. I must have circled the block 5 times just being a looky loo! Perhaps that was only because it was Saturday.

I went into Hong Kong it was way too crowded. A wall of sound and humanity. Same with Adelitas. Decided to wait until Sunday, perhaps I would be better suited to the slower times.

My first ever Alley walk I tried to take up a SG, I want to say Kathy maybe? A surprisingly American name. She has green eyes and braces. In my room, she wanted payment up front. I said after (despues) she was adamant, she got into that defiant stance that girls adopt. She went into a tirade of mixed English and Spanish the gist of it is that men rip her off, I tried to respond that she has the police on her side, she was not budging. I asked her to leave. She demanded a tip for walking up with me, it's hard because of heels she says (we took the elevator). I said no. She left, but not before shooting a glare my way that could melt glass.

I felt like a bastard. I was asking myself if I should have just went with it, after all ultimately it's only 20 bucks. I actually kept my eye out for her to maybe apologize and give her 5 dollars or something, I didn't see her again though. I guess I just didn't want to come across as a mark and every warning bell in my head was clanging. I'm sure you fellas will let me know how I could have dealt with that better. So far my trip was starting a bit on the rough side.

I decided to eat. Went to the wrong taco cart, cause I had my streets mixed up, but the spicy shrimp taco I had was pretty darn good. Cheese on shrimp, that's a new one for me.

I circled the block again a bit later, found Daniella, short adorable reminded me of a college crush, don't they all? I like how many of these chicas are dark, then wear bright red lipstick, and have big white smiles, it's actually hot. She was very amenable we negotiated 800 pesos for an hour, she showered, I felt unrushed and she was very sweet. A very good deal gave her a small propina for being sweet and patient, she didn't ask about the money after negotiating, it was implicitly understood that I pay after. Went to bed with a smile on my face, my dry spell was finally over.

[Jim0129]

Hi,

I will be landing in San Diego tomorrow morning and driving to the border to park my rental car and stay Saturday night. It has been years since being able to go there and I am looking forward to it. Since I will have some time I would like to get a good massage. Does anyone have some insight on massages?

Thanks!

Jim.

I can recomend Namaste Spa, it's almos on the corner of 3rd and Revolucion, right next to a taco place, very clean and professional, also Serenity Spa which runs a $20 dll's special, its on revolucion between 3rd and 4th, but this one is a little difficult to get in because its very cheap. Finally, Vivamex Spa, also on Revolucion between 3rd and 4th this is mi last resort, the girls give a good massage but the installations need to be updated, they are a little old.

Hope this helps.

[StRobert]

Anybody but Capt. Solo please answer. When I looked a week age they had the Mexico World Cup game as 11 am Pst.

I looked today and it says 8 a. M. Is 8 the correct time pst.

The match Mexico-Korea starts at 8 AM pacific time. You can watch live on Telemundo (Spanish) or Fox (English). Link https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/.

[PurpleD]

Anybody but Capt. Solo please answer. When I looked a week age they had the Mexico World Cup game as 11 am Pst.

I looked today and it says 8 a. M. Is 8 the correct time pst.

Game is at 8 am.

[TomJackin]

Anybody but Capt. Solo please answer. When I looked a week age they had the Mexico World Cup game as 11 am Pst.

I looked today and it says 8 a. M. Is 8 the correct time pst.

11 am:

https://www.google.com/search?ei=RoUtW9uUBIj4tAXm24SgBw&q=world+cup+2018+schedule+pacific+time&oq=world+cup+mexico+pacific+time&gs_l=psy-ab.1.2.0i71k1l8.0.0.0.13151.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c..64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.NuVXEuI8qeU

[Baxter Slade]

[Deleted by Admin] When I looked a week age they had the Mexico World Cup game as 11 am Pst.

I looked today and it says 8 a. M. Is 8 the correct time pst.

[Bonifire]

If I can provide a link. Check this one is good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVho3I0NtU Maradona goal of the century. The legendary live commentary by Victor Hugo Morales. Argentina - England 2-1 (year 1986.)

Thanks for the link!

[MongerHunger]

That's if you convert $1000.00 into 20,000 pesos, so if you did $500 you would only gain 250 pesos, my time is worth more than that, IMHO.

It doesn't matter what amount of dollars you exchange, you start saving money immediately when you spend pesos. It is worth the very short time to take advantage of the exchange rate and get some pesos.

[Aceite]

That's if you convert $1000.00 into 20,000 pesos, so if you did $500 you would only gain 250 pesos, my time is worth more than that, IMHO.

500 pesos is 25 $ so its worth the 5 minutes to me. I toss money around like its nothing but I don't leave any on the table.

[Urfikhan]

How long do you think it takes to walk into a Cambio and buy pesos?

I've done it numerous times in less than 1 minute.

Sometimes there's a line, and then it might take as long as 2 or 3 minutes. I would pass on a long line since, on my walks, there are always other cambios with tiny or no lines.

Actually the last time I had to wait in line at a cambio for 15 minutes, whereas at BBVA bancomer ATM the wait was less than 2 minutes. Also got the better rate at the ATM by 1.5 peso / $. Planned my trip in such a way that it only took an extra 5 min walk once I got off the shuttle at Centro. But if planning is not your thing, and you are in a hurry, the cambio near HK may be the way to go.

[TomJackin]

That's if you convert $1000.00 into 20,000 pesos, so if you did $500 you would only gain 250 pesos, my time is worth more than that, IMHO.

If the clubs are using 17 to 1, then it is really worth the time.

[ScatManDoo]

That's if you convert $1000.00 into 20,000 pesos, so if you did $500 you would only gain 250 pesos, my time is worth more than that, IMHO.

How long do you think it takes to walk into a Cambio and buy pesos?

I've done it numerous times in less than 1 minute.

Sometimes there's a line, and then it might take as long as 2 or 3 minutes. I would pass on a long line since, on my walks, there are always other cambios with tiny or no lines.

[Mr Enternational]

I just crossed over into Tijuana. After I was processed, I went right to the bathroom as usual. But this time the cleaning lady said I had to leave my backpack outside. I said since when. She said that has always been the case. I didn't argue and was uneasy about it, but I did it. I would hate for something to be put into my bag before going through that xray machine.

[MongerHunger]

I remember when the exchange rate was 10 pesos for $1 USD. Back then chicas went for 100 pesos or $10 USD in Boystown. When the rate rose you could get a chica for less than $10 USD because they still quoted 100 pesos. Those were the days of the 100 peso chicas!