General Reports

[Rambo1969]

Any recent reports about whether the passport book gets stamped if you cross the border on foot?

A related question: if you make a day trip just to visit Zona Norte, where do you keep your passport book? I guess I can keep it in the Front pocket of my jeans, but it feels a bit risky.

Yes passport gets stamped as a general rule of thumb. But I know you can talk them into not doing it.

I get my passport stamped in the same two pages every time. So no one can tell when I visited.

I always carry passport and most of my cash in a pouch that is attached to a lanyard. And I tuck it under my shirt. Not accessible by pickpockets.

[Nothing24]

Was going to go down to TJ last night but ended up taking a big tittie Asian girl up for a test drive here in San Diego. Sex was covered but got DFK + BBBJ included, total damage was $190 for hhr. Hands down the biggest pair of natural tits I've ever seen on an Asian. A little pricier than what I spend on a HK girl but saved the gas and hassle of traveling into Mexico and dealing with the line, didnt have to tip anybody and didnt have to deal with meseros hounding me for drinks. An old coworker of mine asked if I could accompany him down to the zona this Saturday so I'll probably hold off on going until then.

[Intelligencium]

Having nice clean clothes or bags will get you stopped for your passport. Now if you walk on the foreigner side of the line, there's 50% chance they will stamp your passport. If you ask them to not stamp your passport, 100% they will stamp it.

Well, that's depressing. I guess I need reasons to visit Tijuana that will sound good to wife, if she checks my passport. Do you guys know of other good reasons? Sight seeing? Beaches?

Any insight on where I should keep my passport book? Front pocket of jeans? Should I buy a money belt.

Thanks!

[SpeedToys]

That is incorrect.

Ok. Who does?

[Dogers69]

Gentlemen,

Any recent reports about whether the passport book gets stamped if you cross the border on foot?

Unfortunately I don't have time to get either Passport Card (traveling internationally in 1. 5 month and looks like the passport card application needs me to send the passport book). I applied for Global Entry, but their online tracker is showing a 4-5 month processing time.

Ideally I would not like to get my passport book stamped if possible. FWIW, I a California REAL ID drivers license, which I am assuming does not count as Enhanced ID for re-entry.

A related question: if you make a day trip just to visit Zona Norte, where do you keep your passport book? I guess I can keep it in the Front pocket of my jeans, but it feels a bit risky.

Thank you!

Put passport in zip lock bag and wear a pair of the thinnest shorts you can find that has a zippered pocket. Pocket needs to be on the thigh or front not the back pocket or it will fall. Apart if you keep doing this method. It looks weird when. I have to dig it out but at least I don't lose it.

I was robbed of my passport card so I just got the book after that.

[Rambo1969]

If you don't want to wait, keep in mind that gas, food, rents, pussies and everything else have gone up in prices with inflation after CoVid. If you take taxis consider to give them more than the $5 fare that was 20 years ago.

I disagree. The money in pesos has gone up from 16 to 18 per USD. So that $5 has gone from 80 to 90 pesos.

That should be enough for the short ride when compared to Uber.

But these days I only take the limo from HK and my $3 tip does the trick.

[Fmojo]

Grand is more expensive than the PA. Recently stayed in both. PA is plagued with noise on all sides.

You might want to check out Agoda. I just booked a room at the Grand for this Friday and the rate was $87 (plus taxes). The PA is showing $155 (plus taxes).

[BigFloppieDonk]

Booked my flight, ended up coming in sat. Early to LAX on the 20th and leaving Tues afternoon. Looking to book Cascadas sat-Tues any rooms recommended? Sat will be full price but with vip card I can get discount sun and Mon. Does vip card work on suites? Would a suite give girls GPS?

[BrotherMouzone]

I don't use taxi anymore, now I use "Zona Shuttle" to Hong Kong and back to the border. Good service and I tip $3 one way. At the border, the Hong Kong limo parks by the office (big Zona Shuttle sign). If you are returning to the border, from Hong Kong, report to the Hong Kong employee outside on the sidewalk and he will call a Hong Kong limo for you. Tip driver around $3.

I've always tipped $2, never had any issues. Been a long, long while since I've taken a taxi from the border. I pretty much always either take the Zona Shuttle or the 15-peso (or $1 where the taxi driver will give you I think 5 pesos or so in change if you want it) shared taxis. I'm trying to make more of an effort to learn the shared taxi routes as I guess you can pretty much get wherever in Tijuana would want to go if you really know those routes, LOL. I know how to take the shared taxis from pretty much anywhere in Tijuana back to the Zona Norte area at this point as it seems you can always find a shared taxi going to Zona Centro (Revolucion), just need to get better going the other way.

Yeah, I guess taxi fares are up to $7 at this point, which is a rip-off, but somewhat understandable given inflation and rising gas costs. But I've just stopped dealing with the yellow taxis period. If I don't know the shared taxi route, I'll just use Uber / Didi.

[Captain Solo]

20 years ago Yellow taxis insisted on $5 from the border to La Zona. They got nasty when guys negotiated for less. They do have to pay the city steep fees for licenses and parking rights, but I hated to have to deal with the rude, nasty Yellow cabbies.

At night I used to walk down the street with 3 fingers stick out. In a few minutes a Taxi Libre would pick me up for that fare, but I usually give them $5 or more anyway. Or during day time I would take the shared taxi to Constitucion for $1.

HK's Border Shuttle free limousines wait near Ped East's taxi stand. Uber rides are cheap from border to La Zona, about $3 to 4 depending on peak time. We rode Uber from HK to Hippodromo for $6, about 7 to 8 miles away. Just before CoVid half dozen cabbies chased after and beat up SoCal guys who booked Uber at the border and taunted them, an incident that caused alarms among officials in City Hall. So you should be discreet.

If you don't want to wait, keep in mind that gas, food, rents, pussies and everything else have gone up in prices with inflation after CoVid. If you take taxis consider to give them more than the $5 fare that was 20 years ago.

[Captain Solo]

The sign says parking all day $10. That lot is busy, usually full. I have never parked there.

Twice I was in the area, guys were running out screaming their cars were broken into, one guy's BMW could not be started. A wingman's Tesla was broken into, a bag of orange stolen, nothing else. The parking attendants could not do anything. So take your own risks.

[Dogers69]

Gentlemen,

Any recent reports about whether the passport book gets stamped if you cross the border on foot?

Unfortunately I don't have time to get either Passport Card (traveling internationally in 1. 5 month and looks like the passport card application needs me to send the passport book). I applied for Global Entry, but their online tracker is showing a 4-5 month processing time.

Ideally I would not like to get my passport book stamped if possible. FWIW, I a California REAL ID drivers license, which I am assuming does not count as Enhanced ID for re-entry.

A related question: if you make a day trip just to visit Zona Norte, where do you keep your passport book? I guess I can keep it in the Front pocket of my jeans, but it feels a bit risky.

Thank you!

If you cross by foot and are Latino, and don't have bags and dress in your worst clothes you can cross on the Mexican side especially from 2 pm tob8 pm when everyone is returning from work. Having nice clean clothes or bags will get you stopped for your passport. Now if you walk on the foreigner side of the line, there's 50% chance they will stamp your passport. If you ask them to not stamp your passport, 100% they will stamp it. I've tried. If you are very determined to not get q stamp you can simply say you left your passport home and would like to buy the 1 day 20 dollar pass. Its really a bribe to let you in but you can't call it a bribe. They give you no paperwork nor ask to see your ID I don't believe but bring a license at least.

[AmericanPi]

Whoa hold the mic.

There is parking for 10 dollars a day? Are you sure?

I have tried a lot of parking spots and I cannot find one that charges less than like 30 or 40 bucks for each overnight and then they keep charging anew in the morning. Every overnight trip costs me 60 to 80 dollars in parking fees if I get there at noon and leave the next evening.

Say more of this 10 dólar a day parking.

There are not too many direct flights anymore. Quickest way is to rent a car in LAX, drive down in 2 hours, park behind the Burger King on San Ysidro Blvd for $10 a day.

With warm weather, a number of hot girls are working the street. Street girls are nice, conservative small town girls compared to bar girls who are slick and jaded, too many tattooed ghetto girls.

Casual clothes are OK. Dress like you are going out to eat. Jeans are acceptable. A wingman dresses shabby but blows a couple thousands a night on girls. Girls cling onto him, showing him lots of love hehe.

[AmericanPi]

You need a passport. Real ID won't work.

They do not stamp your book. They barely look at it.

Get that passport card. So much better. For the future. Just to be able to keep it in your wallet.

Gentlemen,

Any recent reports about whether the passport book gets stamped if you cross the border on foot?

Unfortunately I don't have time to get either Passport Card (traveling internationally in 1. 5 month and looks like the passport card application needs me to send the passport book). I applied for Global Entry, but their online tracker is showing a 4-5 month processing time.

Ideally I would not like to get my passport book stamped if possible. FWIW, I a California REAL ID drivers license, which I am assuming does not count as Enhanced ID for re-entry.

A related question: if you make a day trip just to visit Zona Norte, where do you keep your passport book? I guess I can keep it in the Front pocket of my jeans, but it feels a bit risky.

[TjBrazil]

How much is everyone paying now for taxi service from border to zona norte? The white taxis were now quoting me $10!

Just a year ago it was $5-6. I walked around for a bit and got one guy to do it for $8.

It seems like they are all colluding to quote $10 now. Wtf.

They are all colluding. They quoted me 10 too. I had to ask a few to get 7.00. They all seem to turn down five now. You just get tired and give in.