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[Baxter Slade]

I was just made aware that I can't get PM's unless I'm a senor member or I pay for the membership, so I will be paying for a subscription later today, I intend to increase my Tijuana visits and would like to get to know some cool people to hang with while down there.

Hola QL I wanted to PM you some info, but still no PM abilities. WHATS UP?

[Spinneritas]

I was just made aware that I can't get PM's unless I'm a senor member or I pay for the membership, so I will be paying for a subscription later today, I intend to increase my Tijuana visits and would like to get to know some cool people to hang with while down there.

Me too, I'll be paid up this weekend and want to find some buddies to show me the clubs. I've only been with the paraditas so far.

[Quick Love]

I was just made aware that I can't get PM's unless I'm a senor member or I pay for the membership, so I will be paying for a subscription later today, I intend to increase my Tijuana visits and would like to get to know some cool people to hang with while down there.

-I did question the taxi driver why he was charging me that much when it should only be $5 per location. And he was giving me a hard time explaining why. He seemed cool up to that point. And I didn't really want him to wait for me, but he offered and I didn't expect to be that long.

Like I said this is a cautionary tale, when you go so often to Tijuana you may forget about some of the rules because nothing ever happens to you, and you become complacent. But you can't let down your guard because thats when someone is just waiting to take advantage of you.

[Keg]

Hi all,

There is a treasure trove of travel tips in here in General Reports, so I've been reading the fine forum in order to not be a stoopid Americano tourista.

I'm planning a visit for a couple days in April and would like to know if the quality & quantity of working girls decrease during the days leading up to Easter Sunday? I am aware that many Mexicans are Catholic and was wondering if they might go home & visit family, and choose not to work in observance of Good Friday through Easter Sunday.

Should I visit before just before Easter or immediately following Easter? If I do make it to Tijuana then I will certainly be posting reports here on ISG.

Thanks in advance,

BR

BR,

Good question. Certain days in that timeframe can have an effect on chicas working, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter.

You are correct in assuming that many chicas are Catholic and may observe those days, but not to the effect that it shuts down business. There's always chicas making money, even during holidays.

Visiting before or after a holiday is just about the same, because if a chica intends to skip work, she'll want to make money before, and then upon return want to get back in the grove making money.

You should be fine.

Cheers,

Keg

[BigRiddah]

Hi all,

There is a treasure trove of travel tips in here in General Reports, so I've been reading the fine forum in order to not be a stoopid Americano tourista.

I'm planning a visit for a couple days in April and would like to know if the quality & quantity of working girls decrease during the days leading up to Easter Sunday? I am aware that many Mexicans are Catholic and was wondering if they might go home & visit family, and choose not to work in observance of Good Friday through Easter Sunday.

Should I visit before just before Easter or immediately following Easter? If I do make it to Tijuana then I will certainly be posting reports here on ISG.

Thanks in advance,

BR

[Guitarrefreak]

Don't cut yourself short buddy. You are highly intelligent and have done a great job with the time you have. Give yourself some credit.

You are a little naive though! But you learn by trial and error like everybody else.

Hey what up buddy, when are you coming back?

I got face covers now for the massage table.

[Artisttyp]

I speak horrible spanish,

Don't cut yourself short buddy. You are highly intelligent and have done a great job with the time you have. Give yourself some credit.

You are a little naive though! But you learn by trial and error like everybody else.

[Guitarrefreak]

My opinions of similar situations evolved over time

First off, I am definitely not a local, and I speak horrible spanish, but it makes the girls (and sometimes guys) laugh so what the fuck, I don't care, I have also being pulled over by cops a few times driving down there and was able to maintain a reasonably courteous conversation and not have them rob me or give me shit.

Introduction complete.

For taxis and meseros, they are always trying to push your limits, obviously, $50 is a very high price, you may or may not have tried to reason with him but it is water under the bridge, point is, did you ask him politely (and perhaps sarcastically) if he was really serious? When someone gives me shit like that, I ask him, do I look like a tourist? You don't think I know how much this should cost? Most of the time this shuts them up completely and they will offer me something reasonable or ask me what I would like to pay.

Or did you just fork over the money like he asked? In that case, hopefully this is a lesson well learnt.

I used to be naive (still am, in some cases) and just chose the path of least resistance, being there for a while has certainly toughened me up a little, and I don't put up with as much shit as I used to.

Nothing that I have said is intended to make you feel like shit (sorry, forgot who the original poster is while writing this) , but the lesson learnt, and I shall quote from a movie I like very much, boiler room, in which ben affleck's character says "behave as if"

Happy mongering.

You paid $50. You got robbed. I would have welcomed the police. But then again I also am a Mexican / American and would have straight up told him to fuck off. No disrespect but he saw a sucker and took advantage of it. In Tijuana always talk price before anything happens. Talk to these guys with confidence and don't be afraid to say no and be firm with them. This includes the chicas when negotiating. Walk and talk like you've been there before.

[ItsMeBeyatch]

You paid $50. You got robbed. I would have welcomed the police. But then again I also am a Mexican / American and would have straight up told him to fuck off. No disrespect but he saw a sucker and took advantage of it. In Tijuana always talk price before anything happens. Talk to these guys with confidence and don't be afraid to say no and be firm with them. This includes the chicas when negotiating. Walk and talk like you've been there before.

I plan to go back to Tijuana at the end of March if any chill monger friends want to hang out let me know. 1st rounds on me. (PM me) , but to add to my not so pleasent experience. Watch out with the Taxi drivers, I've been so used to just paying $5 for the taxi rides to get anywhere. I don't always tell the "$5 esta bien" so there was one instance where the taxi driver took me to my hotel and then he said he would wait for me to check in and take me to Adelitas so not thinking much about it I said ok. I checked in then took my bag to my room and went downstairs probably about 15-20min went by. Then he took me to Adelitas, once there I was thinking I'll give this guy $10 since it was 2 places he took me to (the hotel and the club) as I was giving him $10 he said no its $50. I said "what" its always been $5. And he gave me some crap about waiting for me etc. So after a little back and forth I gave him the $50, I wasn't sure what I could've done in that case. I didn't want to get into a fight over this and have the police called. And another time going from the hotel to Hong Kong the driver charged me $7, while pointing to a chart he had attached to his dash showing $7. So dammit, next time I'm down there I will make sure I ask them everytime to confirm, and if they ever wait for me. If they want to wait for me I'll let them know I'm not paying extra.

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[LukeSkywalker]

I was in Tijuana during the New year holidays, hanging out in the bars and the alley.

There were about half a dozen beggars, including an old woman in a wheel chair, who would follow me around, begging noisily and were very annoying. Around the tacos stalls, there were different guys who would beg for money or tacos. I could not eat in peace. I just ignored them like other Mexicans.

1 hairy, scrawny, filthy, old guy was following me all around the block, speaking fairly good English, giving me all kinds of shit about how I was too cheap to give him change. I just hate these stupid lazy begging assholes.

He was so invasive and annoying, he really pissed me off. So I turned around and told him loudly " FUCK OFF! POLICIAS!" He immediately shut up and walked away. The next night he found me wandering in the alley but just looked at me with fear without even approaching.

So calling policias to stop harassing beggars should work. I used it on other beggars and they left me alone. If you even give them a dime, next time they will remember you and target you again.

My local friends told me the people who parade children around the tacos stands begging for food or money have been arrested. So you no longer see them begging there.

Put the policias to work for you so they have less time and energy harassing and stealing from gringos and putas.

[Phordphan]

I plan to go back to Tijuana at the end of March if any chill monger friends want to hang out let me know. 1st rounds on me. (PM me) , but to add to my not so pleasent experience. Watch out with the Taxi drivers, I've been so used to just paying $5 for the taxi rides to get anywhere. I don't always tell the "$5 esta bien" so there was one instance where the taxi driver took me to my hotel and then he said he would wait for me to check in and take me to Adelitas so not thinking much about it I said ok. I checked in then took my bag to my room and went downstairs probably about 15-20min went by. Then he took me to Adelitas, once there I was thinking I'll give this guy $10 since it was 2 places he took me to (the hotel and the club) as I was giving him $10 he said no its $50. I said "what" its always been $5. And he gave me some crap about waiting for me etc. So after a little back and forth I gave him the $50, I wasn't sure what I could've done in that case. I didn't want to get into a fight over this and have the police called. And another time going from the hotel to Hong Kong the driver charged me $7, while pointing to a chart he had attached to his dash showing $7. So dammit, next time I'm down there I will make sure I ask them everytime to confirm, and if they ever wait for me. If they want to wait for me I'll let them know I'm not paying extra.

Don't take this the wrong way, but do you have a "Kick Me" sign attached to your back? For a guy who's been there 8 times already, you're making some seriously newbie mistakes. So, as Principal Strickland said,"Here's a nickel's worth of free advice."

First, there are about 50, 000, 000 taxis in greater Tijuana. You certainly don't need to have one wait for you. If you truly do, you discuss how many stops you're going to make, your intended destination, and then come to a price. Otherwise, just let him go and get another when you're ready.

Now as far as the $7 goes, where was your hotel? IIRC, you were staying at Camino Real? Was this a Yellow (or Economico) taxi, or a Taxi Libre? A $7 fare, from just past Plaza Rio (the location of Camino Real) to the Zona Norte, is about what an Economico will charge, as their fares are based on zones. You can't get "anywhere" in Tijuana for $5. It doesn't work that way, and prices vary depending on which taxis you're using and the distance involved.

[Quick Love]

So I have been to Tijuana at least 8 times now over the last few years, I love that place, it's a grown man's paradise. And I have never had any problems. I stick to the rules, don't act out of line and don't do anything stupid. This last visit was still awesome except I had some bad things go down. First of while in the strip club dolce cabana, I lost or someone stole at least $600. That really sucked but I sucked that up to my own mistake, not keeping tighter grip on my money. But then later that morning after leaving the club probably around 6am when the sun was barely up I was walking on the sidewalk when someone snatched my gold chain from around my neck. I suspect he was scoping me out while I was in the clubs because I kept my chain inside myself shirt. But as I was walking down the sidewalk I felt a quick jerk from behind and before I knew what was happening this scumbag was running off, I tried to run after him but he got away. So sad, because this chain was of sentimental value as my mother gave me that chain over 20years ago. And to top it all off I made the stupid decision in staying In a very high priced hotel in one of there best rooms (Camino Real) I was paying $200 a night, I later kicked myself on why I did that when last time I was in a decent room at hotel America for only $45 a night. Oh well, these are all lessons I learn so next time I'll be a lot more cautious and smarter in my future trips.

I plan to go back to Tijuana at the end of March if any chill monger friends want to hang out let me know. 1st rounds on me. (PM me) , but to add to my not so pleasent experience. Watch out with the Taxi drivers, I've been so used to just paying $5 for the taxi rides to get anywhere. I don't always tell the "$5 esta bien" so there was one instance where the taxi driver took me to my hotel and then he said he would wait for me to check in and take me to Adelitas so not thinking much about it I said ok. I checked in then took my bag to my room and went downstairs probably about 15-20min went by. Then he took me to Adelitas, once there I was thinking I'll give this guy $10 since it was 2 places he took me to (the hotel and the club) as I was giving him $10 he said no its $50. I said "what" its always been $5. And he gave me some crap about waiting for me etc. So after a little back and forth I gave him the $50, I wasn't sure what I could've done in that case. I didn't want to get into a fight over this and have the police called. And another time going from the hotel to Hong Kong the driver charged me $7, while pointing to a chart he had attached to his dash showing $7. So dammit, next time I'm down there I will make sure I ask them everytime to confirm, and if they ever wait for me. If they want to wait for me I'll let them know I'm not paying extra.

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[Baxter Slade]

Hey guys what's the deal with the passport card. At Otay Mesa I heard the wait time on a Sat afternoon was like 5 min if you had the card. Is the wait similarly short at San Ysidro? Is this correct that I have to send off my current passport in the mail and they will return it with the card?

If you don't want to send in your passport, maybe because you want to use it in the mean time. You can send your birth certificate along with the application. After everything is done they will mail it back to you.

[SleazySteve]

I agree with you Phord. Once I was walking around the block of HK and AD etc, a shoe polishing guy, speaking excellent English bugged me all the way from LC around the block to PB club. By that time, he was so pissed that I still refused to let him Polish my shoes, he started cursing."Hey you have the money to pay for pussies and you wouldn't even spare a dollar to help me feed my family" and so on. So I took out a dollar and shut him up.

I will say that last time I was in Tijuana I got the best shoe shine of my life on the sidewalk outside HK. The guy really did a great job.

Hey guys what's the deal with the passport card. At Otay Mesa I heard the wait time on a Sat afternoon was like 5 min if you had the card. Is the wait similarly short at San Ysidro? Is this correct that I have to send off my current passport in the mail and they will return it with the card?

Thanks to the poster with the review of Cien Anos. I've been curious about that place but I can't seem to get away from Villa Saverios, its my absolute fav.

[Leo Ryder]

Sometimes it's worth a buck to get these annoying parasites off your back, even though it's against every principle I can think of. He was probably a drug-addicted deportee, hence the good English and accent.

I agree with you Phord. Once I was walking around the block of HK and AD etc, a shoe polishing guy, speaking excellent English bugged me all the way from LC around the block to PB club. By that time, he was so pissed that I still refused to let him Polish my shoes, he started cursing."Hey you have the money to pay for pussies and you wouldn't even spare a dollar to help me feed my family" and so on. So I took out a dollar and shut him up.