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[Member #4450]

Yeah I was in TJ last weekend. I just hadn't written about it because I've been pretty busy. But now I have some free time. So let me dive into this. I went last Sunday, Sept 22nd. I've never been there on a Sunday. Up till now it's always been Saturdays. Sundays isn't bad because it isn't very crowded like a Saturday. I was originally going Saturday but I had to work. Plus it rained Saturday. Sunday was partially cloudy with a slight breeze so it turned out to be an awesome day to make the trip.

I left early at about 9 or 9:30 am. Last time I left at around 10:30am and traffic was so bad that I reached the border after 4 hours of painstaking driving in the heat. This time Traffic was nice most of the way. Just a little over 2 hours to reach the border. Maybe because it was a Sunday the traffic wasn't bad. The only hitch was in an underpass where there was a tow truck blocking most of the lanes. Saw something bulky covered with a blue blanket. Something red was exposed stretching from underneath the blanket. I can only imagine what it was. Someone's intestines perhaps. D:

Other than that, traffic was nice. If anything, I was reaching the border way too early that I decided to slow down. I preffer to get there later when the prize chicas start showing up otherwise knowing me I'd end up with a lesser girl. Which I kind of did. But I'll talk about that later.

Got to the border and parked in my usual spot behind the Jack In The Box. As I was walking out, these three guys dressed as monks began walking next to me. I found their apparel interesting so I looked. Their robes where a pinkish orange color and they wore sandals. They had some kind of cream/paint that looked like hot candle wax was poured on their forehead and dripped down to their nose where it solidified. The young guy amongst them noticed me looking and said, "Hi, how are you?" I greeted him back. They didn't look like the average monk since the young guy and one other guy where white with a full set of hair. The third guy was a skinny black guy that carried himself in a feminine manner. Perhaps gay. There was a fourth guy dressed in casual shorts and a t-shirt. Perhaps their guide. I decided to keep walking next to them just to see the reaction of the passerbys when they saw us. Lost them at the entrance to the long spiral bridge.

Passed through the rotating doors and entered Mexico. Every trip to Tj has the same familiar feeling of nearing Mexico. You get that feeling that you entered into another country right after going through those second Turnstile doors. Once past, the scents the cars, the views the shops and everything else just cries out Tj. I always find it exciting. Crossed the street and first thing you see is a Drug Pharmacy. Attendants wearing white coats like doctors. Ha! They're not fooling anybody. Passed a McDonalds and a few more Pharmacies. Neared some waiting Yellow Taxis just to hear out desperate calls of a ride to "the special spot." I gesture "no" with a flick of my hand without so much as glancing at them as I walk by.

I reached Tj quite early so I decided to do a little tourism before splurging on my hobby. Decided to hunt down that fish taco stand that ChevyPhan talked about. I have a map printout of TJ that I always take with me. On the back I printout the location of all the bars in the Zona Norte including the hotels. This way I can keep track of where I am and where I am going. I don't really need it to get to the Zona Norte but this Fish Taco stand is not on the Revolucion strip so I needed the map to help me get there. Good thing I had it too, cause the street's names change while you're walking on them. They'll say one thing on one corner then something else on the next corner. I followed my map to Negrete street and found it. And just as FjordPhan said, there was a crowd of mostly locals.

Food smelled pretty good. I stuck around to take in the locals enjoying one of their favorite stands. There was two young guys manning the stand scurrying about serving their customers. A few tourists eating, talking out loud with sudden boastering laughs causing the locals to turn their heads. Typical of some tourists. I hadn't eaten all day and the smells where causing my stomach to grumble. But I decided to wait until after a session with a chica. Didn't want to have fish taco breath while trying to talk deal with one of them.

Walked back to the Avenida Revolucion strip from the Taco Stand which is about three street lights away. It's not too far from the strip but far enough to get away from all the crowds. I entered back into Avenida Revolucion where there was a small parade going on. One float being pulled by locals and monks by ropes. An old man singing on a loudspeaker. Only word I could make out was, "Krishna!" A catchy tune actually. Tourists taking snapshots and shop keepers coming out to see what the commotion was about. And in the front of the float where those three monks I saw earlier dancing about.

Still kind of early so I decided to kill time by watching dancers at a random Zona Norte club. I remembered Blazer13's post on the bad girls of Tropical Club and that I should stay away from them. And because of his warning I decided to do just the opposite. I walked to the Zona and decided to check out the Street Girls first as usual. I never go with a street girl but its fun to walk by them and check them out. Not many lookers for a Sunday afternoon but a few do-ers. Not that I would. Received the usual, "shh shh!" and whispered price quotes to try and get my attention. I ignored them. The ones I do find appealing, I smile at them which only makes them smile back.

I head into Tropical. Saw one cute looking skinny girl at the entrance. Smiled at me as I walked in but then looked away. Seemed pre-occupied with her conversation. I'll leave the rest of the Tropical story at the Tropical Club thread.

Afterwards I was walking around the bars when a Police car was about to pass me but instead stopped quickly only a few feet from me, two police men got out and started walking towards me. Thought maybe they where going to shake me down so I quickly went into the nearest bar. I quickly went into the restroom and into one of the stalls. Decided to wait there for few a minutes just incase they where coming after me. Don't know if they where but better to be on the safe side. Exited the bar and luckily the cops where gone.

I then went to Chavelas. The place was just about dead and only a handful of girls not even decent enough looking. A waiter escorted me to a booth. Asked me what I wanted to drink. I looked around, looked back at him and told him, "I'll come back a little later." and walked out. Place was too dead to waste any money buying a drink.

Finally went to Adelitas. But I'll leave the Adelitas story to the Adelitas thread.
After Adelitas, I decided to go to the "callejones." They're located; when you exit Adelitas go left, cross the street, and at the next corner there are tons of tents filled with locals selling used and new wares. Very different from the stores at Avenida Revolucion. Bought myself some knock-off shirts.

While crossing one of the streets, a police car sounded his horn and stopped abruptly right next to me. I just thought to myself, "It's those same cops and this time they are gonna catch me! I'm going to get shaken down and I'm gonna have to pay them off!" But I decided to keep walking like I didn't notice anything was going on. There was only one cop and he quickly jumped out of his car and began running towards me. Although he ran past me where I saw some crackwh0re not too far off in the distance running away. She ran behind one of the tents and the cop hastily followed her. The cop was kind of chunky so I thought to myself, "If he was runing after me, I'd easily out run him." He caught her eventually cause they both came out. She was wearing handcuffs cussing into the air as he escorted her back to the patrol car. All the while the locals and tourists are drawn to the commotion and talking about what they just witnessed.

It was late afternoon and I was really hungry now so I decided to finally try out some of those fish tacos PhartPhan recommended. Made the long walk back to Negrete Street. Crowd wasn't as big this time but a few more tourists. One fat guy was showing the stand to his friend mentioning that it has the best tacos anywhere. There was also one of Tj's Finest ordering and eating the tacos. Felt a bit nervous around the cop cause of my previous encounters. But he didn't seem to pay any attention to me. I looked at the tacos the people where eating and they where pretty big. I thought they're gonna charge like 3 bucks or more for something like that.

Some lady just received her taco.
I asked the cook, what kind of tacos they serve and he said, "Fish Tacos and Shrimp Tacos." I pointed to the taco the lady was eating and said, "Which one is that one?"
"The Shrimp Taco."
I was stunned at the size of it thinking, "If its made of shrimp they must charge an arm and a leg." I asked him for the prices.
"$1.40 for the fish and $1.50 for shrimp."
That cheap!? And that much quantity for one taco!? Wow! And the shrimp is only ten cents difference! Restaurants here in L.A. usually charge 3 or more bucks upgrading from fish to shrimp for any kind of meal.

"One Shrimp and one fish" I told him."
"With everything?"
"Yeah!"

He gives me two plates one for each taco. These things where huge! Brimming to the top with fish shrimp and all the other ingredients. I tried the shrimp taco first. Man was it good. Both the shrimp and fish are deep fried. I'm not very fond of fried food but these where still very good. Took another bite and bit into a hot pepper. A little too hot. I can usually take hot peppers but these where strong. Kind of ruined the tacos for me but not enough to want to stop. I ate both and asked for a second shrimp taco this time without the hot peppers. These taco's certainly do kick ass! And they're cheap! A taco like this in L.A. could easily cost $5 bucks or more. A little concerned about the sanitary conditions though. But all was good. I have yet to get sick from eating anything in Tj and I've even eaten raw seafood from a stand.

Walked back to the border at about 4:30pm. The line was huge! It might as well have gone all the way back to the Arc. Waited in line about 30 minutes. Not too much of a hassle. I had my ID and my Resident Card this time but wanted to see if they're still being picky about the resident card. Got to the attendant and showed him my ID. I already had my Residence card in my other hand just incase they ask. I hand him my ID, quickly looks it over then glances over me and asks me my citizenship. I tell him I'm a resident. Then with a stern voice and attitude says, "Well then where's your resident card!" Holding it with only two fingers, I quickly fling it out with my other hand in front of him. He gets a bit surprised but then takes it from me. Scans it through the machine and now with a more friendly voice says, "So what are you bringing back from TJ ****?" (all names are kept secret for security reasons lol). I say, "Shirts!" and plop the bag on the table in front of him. I wait to see if he's going to look through it. He doesn't even bother looking at the bag.

So I say, "Aren't you going to look through it?" He hands me back my id and residence card and instead says, "Have a nice day" and gestures with his hand for me to move on like saying, "Get away from me kid, you bother me." I got back to my car behind the Jack in the box. I made it back just under 8 hours so I didn't have to pay anything extra. Woo, Five dollar parking!

Moral of the story? Tj rocks!

This concludes my annoyingly long and boring story...

It took 3 cups of strong coffee to read ol of this, very good story, but you forgot to write "ONCE UPON A TIME" at the begining of your post!

[Ninguno Especial]

Only word I could make out was, "Krishna!" A catchy tune actually.

A rare appearance of the Hairy Scarys otherwise known as the Hari Krishna group. The also have a big parade in Venice, CA or did years ago.

So did you get layed or was this only a taco run?
(just kidding)

[Smut Villain]

Yeah I was in TJ last weekend. I just hadn't written about it because I've been pretty busy. But now I have some free time. So let me dive into this. I went last Sunday, Sept 22nd. I've never been there on a Sunday. Up till now it's always been Saturdays. Sundays isn't bad because it isn't very crowded like a Saturday. I was originally going Saturday but I had to work. Plus it rained Saturday. Sunday was partially cloudy with a slight breeze so it turned out to be an awesome day to make the trip.

I left early at about 9 or 9:30 am. Last time I left at around 10:30am and traffic was so bad that I reached the border after 4 hours of painstaking driving in the heat. This time Traffic was nice most of the way. Just a little over 2 hours to reach the border. Maybe because it was a Sunday the traffic wasn't bad. The only hitch was in an underpass where there was a tow truck blocking most of the lanes. Saw something bulky covered with a blue blanket. Something red was exposed stretching from underneath the blanket. I can only imagine what it was. Someone's intestines perhaps. D:

Other than that, traffic was nice. If anything, I was reaching the border way too early that I decided to slow down. I preffer to get there later when the prize chicas start showing up otherwise knowing me I'd end up with a lesser girl. Which I kind of did. But I'll talk about that later.

Got to the border and parked in my usual spot behind the Jack In The Box. As I was walking out, these three guys dressed as monks began walking next to me. I found their apparel interesting so I looked. Their robes where a pinkish orange color and they wore sandals. They had some kind of cream/paint that looked like hot candle wax was poured on their forehead and dripped down to their nose where it solidified. The young guy amongst them noticed me looking and said, "Hi, how are you?" I greeted him back. They didn't look like the average monk since the young guy and one other guy where white with a full set of hair. The third guy was a skinny black guy that carried himself in a feminine manner. Perhaps gay. There was a fourth guy dressed in casual shorts and a t-shirt. Perhaps their guide. I decided to keep walking next to them just to see the reaction of the passerbys when they saw us. Lost them at the entrance to the long spiral bridge.

Passed through the rotating doors and entered Mexico. Every trip to Tj has the same familiar feeling of nearing Mexico. You get that feeling that you entered into another country right after going through those second Turnstile doors. Once past, the scents the cars, the views the shops and everything else just cries out Tj. I always find it exciting. Crossed the street and first thing you see is a Drug Pharmacy. Attendants wearing white coats like doctors. Ha! They're not fooling anybody. Passed a McDonalds and a few more Pharmacies. Neared some waiting Yellow Taxis just to hear out desperate calls of a ride to "the special spot." I gesture "no" with a flick of my hand without so much as glancing at them as I walk by.

I reached Tj quite early so I decided to do a little tourism before splurging on my hobby. Decided to hunt down that fish taco stand that ChevyPhan talked about. I have a map printout of TJ that I always take with me. On the back I printout the location of all the bars in the Zona Norte including the hotels. This way I can keep track of where I am and where I am going. I don't really need it to get to the Zona Norte but this Fish Taco stand is not on the Revolucion strip so I needed the map to help me get there. Good thing I had it too, cause the street's names change while you're walking on them. They'll say one thing on one corner then something else on the next corner. I followed my map to Negrete street and found it. And just as FjordPhan said, there was a crowd of mostly locals.

Food smelled pretty good. I stuck around to take in the locals enjoying one of their favorite stands. There was two young guys manning the stand scurrying about serving their customers. A few tourists eating, talking out loud with sudden boastering laughs causing the locals to turn their heads. Typical of some tourists. I hadn't eaten all day and the smells where causing my stomach to grumble. But I decided to wait until after a session with a chica. Didn't want to have fish taco breath while trying to talk deal with one of them.

Walked back to the Avenida Revolucion strip from the Taco Stand which is about three street lights away. It's not too far from the strip but far enough to get away from all the crowds. I entered back into Avenida Revolucion where there was a small parade going on. One float being pulled by locals and monks by ropes. An old man singing on a loudspeaker. Only word I could make out was, "Krishna!" A catchy tune actually. Tourists taking snapshots and shop keepers coming out to see what the commotion was about. And in the front of the float where those three monks I saw earlier dancing about.

Still kind of early so I decided to kill time by watching dancers at a random Zona Norte club. I remembered Blazer13's post on the bad girls of Tropical Club and that I should stay away from them. And because of his warning I decided to do just the opposite. I walked to the Zona and decided to check out the Street Girls first as usual. I never go with a street girl but its fun to walk by them and check them out. Not many lookers for a Sunday afternoon but a few do-ers. Not that I would. Received the usual, "shh shh!" and whispered price quotes to try and get my attention. I ignored them. The ones I do find appealing, I smile at them which only makes them smile back.

I head into Tropical. Saw one cute looking skinny girl at the entrance. Smiled at me as I walked in but then looked away. Seemed pre-occupied with her conversation. I'll leave the rest of the Tropical story at the Tropical Club thread.

Afterwards I was walking around the bars when a Police car was about to pass me but instead stopped quickly only a few feet from me, two police men got out and started walking towards me. Thought maybe they where going to shake me down so I quickly went into the nearest bar. I quickly went into the restroom and into one of the stalls. Decided to wait there for few a minutes just incase they where coming after me. Don't know if they where but better to be on the safe side. Exited the bar and luckily the cops where gone.

I then went to Chavelas. The place was just about dead and only a handful of girls not even decent enough looking. A waiter escorted me to a booth. Asked me what I wanted to drink. I looked around, looked back at him and told him, "I'll come back a little later." and walked out. Place was too dead to waste any money buying a drink.

Finally went to Adelitas. But I'll leave the Adelitas story to the Adelitas thread.
After Adelitas, I decided to go to the "callejones." They're located; when you exit Adelitas go left, cross the street, and at the next corner there are tons of tents filled with locals selling used and new wares. Very different from the stores at Avenida Revolucion. Bought myself some knock-off shirts.

While crossing one of the streets, a police car sounded his horn and stopped abruptly right next to me. I just thought to myself, "It's those same cops and this time they are gonna catch me! I'm going to get shaken down and I'm gonna have to pay them off!" But I decided to keep walking like I didn't notice anything was going on. There was only one cop and he quickly jumped out of his car and began running towards me. Although he ran past me where I saw some crackwh0re not too far off in the distance running away. She ran behind one of the tents and the cop hastily followed her. The cop was kind of chunky so I thought to myself, "If he was runing after me, I'd easily out run him." He caught her eventually cause they both came out. She was wearing handcuffs cussing into the air as he escorted her back to the patrol car. All the while the locals and tourists are drawn to the commotion and talking about what they just witnessed.

It was late afternoon and I was really hungry now so I decided to finally try out some of those fish tacos PhartPhan recommended. Made the long walk back to Negrete Street. Crowd wasn't as big this time but a few more tourists. One fat guy was showing the stand to his friend mentioning that it has the best tacos anywhere. There was also one of Tj's Finest ordering and eating the tacos. Felt a bit nervous around the cop cause of my previous encounters. But he didn't seem to pay any attention to me. I looked at the tacos the people where eating and they where pretty big. I thought they're gonna charge like 3 bucks or more for something like that.

Some lady just received her taco.
I asked the cook, what kind of tacos they serve and he said, "Fish Tacos and Shrimp Tacos." I pointed to the taco the lady was eating and said, "Which one is that one?"
"The Shrimp Taco."
I was stunned at the size of it thinking, "If its made of shrimp they must charge an arm and a leg." I asked him for the prices.
"$1.40 for the fish and $1.50 for shrimp."
That cheap!? And that much quantity for one taco!? Wow! And the shrimp is only ten cents difference! Restaurants here in L.A. usually charge 3 or more bucks upgrading from fish to shrimp for any kind of meal.

"One Shrimp and one fish" I told him."
"With everything?"
"Yeah!"

He gives me two plates one for each taco. These things where huge! Brimming to the top with fish shrimp and all the other ingredients. I tried the shrimp taco first. Man was it good. Both the shrimp and fish are deep fried. I'm not very fond of fried food but these where still very good. Took another bite and bit into a hot pepper. A little too hot. I can usually take hot peppers but these where strong. Kind of ruined the tacos for me but not enough to want to stop. I ate both and asked for a second shrimp taco this time without the hot peppers. These taco's certainly do kick ass! And they're cheap! A taco like this in L.A. could easily cost $5 bucks or more. A little concerned about the sanitary conditions though. But all was good. I have yet to get sick from eating anything in Tj and I've even eaten raw seafood from a stand.

Walked back to the border at about 4:30pm. The line was huge! It might as well have gone all the way back to the Arc. Waited in line about 30 minutes. Not too much of a hassle. I had my ID and my Resident Card this time but wanted to see if they're still being picky about the resident card. Got to the attendant and showed him my ID. I already had my Residence card in my other hand just incase they ask. I hand him my ID, quickly looks it over then glances over me and asks me my citizenship. I tell him I'm a resident. Then with a stern voice and attitude says, "Well then where's your resident card!" Holding it with only two fingers, I quickly fling it out with my other hand in front of him. He gets a bit surprised but then takes it from me. Scans it through the machine and now with a more friendly voice says, "So what are you bringing back from TJ ****?" (all names are kept secret for security reasons lol). I say, "Shirts!" and plop the bag on the table in front of him. I wait to see if he's going to look through it. He doesn't even bother looking at the bag.

So I say, "Aren't you going to look through it?" He hands me back my id and residence card and instead says, "Have a nice day" and gestures with his hand for me to move on like saying, "Get away from me kid, you bother me." I got back to my car behind the Jack in the box. I made it back just under 8 hours so I didn't have to pay anything extra. Woo, Five dollar parking!

Moral of the story? Tj rocks!

This concludes my annoyingly long and boring story...

There was absolutely nothing boring or annoying about this story, Efjayel. I used to live in TJ quite a few years ago, and this just sounds like a typically interesting day south of the "World's Busiest Border Crossing". It also illustrates why I miss being there; when one decides to reside in Mexico you realize it's about more than just the alley or Hottie Central at Adelita's. Mexico in general (and Tijuana in particular) just seem to have this energy about it, and boredom was one feeling I rarely remembered having while living there.

If you want to talk about boring, I now live in my hometown, a midsized city in the Southeast USA. I promise you this town is nowhere near as interesting on a Saturday night as Tijuana is on a Sunday morning.

[Efjayel]

Don't worry, you Green card is all that you'll need Efjayel.
BTW have you been in TJ yet?

Yeah I was in TJ last weekend. I just hadn't written about it because I've been pretty busy. But now I have some free time. So let me dive into this. I went last Sunday, Sept 22nd. I've never been there on a Sunday. Up till now it's always been Saturdays. Sundays isn't bad because it isn't very crowded like a Saturday. I was originally going Saturday but I had to work. Plus it rained Saturday. Sunday was partially cloudy with a slight breeze so it turned out to be an awesome day to make the trip.

I left early at about 9 or 9:30 am. Last time I left at around 10:30am and traffic was so bad that I reached the border after 4 hours of painstaking driving in the heat. This time Traffic was nice most of the way. Just a little over 2 hours to reach the border. Maybe because it was a Sunday the traffic wasn't bad. The only hitch was in an underpass where there was a tow truck blocking most of the lanes. Saw something bulky covered with a blue blanket. Something red was exposed stretching from underneath the blanket. I can only imagine what it was. Someone's intestines perhaps. D:

Other than that, traffic was nice. If anything, I was reaching the border way too early that I decided to slow down. I preffer to get there later when the prize chicas start showing up otherwise knowing me I'd end up with a lesser girl. Which I kind of did. But I'll talk about that later.

Got to the border and parked in my usual spot behind the Jack In The Box. As I was walking out, these three guys dressed as monks began walking next to me. I found their apparel interesting so I looked. Their robes where a pinkish orange color and they wore sandals. They had some kind of cream/paint that looked like hot candle wax was poured on their forehead and dripped down to their nose where it solidified. The young guy amongst them noticed me looking and said, "Hi, how are you?" I greeted him back. They didn't look like the average monk since the young guy and one other guy where white with a full set of hair. The third guy was a skinny black guy that carried himself in a feminine manner. Perhaps gay. There was a fourth guy dressed in casual shorts and a t-shirt. Perhaps their guide. I decided to keep walking next to them just to see the reaction of the passerbys when they saw us. Lost them at the entrance to the long spiral bridge.

Passed through the rotating doors and entered Mexico. Every trip to Tj has the same familiar feeling of nearing Mexico. You get that feeling that you entered into another country right after going through those second Turnstile doors. Once past, the scents the cars, the views the shops and everything else just cries out Tj. I always find it exciting. Crossed the street and first thing you see is a Drug Pharmacy. Attendants wearing white coats like doctors. Ha! They're not fooling anybody. Passed a McDonalds and a few more Pharmacies. Neared some waiting Yellow Taxis just to hear out desperate calls of a ride to "the special spot." I gesture "no" with a flick of my hand without so much as glancing at them as I walk by.

I reached Tj quite early so I decided to do a little tourism before splurging on my hobby. Decided to hunt down that fish taco stand that ChevyPhan talked about. I have a map printout of TJ that I always take with me. On the back I printout the location of all the bars in the Zona Norte including the hotels. This way I can keep track of where I am and where I am going. I don't really need it to get to the Zona Norte but this Fish Taco stand is not on the Revolucion strip so I needed the map to help me get there. Good thing I had it too, cause the street's names change while you're walking on them. They'll say one thing on one corner then something else on the next corner. I followed my map to Negrete street and found it. And just as FjordPhan said, there was a crowd of mostly locals.

Food smelled pretty good. I stuck around to take in the locals enjoying one of their favorite stands. There was two young guys manning the stand scurrying about serving their customers. A few tourists eating, talking out loud with sudden boastering laughs causing the locals to turn their heads. Typical of some tourists. I hadn't eaten all day and the smells where causing my stomach to grumble. But I decided to wait until after a session with a chica. Didn't want to have fish taco breath while trying to talk deal with one of them.

Walked back to the Avenida Revolucion strip from the Taco Stand which is about three street lights away. It's not too far from the strip but far enough to get away from all the crowds. I entered back into Avenida Revolucion where there was a small parade going on. One float being pulled by locals and monks by ropes. An old man singing on a loudspeaker. Only word I could make out was, "Krishna!" A catchy tune actually. Tourists taking snapshots and shop keepers coming out to see what the commotion was about. And in the front of the float where those three monks I saw earlier dancing about.

Still kind of early so I decided to kill time by watching dancers at a random Zona Norte club. I remembered Blazer13's post on the bad girls of Tropical Club and that I should stay away from them. And because of his warning I decided to do just the opposite. I walked to the Zona and decided to check out the Street Girls first as usual. I never go with a street girl but its fun to walk by them and check them out. Not many lookers for a Sunday afternoon but a few do-ers. Not that I would. Received the usual, "shh shh!" and whispered price quotes to try and get my attention. I ignored them. The ones I do find appealing, I smile at them which only makes them smile back.

I head into Tropical. Saw one cute looking skinny girl at the entrance. Smiled at me as I walked in but then looked away. Seemed pre-occupied with her conversation. I'll leave the rest of the Tropical story at the Tropical Club thread.

Afterwards I was walking around the bars when a Police car was about to pass me but instead stopped quickly only a few feet from me, two police men got out and started walking towards me. Thought maybe they where going to shake me down so I quickly went into the nearest bar. I quickly went into the restroom and into one of the stalls. Decided to wait there for few a minutes just incase they where coming after me. Don't know if they where but better to be on the safe side. Exited the bar and luckily the cops where gone.

I then went to Chavelas. The place was just about dead and only a handful of girls not even decent enough looking. A waiter escorted me to a booth. Asked me what I wanted to drink. I looked around, looked back at him and told him, "I'll come back a little later." and walked out. Place was too dead to waste any money buying a drink.

Finally went to Adelitas. But I'll leave the Adelitas story to the Adelitas thread.
After Adelitas, I decided to go to the "callejones." They're located; when you exit Adelitas go left, cross the street, and at the next corner there are tons of tents filled with locals selling used and new wares. Very different from the stores at Avenida Revolucion. Bought myself some knock-off shirts.

While crossing one of the streets, a police car sounded his horn and stopped abruptly right next to me. I just thought to myself, "It's those same cops and this time they are gonna catch me! I'm going to get shaken down and I'm gonna have to pay them off!" But I decided to keep walking like I didn't notice anything was going on. There was only one cop and he quickly jumped out of his car and began running towards me. Although he ran past me where I saw some crackwh0re not too far off in the distance running away. She ran behind one of the tents and the cop hastily followed her. The cop was kind of chunky so I thought to myself, "If he was runing after me, I'd easily out run him." He caught her eventually cause they both came out. She was wearing handcuffs cussing into the air as he escorted her back to the patrol car. All the while the locals and tourists are drawn to the commotion and talking about what they just witnessed.

It was late afternoon and I was really hungry now so I decided to finally try out some of those fish tacos PhartPhan recommended. Made the long walk back to Negrete Street. Crowd wasn't as big this time but a few more tourists. One fat guy was showing the stand to his friend mentioning that it has the best tacos anywhere. There was also one of Tj's Finest ordering and eating the tacos. Felt a bit nervous around the cop cause of my previous encounters. But he didn't seem to pay any attention to me. I looked at the tacos the people where eating and they where pretty big. I thought they're gonna charge like 3 bucks or more for something like that.

Some lady just received her taco.
I asked the cook, what kind of tacos they serve and he said, "Fish Tacos and Shrimp Tacos." I pointed to the taco the lady was eating and said, "Which one is that one?"
"The Shrimp Taco."
I was stunned at the size of it thinking, "If its made of shrimp they must charge an arm and a leg." I asked him for the prices.
"$1.40 for the fish and $1.50 for shrimp."
That cheap!? And that much quantity for one taco!? Wow! And the shrimp is only ten cents difference! Restaurants here in L.A. usually charge 3 or more bucks upgrading from fish to shrimp for any kind of meal.

"One Shrimp and one fish" I told him."
"With everything?"
"Yeah!"

He gives me two plates one for each taco. These things where huge! Brimming to the top with fish shrimp and all the other ingredients. I tried the shrimp taco first. Man was it good. Both the shrimp and fish are deep fried. I'm not very fond of fried food but these where still very good. Took another bite and bit into a hot pepper. A little too hot. I can usually take hot peppers but these where strong. Kind of ruined the tacos for me but not enough to want to stop. I ate both and asked for a second shrimp taco this time without the hot peppers. These taco's certainly do kick ass! And they're cheap! A taco like this in L.A. could easily cost $5 bucks or more. A little concerned about the sanitary conditions though. But all was good. I have yet to get sick from eating anything in Tj and I've even eaten raw seafood from a stand.

Walked back to the border at about 4:30pm. The line was huge! It might as well have gone all the way back to the Arc. Waited in line about 30 minutes. Not too much of a hassle. I had my ID and my Resident Card this time but wanted to see if they're still being picky about the resident card. Got to the attendant and showed him my ID. I already had my Residence card in my other hand just incase they ask. I hand him my ID, quickly looks it over then glances over me and asks me my citizenship. I tell him I'm a resident. Then with a stern voice and attitude says, "Well then where's your resident card!" Holding it with only two fingers, I quickly fling it out with my other hand in front of him. He gets a bit surprised but then takes it from me. Scans it through the machine and now with a more friendly voice says, "So what are you bringing back from TJ ****?" (all names are kept secret for security reasons lol). I say, "Shirts!" and plop the bag on the table in front of him. I wait to see if he's going to look through it. He doesn't even bother looking at the bag.

So I say, "Aren't you going to look through it?" He hands me back my id and residence card and instead says, "Have a nice day" and gestures with his hand for me to move on like saying, "Get away from me kid, you bother me." I got back to my car behind the Jack in the box. I made it back just under 8 hours so I didn't have to pay anything extra. Woo, Five dollar parking!

Moral of the story? Tj rocks!

This concludes my annoyingly long and boring story...

[ToroRojo]

Made my 1st trip to TJ recently. I decided to park in the lot near the duty free store. Walking across the border was simple, I just followed the crowd. It was a Sat. Afternoon, just after the rain stopped and there were quite a few people walking across.

Since it was daytime and I've read the forum quite a bit, I decided to keep walking. No problems at all. For those who haven't made this walk, simply look for the arch, and walk towards it. For more help, go to google maps, satellite view. At the s/w corner of the intersection of Av de la Amistad and Larroque, there is a plaza/market area. Follow this area to the end and you'll see a ramp leading up to the pedestrian bridge. On the other side, simply walk up the street to the arch and you're at Av Revolution and Art 123, and 1 block and/W of here is Constitution and Coahuila.

As I started down Constitution, I was noticing the girls in the doorways. Most were ok looking, some pretty nice, some just plain scary.

I went straight to Adelitas and was surprised at how crowded it was at 2:00 PM Sat afternoon. I found a place at the bar, ordered a beer and the fun began. After about a 5 min. Conversation/playtime with about 10 hotties, things slowed down. The others must have noticed that I wasn't buying drinks. I decided to go upstairs with Victoria, who said she was from Sonora. She started BBBJ but soon cover me up and played every position I requested. We finished up right at the knock, cleaned up and headed out.

I don't know what everyone else does, but I did not tip the guys in the hall.

I went across to Chicago, but there was no one there, maybe 1 guy at the bar. Headed to Hong Kong to find that is a fun place. Loud music, large crowd, cheaper beer. Guy at the bar said '2 for 1' but I asked him to keep my 2nd in the cooler. After finishing my 1st, he was right there giving me the 2nd.

I walked around the block a bit checking out all the girls, there must have been 150 of them. Some pretty hot. Next time, I'm trying one.

Caught a taxi back to the border, had a long drive. Wish I could have stayed longer. I will definitely return.

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[Member #4450]

Does it have to be a U.S. Passport? I'm not a U.S. Citizen. Just a Permanent Resident and have my native countries Passport. Will that be enough?

Don't worry, you Green card is all that you'll need Efjayel.
BTW have you been in TJ yet?

[Geo Traveler]

That is a great idea! Every time I mentioned "Adelitas por cinco, por favor", I just invited the hassle. I took about 3 taxis towards the zona during my trip and
everytime it was " oh, this place is so much better".

It will be a couple months before I go back to TJ, but I am already planning the trip. This time a friend is coming along, so it will probably be more of a party than just straight mongering.

Thanks alot everyone, the info on this forum is invaluable to us noobies.

[Efjayel]

I ask to go to adelitas, and he says "you don't want to go there, amigo. The girls there are guys with big dciks".

lol!

I would have said, "Really!? cause that's what I actually wanted!"

Now that you know your way around a bit, if I where you, next time ask to be taken to the Arc. "El Arco por favor." Then you can walk to Adelitas. It's not more than one block away. Telling them, "Adelitas" up front, just gives them reason to want to screw you over and take you to some cheap ass dive bar/club. Asking them to be taken to the arc should eliviate your problems cause they'll think you're there for tourism and not mongering. Worked for me.

[Geo Traveler]

Went to Tijuana for my first visit last Wednesday and Thursday. All I got to say is that it really surpassed all my expectations for quality. This tijuana picture gallery and whoever the hell that King of Siht is really does not do the zona justice. There are some gorgeous girls here!

Followed the tj guide and spent the night state side in chula vista at a motel 6. Was 50 dollars for a bare bones room. Asked for a non smoking room, but when I went in, the room had that stale smoke smell. It had a ash tray turned upside down with a "no smoking" symbol. WTF? I guess since I don't smoke it is a non smoking room that night. LOL. Also the bed was kinda crappy, with really old linens and comforter. Would maybe shell out an extra 20 for a bit better of a room next time at a different hotel, or maybe spend the night in TJ at one of the hotels there. Still doing research on that, could only find la mancion and pueblo amigo so far. Any one have a link or list of recommendations for hotels in tijuana? Just middle of the road accommodations would be great.

Well, I went to all the popular stops: Chicago club, Adelitas, Tropical, Hong Kong. I have got to say all of them have there graces, but the Hong Kong setup is the coolest looking one. Reminds me of something from a Quentin Tarantino movie. I will report the experiences in the appropriate threads.

Was a little nervous going in the first time because it was night and all the stories of cops and robbers I have read about were on my mind. Went through the rotating doors and straight to the cabs. Asked the cab to take me to adelitas for cinco, and I was off to the races. Or so it seemed. The guy tells me that federalis are all over the zona roja inspecting the place because of corruption and no taxis are allowed up there. He says he can take me to revolution where I can walk to the zona or he can take me to Amnesia. He also says that at 11pm the zona will be open again. I could smell the bullsht, but I was still not to confident with my surroundings to stick to my guns. So I said take me to amnesia, where I would have a beer then immediately get another taxi to the zona. I think this place is on revolution, what a pile of sht. Its a rip off establishment, charging prices like an american bar. I had a very quick drink then left. The door man asks if I want to go somewhere else for free blah, blah, blah. By this time I am have some anger confidence going, and am ready to stick to my guns and counter any type of BS someone tries feeding me.

I get in the next cab, and this guy is even more persistent than the first! I ask to go to adelitas, and he says "you don't want to go there, amigo. The girls there are guys with big dciks". At this time I remembered that in mexico, it is always a haggle, always someone trying to get that extra dollar. I say I don't mind and for him to take me there. He goes on with his sales pitch for some other place then finally says he will take me there.

We end up pulling up to Purple Rain! He says " This is Adelitas! " I say no it is not and I start getting really serious and kind of pissed. He finally drives me down the street and drops me off across the street from adelitas. What a dcik!

As soon as I am out of the cab and I see all the chicas standing on the wall and the big bright lights of Adelitas lighting up the night sky, all the BS leading up to this point just disappeared and was replaced with a strong desire to hump something.

I walk across the street, past some cops at the door, and into the Holy Temple. Continued in appropriate threads!

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[Efjayel]

I already have to do that now providing my Residence Card. They didn't use to ask for it before but now they do and seem to be more demanding of it.

Well requiring that US Passport will greatly reduce tourism into TJ. I'm sure the United States knows that. And by doing so it would also reduce economic factors for the U.S. Not sure exactly how but I know it would and this is most likely why they are delaying it. And I'm sure the only reason they are trying to implement it is because of the tensions with terrorism.

[Country John]

Just to be clear, what all this means that you still don't need a passport to cross the border at Tijuana, and they really still don't know when or if you will ever need one.

That's about the size of it.

The message seems to be that you have to be able to prove citizenship. So if you show up with your DL and Birth Certificate then you're in.

Additonally, these rules apply to US Citizens RETURNING to the USA. If you are an alien, you'll need the proper visas, docs and such.

Country John

[Phordphan]

I have wanted to try the stand I think you are talking about but have always felt out of place. I may just do it next time down.

TJ

Yeah, I know what you mean. But I'm used to it. I live in Hong Kong West, aka the San Gabriel valley, and I'm like the only white guy when I go to a lot of the markets, etc. But I felt a little out of place the other day, as it was the first time going there without my TJ girly. But, no problems. They were nice, rudimentary Spanish suffices, and I guess everybody in TJ is used to seeing gringos! :-)

PP

[Explorer8939]

Just to be clear, what all this means that you still don't need a passport to cross the border at Tijuana, and they really still don't know when or if you will ever need one.

JANUARY 31, 2008
U.S. and Canadian citizens will need to present either a WHTI (which means Western Hemisphere Travel Initialtive)-compliant document or a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license, plus proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate. DHS also proposes to begin alternative procedures for U.S. and Canadian children at that time.

SUMMER 2008
At a later date to be determined, the departments will implement the full requirements of the land and sea phase of WHTI. The proposed rules require most U.S. citizens entering the United States at sea or land ports of entry to have either a U.S. passport; a U.S. passport card; a trusted traveler card such as NEXUS, FAST, or SENTRI; a valid Merchant Mariner Document (MMD) when traveling in conjunction with official maritime business; or a valid U.S. Military identification card when traveling on official orders.

[Sunset Strip]

I think this rule specifically applies to US citizens.
For others the rule is about the same. Non US citizens have always has to supply more ID when entering the US, so there was no need to change that policy.
For US citizens we can enter with just a state ID at the present.

In the old days we who "looked" military did not even have to show ID at the TJ border. They used to wave us through because we looked like jarheads and swabbies (and were). So this is just a continuation of the more stringent policy for US citizens because it used to be so lax.
Others always had a stringent policy.


TJ

[Efjayel]

Does it have to be a U.S. Passport? I'm not a U.S. Citizen. Just a Permanent Resident and have my native countries Passport. Will that be enough?