General Reports

[Baxter Slade]

St time in Tijuana in a yr. I'm staying at Roadway inn. 1st time in yrs. Room is still a dump, but no parking issues, and short walk to border. Bud shop right across the street. Walked to border at 800. Realized the slightly changed how to get to the entrance. Only 1 line in. Asked if I was usa, LOL, and passport. Told me next time ide need a 60 day pass. Taxis are on both sides now, not just the line.

Coming home, l used ped east. 130 am, no line at new bldg. Asked where I was going. Couldn't remember hotels name, LOL.

Much easier return tonight.

If you are talking about a 60 day pass going into Mexico someone is bullshitting you. At ped entrance as long as you are going to Tijuana and staying less than 7 days just fill out the free form each time you enter. If you find that to be a pain and you go often then pay the $25 and buy the 180 day pass so you can walk right in.

[KC Questor]

I'll be in town starting Sunday evening, so will likely miss you weekend mongers. If anyone is there Sun-Wed night, hit me up.

[Basketball101]

St time in Tijuana in a yr. I'm staying at Roadway inn. 1st time in yrs. Room is still a dump, but no parking issues, and short walk to border. Bud shop right across the street. Walked to border at 800. Realized the slightly changed how to get to the entrance. Only 1 line in. Asked if I was usa, LOL, and passport. Told me next time ide need a 60 day pass. Taxis are on both sides now, not just the line.

Coming home, l used ped east. 130 am, no line at new bldg. Asked where I was going. Couldn't remember hotels name, LOL.

Much easier return tonight.

[Baxter Slade]

Will be in Tijuana this weekend, landing in San Diego around 7:30 pm Friday and will take bus and trolley to border and walk over.

Anyone want to connect? Send me a PM. Thanks.

Kind of hard to meet up since you can not except PMs unless you pay the $20 in order to have that feature. I will be around Saturday afternoon and into the night. You could always stroll into Gold Palace bar (located in the alley across from hotel cascadas) and ask the DJ if Hugo Sanchez is around?

I believe early afternoon we will be conducting a tour of Tijuana's shitty bars. But most likely be back in Gold Palace around 7 p.m.

[Daweiwang88]

Will be in Tijuana this weekend, landing in San Diego around 7:30 pm Friday and will take bus and trolley to border and walk over.

Anyone want to connect? Send me a PM. Thanks.

[Hargow20]

Just take Uber. Uber is about half the cost and have never had problems.

If you go to Chicago Club across the street you will see Blue and White Taxis. There should be 3 Moises / Miguel / or Coco are the drivers. They are the most trustworthy in the zona. Tell them a friend from Hotel Leyva recommenced them to you. Many guys use them.

Much safer than random Taxi Libres.

[Buzzinhawaii]

Has anyone stayed This this hotel. Can one take a chica up to your room with no issues from the hotel.

[Artisttyp]

First time to Tijuana tomorrow. I will only be there for a few hours. Looking for a trustworthy taxi to drive me around and see what's out there. Any comments appreciated thanks.

If you go to Chicago Club across the street you will see Blue and White Taxis. There should be 3 Moises / Miguel / or Coco are the drivers. They are the most trustworthy in the zona. Tell them a friend from Hotel Leyva recommenced them to you. Many guys use them.

Much safer than random Taxi Libres.

[TaleChaser]

First time to Tijuana tomorrow. I will only be there for a few hours. Looking for a trustworthy taxi to drive me around and see what's out there. Any comments appreciated thanks.

[TaleChaser]

First time to Tijuana tomorrow. I will only be there for a few hours. Looking for a trustworthy taxi to drive me around and see what's out there. Any comments appreciated thanks.

[Sargent 50]

Anyone in Tijuana today or tomorrow I'm here, drinks on you!

[IndieFriend]

Unless you cross on a early weekday morning before 9 am then crossing should not be a problem. I cross Pedwest it is a 10 minute wait at most when I cross.

Thank you for the advise. Crossed on Sunday morning at 10 Am within 15 minutes. Hardly any queue.

Was mesmerized by a gringa round ass walking in front of me 😀.

The taxi driver didn't understand PedWest for some reason and dropped me off at the old crossing, but looking at the queue asked him about Chaparral (Angie from Musas) taught me that word.

He took me to PedWest and the rest was smooth as ever.

Many thanks again!

[Stern Fan]

Ventured back to Tijuana after a 4 year break so wanted to leave some notes based my findings and summarize what some others helped with.

There are now 2 crossings. PedEast and PedWest. I took the blue line trolley from downtown San Diego to the San Ysidro station which is right at the PedEast border crossing. There's a path you follow (follow the crowd) and you eventually get to some rotating steel gates. Each time I make sure I still have my passport and then go through the gates as this is the entrance to Mexico. After going through the gate, you are in a customs building. Mexican citizens stay to the left, and foreigners stayed to the right. I entered Mexico 2 times (Sunday around 5 pm and Thursday around 6 pm) and had the exact same experience each time. There were about 3 people ahead of me in line, and 2 Mexican border agents. Wait was less than 5 minutes. Both times I got the same agent (who was an attractive female) and she asked me where I was going. I told her Revolution Ave both times. The first time she asked why I was going and how long I would be there, so I told her for some food and only for a few hours. The second time she just said "go ahead". I did not receive any stamps in my passport.

Next you go through a security checkpoint where you have to run any bags you have through an airport type x-ray machine. I didn't have anything so I simply walked around them and out of the building. You then follow a path for a few minutes until you get to another metal gate. Just on the other side of the gate is a ton of Taxi Libres, still charging $5 to the Zona Roja.

After my fun in Tijuana, I took a taxi and told them "Old border. San Diego Trolley" at the advice of other members on this board and it got me back to PedEast perfectly. Both times I came back between 9:30 pm and 11 pm and the lines were about a 5 minute wait. US border patrol asked quite a few questions but nothing to be scared of. For me the worst part is the trolley ride back to San Diego which takes 30-40 minutes.

I'm an East coaster but already looking forward to a return trip! Going to miss this place for sure.

[Efjayel]

I've been using La Mansion as my go to place as they have mostly been reliable, available, somewhat cheap and have clean kept rooms. But lately they are taking "short term" literally as they are only letting me use one of their rooms for 4 hours on weekends. Not too long ago, I remember getting there early morning on a weekend and being allowed to stay until 8 pm. That was like 12 hours. Then it went down to about 5 pm, and now they are strictly enforcing use of their rooms for 4 hours only and the clock starts the moment they charge me because once the time is up, there's already someone literally knocking on my door. This is a real let down as I would count on them for use of a nice room for a good amount of time. And when I mention that they used to allow longer they just say they can't because it's the weekend.

What other hotels are there that don't enforce this greedy rule and still have decent rooms for a fair price at a minimum 6 hours or more?

Also, sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question. Move this post to the necessary location if needed. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Drossi137]

Hey guys,

I'm going to be meeting a former AB bar girl (she currently isn't working at any club) this upcoming Monday and I was kind of wondering what the protocol is. Naturally, I'll pay for whatever food / entertainment we do. BTW, any ideas for that? I was thinking of a movie at plaza Rio and then let her pick a place close by to eat. Anyways, what should I do after that? Should I book a regular hotel room or just head with her to one of the love motels for the night? How much should I pay her for her services? Also, how bad is la linea on Tuesday mornings? I always leave around 3 AM to avoid the lines but I'm not sure if I might want to just sleep until morning. Thanks.