General Reports

[Jackie888]

A number of Mexican companies have been producing and marketing generic Viagra for years now. The first brand to appear was MaxiFort.

Nothing against Mexican products, but I prefer the Indian brands bcause their pharmaceutical industry is very well developed.

[Reinaldo]

A number of Mexican companies have been producing and marketing generic Viagra for years now. The first brand to appear was MaxiFort.

As there is no "official" generic V, I figure Costco won't sell the Indian knockoffs.

[Reinaldo]

Tijuana Costco does sell generic Viagra however I don't think the price is any better than at Mercado Piri.

I never tried to get generic Viagra at Costco, so I don't know if they carry generic Viagra at Costco in Tijuana.

[Phordphan]

For many years I have bought genuine Viagra (in Pfizer packaging) from the pharmacy located within Tijuana's Costco. No prescription was necessary, but you did need a Costco membership (both USA And Mexico Costco Membership cards are valid at the Costco in Tijuana). I never tried to get generic Viagra at Costco, so I don't know if they carry generic Viagra at Costco in Tijuana.

Very interesting and a great tip on the prescription thing.

As there is no "official" generic V, I figure Costco won't sell the Indian knockoffs.

[Jackie888]

Thanks for the Intel, sir.

I will try to contribute Intel to this forum. I'm not good with names. I remember the good, but forget the bad ones. Kenya in the alley. Anita (long black hair and braces) at AB are among the good I can recommend. Maybe on my next trip I will keep notes. How do you guys manage to remember names of chicas, location of hotels, name of restaurants?

I've a photographic memory.

[ScatManDoo]

First time poster, long time reader. I have questions about buying generic viagra in Tijuana. Is it possible to buy a generic brand of Viagra at the Costco in Tijuana?

For many years I have bought genuine Viagra (in Pfizer packaging) from the pharmacy located within Tijuana's Costco. No prescription was necessary, but you did need a Costco membership (both USA And Mexico Costco Membership cards are valid at the Costco in Tijuana). I never tried to get generic Viagra at Costco, so I don't know if they carry generic Viagra at Costco in Tijuana.

Nowadays I buy generic Viagra from Piri Pharmacy / Piri Mercado. Piri is located one short block east of the Arch on the pedestrian path.

Generic Viagra is widely available all over Tijuana, as PfordPfan previously reported.

[ScatManDoo]

TAKE A BREAK. ?? Come on my amigo you can just ignore this crap. But while I'm serving out a ban on traveling to Tijuana, where else am I going to find this somewhat related to Tijuana drama??

Now speaking of the ban. Does anyone know a way you can take your cell phone into Tijuana and guarantee someone won't get that weird tone when they call you. I think that is the only thing that prevents me from sneaking off to enjoy an afternoon in heaven.

If you take your cellphone off of roaming, you can prevent the weird tones that are transmitted when your cell links up with the Mexican towers.

You will only get spotty reception in LZ from the San Ysidro towers while in LZ, and practically no reception south of 2nd street, but aren't there laces in the US well cell reception also is poor?

I use Metro PCS and get pretty good reception in most rooms at the Leyva and HDS.

I didn't get good reception in the Master Suite #59 at Rizo de Oro, but that room is on the ground floor and the south end of the north annex, so the signal would have needed to travel through about 10 rooms to get through to mine. I think rooms on the highest floors of Cascades, near the north end of building get decent cell signals.

Of course it matters a great deal which cell provider you use. For example, I use to have Verizon. I kept my phone permanently off of roaming. And for many years my Verizon phone could get good signal from the San Ysidro cell towers when I was on the streets of LZ or in the Hotel Leyva. Then about three years ago a Mexican cellphone company put up one or more broadcast towers close to Hotel Leyva and my Verizon signal strength instantly went to shit. The might have been using the same, or very similar broadcast frequencies. Because of this I switched from Verizon to MetroPCS because my buddies MetroPCS's signal was still strong in LZ.

[Echo9]

Thanks for the Intel, sir.

I will try to contribute Intel to this forum. I'm not good with names. I remember the good, but forget the bad ones. Kenya in the alley. Anita (long black hair and braces) at AB are among the good I can recommend. Maybe on my next trip I will keep notes. How do you guys manage to remember names of chicas, location of hotels, name of restaurants?

[Phordphan]

First time poster, long time reader. I have questions about buying generic viagra in Tijuana. Is it possible to buy a generic brand of Viagra at the Costco in Tijuana?

Does anyone have experience using travelers checks in Tijuana? Where would be the best and safest place to cash? I haven't stayed in the Zona yet. I usually stay in San Ysidro or Zona Rio. I would like to get a room close Ave Revo on my next trip.

You can get generic V at any pharmacy up and down Revu and about 1,000 other places in downtown. AFAIK, Costco will require a prescription. A USA one is OK.

Travelers checks? Seriously? Don't bother. I don't think many business will take them. Nicer hotels will probably cash them. Banks will, during banking hours. TCs have become far too big a PITA when traveling abroad. Just use the ATM. They're all over the place. Bank lobbies, Las Pulgas, some of the Zona bars.

You want to stay on Revu? The nicest place is Ticuan but that may still be closed, depending on when you visit. There are two "decent" hotels directly on Revu. Espana and Caesar's. They are rather like a Motel 6. Clean and basic. Hotel Nelson very close to the Zona, but is very, very old. There are several shitbag hotels on Revu, too, but I won't mention them. Villa de Zaragoza is one block east of Revu, between 7th and 8th. It's reasonably priced, clean and quiet.

[Phordphan]

TAKE A BREAK. ?? Come on my amigo you can just ignore this crap. But while I'm serving out a ban on traveling to Tijuana, where else am I going to find this somewhat related to Tijuana drama??

Now speaking of the ban. Does anyone know a way you can take your cell phone into Tijuana and guarantee someone won't get that weird tone when they call you. I think that is the only thing that prevents me from sneaking off to enjoy an afternoon in heaven.

Unfortunately, AFAIK, the answer is No. One of my business partners calls from time to time. He can always tell if I'm in Mexico, due to the odd ring. You could turn off Int'l roaming, but that would defeat the purpose of being available by phone.

[Phordphan]

I for one am sorry to see this thread go to shit.

It reminds me of the Colombia forum. A few guys on here want to stir up trouble for entertainment value.

Hopefully the admin comes and cleans it up. ISG has always tried to maintain a higher standard of participants.

I agree PP posts interesting information. It might not be everbody's thing but it relates to the topic.

Are things that bad that someone has to create static on an information board to keep occupied?

My apologies to the members (and you know who you are) who are worthwhile contributors.

I admit I get a burr under my saddle when a newbie asks legit questions (in this case, if Revu was all tourist trinkets) and some yokel starts posturing about things he knows nothing about. Mexico in general, and Tijuana in particular, have some serious problems; some institutional but others a direct result of the USA's rapacious appetite for drugs. Those Mexicans who depend directly, or indirectly, on tourism dollars, have a hard enough time making a living without people tossing around false prejudices.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

[Jackie888]

Sounds like the Rizo is actually a nicer place to sleep over (noise wise). Now it looks like one has to juggle whether it's more important to have a quiet sleep but have to walk across the street at night (which might not be a big deal) or put up with the noise and just go upstairs with the HK and SGs.

I have spent a Friday sleeping at the Rizo before, on the 2nd floor towards the back. It's relatively quiet because there is a lot less Ariba going on in general. It only got loud in the early morning when a group of chicas got off their shift, and even then they quiet down after about 10 minutes. In fact, I will intentionally take a HK girl to the Rizo when it's too crowded above HK (difficult to get going when the Bro next door is really loud, because I'm now curious of the girl he's with rather than my own girl).

Don't worry about crossing that section of the street at night. It is safe because there is so much people around. I'd worry more about the taxi drivers running me over than crimes or police shakedowns.

[Exoticspirit]

Rizo de Oro is quieter at night, but that is because of how they house their guests.

In the original four story structure, the rooms are all to the east of the oficina. These older rooms are typically rented to the chicas.

They built a separate two-story annex to to the north. To access the north annex you go up a half stairway, take an interior bridge that goes over a back alley, and then walk down half a stairway to the second floor of the annex. Very few, if any, of the rooms in this north annex are rented to the chicas. So when you stay in these rooms you are less likely to be woken in the early morning hours as the chicas talk loudly and clank their zapatos as they return to their rooms after work.

Just around two years ago the Rizo de Oro hotel expanded again when the owner acquired the seven story tower that was built on NE corner of Coahuila and Nino Heroes. The seven story tower has an elevator and its rooms located behind (west of) the oficina and each floor only has six or seven rooms. The tower rooms are probably the quietest late at night and many of the rooms have terrific views.

By comparison, Cascades seems to behave like a three ring circus with much activity and noise in their large hallways during all hours.

Sounds like the Rizo is actually a nicer place to sleep over (noise wise). Now it looks like one has to juggle whether it's more important to have a quiet sleep but have to walk across the street at night (which might not be a big deal) or put up with the noise and just go upstairs with the HK and SGs.

[Jjj101]

TAKE A BREAK. ?? Come on my amigo you can just ignore this crap. But while I'm serving out a ban on traveling to Tijuana, where else am I going to find this somewhat related to Tijuana drama??

Now speaking of the ban. Does anyone know a way you can take your cell phone into Tijuana and guarantee someone won't get that weird tone when they call you. I think that is the only thing that prevents me from sneaking off to enjoy an afternoon in heaven.

My AT&T iPhone gets pretty good cell phone / data reception in Tijuana near the boarder "zona" area. I've even used it to communicate with locals via Google translate. However, you must call your phone company to disable international roaming, so your signal will always bounce off an USA Tower near the boarder. You can always ask phone company to turn it back on when you are really going aboard.

[Baxter Slade]

LOL. I either turn off the phone, or leave it in the car at the border.

Why are you banned from Tijuana?

The ban is spousal related. And I must always be in phone contact which is business related.