General Reports

[Mexidan]

Popping up on my Instagram feed was the following: 20% off Sunday rooms w VIP card. My thought: nice, now I have discounts for sun-Wednesday and only pay full rate Thu-sat. Considering I'll be there for a little a week, was a nice surprise.

Dan.

[StRobert]

Here is one tour that I found. Just search "Coronado Island Tours" & you can probably find others. This company was charging $150 for a one day trip.

(https://www.toursloreto.com/all-tours/coronado/)

This link is to Isla Coronado near Loreto. Baja California Sur, 1000 miles south. He wants to visit I suppose Isla Coronado located near Tijuana on the Mexican side (visible from the pier at Imperial Beach). I suggest Tomasb call Tijuana tourist information phone number 078 (bilingual) or link https://tijuana.travel/en/assistance-078/ or ask at the hotel reception.

[WonderWhy]

Can you please provide detailed steps on how you did this and time for each phase?

I also go from SD airport to border via trolley and the total takes me much more time. At least 100 minutes.

Example: Airport to Trolley (via public transit): 20 min.

Trolley to Border incl wait time - 70 min.

Walk through border and catch taxi / HK-limo- 10 minutes.

Ride to hotel - 10 minutes.

TOTAL: 110 minutes.

Rambo, I catch the Old Town Flyer to the Old Town Station, Catch the trolly to San Ysidro. I pay a total of 1. 25 for the trip. Then call Uber after crossing the border - 100 pesos or so.

Thanks to the person telling about the bus to Centro. I will have to try that when I am not carrying baggage.

[Dogers69]

There is no other authority I have interacted with that has more Variance in the way I have been treated than CBP / US Customs. Sometimes it is point and "US Citizen?" - "Hand jesture to walk thru" = other times it is:

"What do you have in your pockets before I check you?"

Me: Put my hand inside shorts pockets and pull out to show empty.

"I didn't ask you to put your hands in your pocket. I asked what do you have in them?" -Secondary Inspection on that one.

Sometimes I will bring back my BP meds. And say "personal medications, nothing on schedule controlled list" Sometimes I am checked and other times I am not. In Tijuana choosing the wrong line can also be a problem. Seems these guys will sometimes pass everybody or harass everybody. There is no consistency with them.

They like to play games. The usa border is open so their border patrol became travel agency as their job is now to take fence climbers and bring them Dr's, food, lawyers, hotels, phones, $ ASAP. Before they sue us for any delays. So for fun they pick on men, usually gona be non latino as we stand out more. The grief I get, even with global entry, for being in California when I'm from east coast. You would think I was in Cambodia or Africa. They ask many questions we are not legally required to answer. In fact someone who films them could likely sue. The woman are the worst especially if there's no one behind me now they gona come at me like an angry girlfriend. With the questions. And yes I also had a guy, jump at me with that same shit "what's in your pockets". Instead of going into my pockets I said I don't know, and he grabbed my cell and yelled at me for not knowing my cell was in my pockets. And during this my hands had to be on the table as he patted me down. I was wearing a t shirt no bags at all no jacket and am a white guy. Maybe he wouldn't do it to every skin color.

[GentileBear]

There is no other authority I have interacted with that has more Variance in the way I have been treated than CBP / US Customs. Sometimes it is point and "US Citizen?" - "Hand jesture to walk thru" = other times it is:

"What do you have in your pockets before I check you?"

Me: Put my hand inside shorts pockets and pull out to show empty.

"I didn't ask you to put your hands in your pocket. I asked what do you have in them?" -Secondary Inspection on that one.

Sometimes I will bring back my BP meds. And say "personal medications, nothing on schedule controlled list" Sometimes I am checked and other times I am not. In Tijuana choosing the wrong line can also be a problem. Seems these guys will sometimes pass everybody or harass everybody. There is no consistency with them.

[RikyMichaels7]

Last month my friend from Texas and I were waiting in line at Otay to cross into the USA After about 20 minutes we ended up being stopped right in the front where the CBP lets people in. When it was our time to enter, I displayed my passport and my friend was about to pull his out of his back pocket when the agent started to lecture us about not being prepared. My friend asked, "prepared for what?" The agent said to have your passport out. The agent rudely said that he could send us back to the back of the line for not complying. My friend replied by saying, "it is right here" as it took him 2 seconds to pull it out. The agent admonished us again about not being prepared. My friend told him that he wasn't aware of the need to show his passport as it was his first time crossing, of which the agent replied, "Yea, sure. " I started to get hot and told him that he needed to learn some respect, especially when it comes to talking rudely to American citizens. He replied by saying, "I did show you respect. " I told him if that was his idea of respect then he should go get his Supervisor as I have the right to request one. He stated, "You don't have the right to a Supervisor. " I pointed to the sign that says all have that right. But he refused. I then told him, "Both of us help pay your salary through our Federal Withholding taxes" at which time he replied by saying, "That's a bunch of be. S. " he then told us, "Ok, you are going to the back of the line. " My reply was that we were not going anywhere. He then told us rudely, "Go, before you end up getting arrested. " As soon as I got to the agent booth where they check your passport, I requested a Supervisor. One came within two minutes and we shared our experience. She proceeded to say, "I am going to go talk to him now. " I told her that I had never been treated with such disrespect and that if he worked for me that he would be automatically fired. I further stated that the agent was inappropriately exerting his authority over respect for people. She gave me info. On how to file a complaint. I did file one on the CBP site on the internet. I received a response a week later indicating that the CBP takes complaints seriously and that an investigation will take place. Of course they can't give the outcome. So don't put up with this kind of stuff and you have the right not to be refused to speak to a Supervisor.

[LuvMexicanas]

That's all it takes to get from the San Diego airport to Centro Tijuana. You exit the terminal and look for the bus stop which you can't miss unless you're blind. Pull up the Pronto app on your phone and just scan to get on the 992 bus. After more or less a 10-minute ride, exit the bus at American Plaza station and get on the blue line trolley to San Ysidro, which takes about 45 minutes. Your initial scan on the bus is good for two hours so no need to scan again. Cross the border and go left when exiting the turnstiles and hop on the van that says Centro. After a 5-10 minute ride, pay 10 pesos as you exit the van at the Burger King on Revolucion.

[Hargow20]

Here is one tour that I found. Just search "Coronado Island Tours" & you can probably find others. This company was charging $150 for a one day trip.

(https://www.toursloreto.com/all-tours/coronado/)

I will be in Tijuana for my first visit in mid November and would arrive from Cabo San Lucas airport. After staying for a day or two I plan to journey to Coronado Island to spend a day as my flight is not until later in the evening. Any recommendations to travel there from Tijuana. I understand there is a ferry on the mainland to the island but don't know the best connections to get over there.

[Dogers69]

I will be in Tijuana for my first visit in mid November and would arrive from Cabo San Lucas airport. After staying for a day or two I plan to journey to Coronado Island to spend a day as my flight is not until later in the evening. Any recommendations to travel there from Tijuana. I understand there is a ferry on the mainland to the island but don't know the best connections to get over there.

What is making you choose Coronado? You should go to ocean beach ir Pacific Beach. The ocean is often sobpoluut3d in Coronado that they won't let anyone in the ocean like Tijuana and if they do, they have signs saying it's not healthy. There's also nothing interesting going on in Coronado it looks like Florida. For old people.

[Tomasb]

I will be in Tijuana for my first visit in mid November and would arrive from Cabo San Lucas airport. After staying for a day or two I plan to journey to Coronado Island to spend a day as my flight is not until later in the evening. Any recommendations to travel there from Tijuana. I understand there is a ferry on the mainland to the island but don't know the best connections to get over there.

Can you please provide detailed steps on how you did this and time for each phase?

I also go from SD airport to border via trolley and the total takes me much more time. At least 100 minutes.

Example: Airport to Trolley (via public transit): 20 min.

Trolley to Border incl wait time - 70 min.

Walk through border and catch taxi / HK-limo- 10 minutes.

Ride to hotel - 10 minutes.

TOTAL: 110 minutes.

[Rambo1969]

Thought I would give a few cents. I flew in San Diego Intl at 2:35 pm. Took the trolly to San Ysidro and was at my hotel by 4:00. .

Can you please provide detailed steps on how you did this and time for each phase?

I also go from SD airport to border via trolley and the total takes me much more time. At least 100 minutes.

Example: Airport to Trolley (via public transit): 20 min.

Trolley to Border incl wait time - 70 min.

Walk through border and catch taxi / HK-limo- 10 minutes.

Ride to hotel - 10 minutes.

TOTAL: 110 minutes.

[BrotherMouzone]

I saw that picture. Is it possible its from zona and someone gave it to him as a joke.

Nah, the "HK" on his shirt stands for "Hard Knocks". Hard Knocks a documentary of NFL preseason training camp that's produced and aired every year by HBO. Every year, the NFL selects a team and basically forces them to be on the show as most teams don't actually want to do the show (due to it being a distraction with cameras following players and staff around every day and other issues).

Several Jets players, including Aaron Rodgers, have made it clear they don't want to do the show but are kind of being forced to do it over the course of the next month anyway. So the head coach wearing the "I love HK" shirt was I guess meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

[Dogers69]

I had to chuckle when I saw the head coach of the New York Jets with an "I love HK" t-shirt and immediately thought of these boards (see attached pic).

I saw that picture. Is it possible its from zona and someone gave it to him as a joke.

[Sol12]

I had to chuckle when I saw the head coach of the New York Jets with an "I love HK" t-shirt and immediately thought of these boards (see attached pic).

I get tricked as well sometimes when I saw the HK billboards when driving on some of the freeways in San Diego. It took me a minute to realize that it was for the restaurant in Harrahs.

Actually it's surprising how many comics and tv personalities I have heard talk about HK and the Zona in general. Seems like everyone knows about it these days and like being a porn star it's not stigmatized in society like before.

[BrotherMouzone]

I had to chuckle when I saw the head coach of the New York Jets with an "I love HK" t-shirt and immediately thought of these boards (see attached pic).