Ciudad Juarez

[Bbond]

I didn't understand what was going on. My Spanish is not that great but I tried to ask someone on the street what time it was and he told me it was 10:30. Can anyone personally confirm that Juarez is an hour behind El Paso time?

Confirmed, due to the US changing to DST earlier this year, they have to pass a new law to change time to an earlier date, can't just change w/El Paso. But since regular DST time is comming up, (1st Sunday in April) prolly be back on same time soon.

[The Hooligan]

With Good Friday on April 6 and Easter Sunday on April 8, do any of you fellow mongers know if the massage parlors and centro clubs will be open at all this weekend?

Thanks

[The Hooligan]

After a one year absence, I had the good fortune of passing through El Paso/Juarez on my way to Albuquerque for a 2 week business trip. I parked the car at the U.S. side of the border ($3) and walked across the Santa Fe bridge at around 11am. For those newbies planning their frist trip to Juarez, the Santa Fe bridge crossing is 35 cents from the US to Mexico and 30 cents from Mexico to the US.

I took a taxi to the Hotel Villa Manport and tried Sirenas but it was closed. I tried both doors of El Encanto and it was closed. Then I tried to get a steak lunch at El Herradero but it too was closed. I didn't understand what was going on. My Spanish is not that great but I tried to ask someone on the street what time it was and he told me it was 10:30. Can anyone personally confirm that Juarez is an hour behind El Paso time?

I soon saw a female open the doors to El Encanto and thought, the hell with it, I'm going in. Her name was Jonah, or something like that, and was the only girl working at the time. Tall, fake blonde hair, but big boned and thickish type of girl with a huge ass and large jugs. I was quoted $30 for 30 minutes or $40 for an hour. I went for the 1 hour deal. Massage sucked. After I flipped over we went straight to the main event. No upsell for the CBJ so that's always a plus, I guess. Jonah was nowhere near to a GFE but good enough for my own satisfaction. She even included a fake moan or two here and there.

I finished up and took Cienega32's advice and went two doors down and tried a steak lunch at El Herradero. Great food and reasonably priced. I took a cab back to the border and made my way back to El Paso to start the rest of my drive to Albuquerque. I would've loved to have had tried Sirenas. Perhaps next weekend. Thanks to all who posted places on the wiki-map, it was an invaluable asset.

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[Storm Rider #2]

There is a new format of passport in the works that will be the size of an ID card. The pertinent Federal Regulation is found at http://travel.state.gov/pdf/ppt_card_reg.pdf. I will be looking into this myself. It will be ideal for for border crossers...Has anyone looked into this yet?

Have fun, play safe,

Gino

Sounds like Uncle Sam thinks the Mica program was such a great success that they are adapting it for our use.

[Storm Rider #2]

I asked this question in the Baja section several months back and never got a response. I moved from Juarez about 4 years ago and am considering buying land in La Paz in Baja. It is close to the beach and therefore subject to "land trust" laws. I always rented when living in Mexico before and I am looking for someone who has a little experience as a foreigner having land there. Just looking to see what kind of basic hurdles there are that I must jump. Some of you regulars live there I believe. Mugroso, maybe?

[Bbond]

Be cool if it is just a small document like a drivers lic.

I just went and read the official government passport page, and the proposed card is just that, "proposed", not official yet, but surely they will approve of it.

[Cienega32]

There is a new format of passport in the works that will be the size of an ID card. The pertinent Federal Regulation is found at http://travel.state.gov/pdf/ppt_card_reg.pdf. I will be looking into this myself. It will be ideal for for border crossers -

That would be ideal! I've always considered the passport book something that could VERY easily be lost (by me, anyway...) in situations like "ours" - walking over for a few hours.

[Gino the Rod]

There is a new format of passport in the works that will be the size of an ID card. The pertinent Federal Regulation is found at http://travel.state.gov/pdf/ppt_card_reg.pdf. I will be looking into this myself. It will be ideal for for border crossers -

"The passport card is intended as a lower cost means of establishing identity and nationality for American citizens in two limited situations—for citizens crossing U.S. land borders and traveling by sea between the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Bermuda. The passport card is not designed to be a globally interoperable travel document as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)."

It'll be cheaper than a regular book-type passport and you can apply for both and save some of the fees.

"[A]n application fee of $20.00 is proposed for passport cards issued to adults (age 16 and up), valid for ten years."

"The execution fee for persons seeking to apply for a passport card and passport book will be $25."

"[A] U.S. citizen will be able to apply for both a passport book and passport card in the same application. The execution fee will be assessed only once, although a separate application fee will be assessed for each type of passport."

Has anyone looked into this yet?

Have fun, play safe,

Gino

[Bbond]

Man, that sucks. Efrain was younger than I, what did he die of?? Geez, I stay off the board for a while and come back to shit news like this. Total bummer.

I could not get an answer from anyone at the VM, no-one knew for sure.
One guy said he thought it was heart attack, but was not sure of that.

[Cienega32]

For those that don't know, our friend and the english speaking manager of the Villa Manport Hotel, Efrain, has left us, he has passed away.

I missed this post before. That's a damn shame. I only met him once or twice but he seemed very helpful and friendly as well when I spoke to him, trying to learn about the hotel and across the street.

Vaya con Dios...

[Dougie]

For those that don't know, our friend and the english speaking manager of the Villa Manport Hotel, Efrain, has left us, he has passed away.

Man, that sucks. Efrain was younger than I, what did he die of?? Geez, I stay off the board for a while and come back to shit news like this. Total bummer.

[Dougie]

They're back...!

April 22nd is the schedule for the first bullfight of this year's season - at the OLD ring on Francisco Villa.

Tickets to go on sale at Club Kentucky starting sometime next week.

This is according to 'Johnny' - a fluent English speaking bartender at that establishment - and the stack of posters he has, ready to be hung.

Olé!! Somebody post the "Temporada" for the season, or post a link or something. The "old" plazamonumental.com only has the TJ season listed.

[Gino the Rod]

Anyone have a ball park estimate of how much it runs to take out a stripper from a joint like Jokers or strip bars like it? ...Sorry to sound like a newbie but my experience is with MPs and I need some more info to make that change.

Asking price goes from 1 to 4 or even 5, plus the house fee/bar fine of 40-50. In actuality most ask for 2 to 3; 2 seems quite common -- plus house fee. They have to be back within the hour or get fined again.

Jokers One on Gomez Morin has a higher asking price than say Jokers Gold by Zaragoza bridge or Jokers Premier on Lopez Mateo. Amadeus is 2-3. Afroditas and Phantoms are mostly 150-200. Club 69 100-150, not as good a selection.

Most autotels are 20-35. You can even tell some that you'll be coming back and do a second round later that evening/night.

Have fun, play safe,

Gino

[Treewalker]

According to the chubby bartendress, she's due in 2 months.

Cool....thanks. That sounds about right. I was looking on my phone the other day and saw I had two pics of her a while back...bout 4-6 months along.

[Svtlord]

Anyone have a ball park estimate of how much it runs to take out a stripper from a joint like Jokers or strip bars like it?

What about a full service session with a girl from the bar section downtown, like 60?

Sorry to sound like a newbie but my experience is with MPs and I need some more info to make that change.