Nuevo Laredo

[Slick Willie]

Uber must have gone up, it's close to 13 dollars now from airport.

Route 11 of the Laredo City Bus System, El Metro, goes from the downtown transit center to the airport:

https://elmetrotransit.com/route-sch...1-gustavuslea/

[Zygomatic]

Time is money.

Uber must have gone up, it's close to 13 dollars now from airport.

[Zygomatic]

What are you guys paying for taxi fare to the bus terminals from the bridge area?

It's been 50 pesos even when more than 1 person gets in and all are coming back to the bridge. Taxis will give priority to people going to bridge from bus station cause he makes more money doing taxi pooling.

[Zygomatic]

No it was him, Javier and his wife / GF are friends of mine and won't mess with my friends. This was a different guy, he is sort of a friend, but very smooth talking, speaks English, I tried to tell Zygo that we need to get rid of him, but the never stopped talking. He escorted Zygo to the bridge while I was doing something, if Zygo would have waited for me the guy would not have asked for money in my presence. I sometimes pass him 50 pesos when things are real slow and he isn't making any money. Javier never asks me for anything than a cigarette.

I know Bbond, I started seeing red flags pop up with that guy toward the middle of our meal at the restaurant. I don't know exactly what makes someone act like how he acted that day. At the human level, I recognized shallow behavior. But I could sense a confrontation between him and I towards the end because of his own bitterness and disrespect for me as a person. It was nice hanging out with you how ever. You look good.

[DramaFree11]

$10 UBER, plus long term parking rates, beat the heck out of the $16 a day it costs to park at the bus station.

Time is money.

[Zygomatic]

Decide to take the bus to have less stress, ended up the opposite. On my return trip from MTY, I get off the bus there is 5-6 locals, surround one of the guys getting off the bus. They started questioning him, I did not stick around, not good. My recommendation, do not go through the main entrance, walk around to entrance where the buses come in, that will take you directly to Taxis.

Be careful.

That's a good tip but kind of would look suspicious. Remember that old saying, desperate people take desperate measures? Right now the city of Nuevo Laredo has allot of desperate people in it. I don't even like going into the streets of downtown. I will communicate that to the taxi if he doesn't use the main streets. Thanks for the review and for your wisdom. The guy who was being questioned probably had someone looking for him. I feel bad for the people who live in Nuevo Laredo. It's very interesting but very scary. My next trip to mty will be directly from a San Antonio bus which takes about 7 hours to arrive to mty.

[Bbond]

What are you guys paying for taxi fare to the bus terminals from the bridge area?

[Bbond]

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Does anyone know when the following Hotel Sabinas in Nuevo Laredo closed?
http://elmanana.com.mx/noticia/89338...-historia.html

No idea, but if you read the article, which is dated in 2016, the building was constructed before 1880, and is extremely poor condition and not worth restoration. Looking at google maps, street view shows that perhaps it was torn down and replaced. There is nothing there that resembles the photo in the article, and the article makes no mention where the photo was taken.

[Bbond]

Not sure how much, probably 50 pesos, it was a soft stop, nevertheless it was the real deal. The driver had to get out of the car to pay. There were masked boys on the street. He paid a ladt, strange thing everyone was on bikes.4th or 5th right from the border going to the bus station. I woke up very quickly. Moving forward I will be much more careful and instruct the Taxi Driver no be S, take the main streets. No more side streets. Be careful.

The 3rd right is Hidaldo, where the Montera was, 4th right is Dr Mier, the 5th is Calle Canales, Dr Mier is a main throughofare, Canales nor Hidalgo are. No idea why he would go down Hidalgo or Canales, neither is a direct route, or even a route that makes any sense. The best way to the bus terminals is, as Zygo said, Lopez Lara, right from the bridge. My suspicion is the driver was passing a point of sale, and stopped to make a purchase.

[Bbond]

Decide to take the bus to have less stress, ended up the opposite. On my return trip from MTY, I get off the bus there is 5-6 locals, surround one of the guys getting off the bus. They started questioning him, I did not stick around, not good. My recommendation, do not go through the main entrance, walk around to entrance where the buses come in, that will take you directly to Taxis. Be careful.

No worries, they are looking for infiltrators from rival gangs, you have nothing to be concerned with.

[Bbond]

Not sure, but I do know it is $10 Uber ride to the boarder, not worth it whatever you would save.

$10 UBER, plus long term parking rates, beat the heck out of the $16 a day it costs to park at the bus station.

[Bbond]

Hi Bbond,

Do you know if long term parking is allowed at Laredo's International Airport for people who want to walk across the bridge into Nuevo Laredo for vacation purposes?
Thanks, Zygo.

How would they know where you are going, just park there, walk to terminal and summon UBER.

[Bbond]

Is his name Javier by any chance.

No it was him, Javier and his wife / GF are friends of mine and won't mess with my friends. This was a different guy, he is sort of a friend, but very smooth talking, speaks English, I tried to tell Zygo that we need to get rid of him, but the never stopped talking. He escorted Zygo to the bridge while I was doing something, if Zygo would have waited for me the guy would not have asked for money in my presence. I sometimes pass him 50 pesos when things are real slow and he isn't making any money. Javier never asks me for anything than a cigarette.

[DramaFree11]

So I decide to take the bus to MTY, this trip, instead on driving, I did not want to go through the hassle of registering my car since I am selling and Mexican insurance had run out. So drive down to Laredo. Cross the border and think nothing about it I am exhausted, drove most of the night and too much work, but no complaints. No cab, finally grab find one. I tell him to take me to the bus station, he is talking to people on the street, I tell him to pay attention and drive. We take the right for the street to take us to the main street on the way to the station. Cab stops there was checkpoint by locals, he had to pay a toll to pass. Nothing happened, but Not good, I had a bunch of cash, I need to be way more careful never again. Safety first. The MTY trip is off to a great start I will continue the story later, do not want to jinx tonight.

Decide to take the bus to have less stress, ended up the opposite. On my return trip from MTY, I get off the bus there is 5-6 locals, surround one of the guys getting off the bus. They started questioning him, I did not stick around, not good. My recommendation, do not go through the main entrance, walk around to entrance where the buses come in, that will take you directly to Taxis.

Be careful.

[DramaFree11]

Hi Bbond,

Do you know if long term parking is allowed at Laredo's International Airport for people who want to walk across the bridge into Nuevo Laredo for vacation purposes?

Thanks, Zygo.

Not sure, but I do know it is $10 Uber ride to the boarder, not worth it whatever you would save.