General Reports

I arrived in the Ticuan Hotel. It gets 3 stars by me, which is my usual. It is clean, but everything is old. The showers have hot water and it is quiet if you are not in a room next to the disco. They took my skin temperature because and had me sterilize my hands. This seems to be common here (they did this at Hong Kong too! But one cannot blame people for wanting to minimize the risk for COVID, even if the measures they are taking do absolutely nothing.

I took a nap and ate excellent Oaxacan food at a restaurant across the street from Caesars (cannot remember the name). I had the ribs in a dark mole sauce. It was better than the food I had in Oaxaca a few years back! I then took a stroll to Hong Kong taking in the entire red light district, as it was only 11 pm. For my tastes, Mexican women have a bit too much "carne"; indeed, some of them are simply fat. However, the number of women in Hong Kong is amazing, and there were certainly some fine looking chicas. As I was all alone, I sort of wandered around for a while watching the show (which was incredibly boring; most of the girls don't know how to dance very well). I made occasional eye contact with the girls, but they were not as aggressive at introducing themselves to me as is usual in places like Spain, Brazil or Germany. Nevertheless, I found one I liked and we took off for the hotel, where they charged me $30 for the room (for only 35 minutes) including a free drink (the chica got herself a beer) and a condom. The chica asked and received $100; she gave an outstanding BBBJ followed by the usual 3 or 4 positions of sex. I finished after 33 minutes, and the chica hurried me out so I wouldn't get charged an additional fee.

I then checked out both Chicago and Adelita, since they are walking distance from Hong Kong. Chicago was much quieter than Hong Kong, and they had something I have never seen before: naked girls taking a bath with lots of foamy soap. I was not quite ready for round two, so I passed on the one girl who I thought was pretty. I took even less time in Adelitas, although it was much more active than Chicago. Lots of chicas, but only a small percentage were beauties (I guess if I were patient, I could have snared a beauty, but this is always a problem in a large brothel).

I then decided to check out the street girls. I would say that about 10-15% of the street girls are attractive. Most of the others either are way too fat or look as if they are infected with something or another. I had too super cute chicas offer to take me to heaven as a trio, but I was afraid that they might be minors and passed. On a related note, I would love to here from some Tijuana experts how one can be certain a chica is ≥ 18 years of age. Are the ID cards reliable, or is it like the Philippines where there are numerous fake IDs?

I took a cab back to the Ticuan, and checked out a massage place across the street. One of the ladies was a gorgeous thin 26 year old, and she took me for a massage. The massage turned out to be full service and included, for a price, bareback everything. When I finished, she was not quite finished and she treated me to five minutes of masturbation. Watching her orgasm was the highlight of my night! She got $120 USD for this performance (full hour).

Finally, this morning I had the pleasure of meeting Jade, a 27 ish year old escort from [URL]mexicolindobar.com[/URL]. She speaks excellent English, and was very nice. Dennis, the owner of mexicolindobar says all of his girls are GFE. Jade would qualify as GFE, although she doesn't really like DFK. She stayed for an hour, and I had a superb overall experience.

Sadly, I must now go back to the USA. The San Ysidro border sounds like a pain in the ass (current wait times exceed an hour), even though I have my Trusted Traveller status. I hope I won't get sniffed by the dogs again!

MamaGuevos.

Border control is how CBP and HSI arrest criminals. Arrest warrants for class I and II felonies from any state will hit the FBI's arrest list and CBP will have them in their system. I have seen guys quickly pinned down and cuffed by a couple CBP guys on secret hand signals by the CBP guys at the booth. Guys who owe more than $50 K in back tax may be denied entries or arrested at border.

Marijuana may be legal and California but is still illegal and prosecuted by Federal laws in both US and Mexico. Carrying a single joint is enough to be busted by federal agents. So be careful.

Recently a wingman added his car to his Global entry card, got his card revoked after review by State Dept due to his address was linked to prostitution or trafficking. He gave his name and address to an escort for reference. She had probably arrested for prostitution but used his name as reference for visa application. The feds know a lot more about you than you think.

A bro applied for G E and was denied, he said due to a minor assault conviction, but he could be minimizing a more serious charge. I know guys who got GE with battery misdemeanor conviction, but it was 15 years old. I did tell him about GE's disqualification thresholds, I. E. Any violence or drugs felonies however old, plus recent misdemeanor and DUIs. He wanted la Zona so badly had to apply hehe. He can still cross back, but on his feet, not in a GE car.

I also know guys who broke the SENTRI / GLOBAL ENTRY rules at the border 4 times, got sent to secondary inspection each time to deal with supervisors, but they never yanked his GE card. So CBP and the US Government can also be nice.

A few wingmen are private / commercial / military / LE pilots. They are very very careful about breaking FAA regulations. Unlike an Allegiant captain approaching Detroit Municipal in a snow storm on an Airbus A319 packed with gamblers returning from Las Vegas, ran low on fuel, unable to reach Chicago O'Hare for alternate, refused to declare a fuel emergency, but insisted on having priority landing ahead of half a dozen planes holding for landing. He landed, ran out of fuel on the runway, his license suspended, got busted and lost his job with Allegiant. With that 'minor' infraction, he could never get a job with any airlines or reputable operators again, probably flying freight or charter in Central America or Asia.

Try very hard not to break federal laws, or at least don't let them prove you had intentions.

[QUOTE=MamaGuevos;2580572]I never heard of FINCEN (google tells me this means "Financial Crimes Enforcement Network") until just now, but I agree that it is not wise to mess around with them. Despite my cool exterior, I was a bit anxious when the German shepherd got crazy with my baggage. I also agree that it is foolish to "act smart" with LE by making up some story for one's personal amusement. It is always a good idea to remember that lying to LE is a felony, with fines (and occasionally jail time) that exceed whatever crime you may have committed.

That being said, I have done nothing illegal and have no plans or desire to do anything illegal. I only wish that immigration would as much energy into making the lines move faster as they do hassling innocent civilians.[/QUOTE]Nothing bad about doing something fun south of the border. Bali was surprising as at the airport they have a sign that states if you bring anything illegal into the country, then face the death penalty like a shooting squad. It is a very welcoming sign and I felt at home. Funny thing is when I was sitting on a bench with my ex a random dude came up with a trench coat asking if I like coke and I was like sure, then he opened his trench coat and I was like not that kind of coke. One day I'll get to hunter Biden status of lining up ladies and snorting coke off their cracks. That guy knows how to party.

When dealing with LE it is best to say as little possible. This is especially true if a cop pulls you over. Just remember they are questioning you go gather evidence for a arrest. With immigration this less true unless you are smuggling something.

[QUOTE=MamaGuevos;2580572]I never heard of FINCEN (google tells me this means "Financial Crimes Enforcement Network") until just now, but I agree that it is not wise to mess around with them. Despite my cool exterior, I was a bit anxious when the German shepherd got crazy with my baggage. I also agree that it is foolish to "act smart" with LE by making up some story for one's personal amusement. It is always a good idea to remember that lying to LE is a felony, with fines (and occasionally jail time) that exceed whatever crime you may have committed.

That being said, I have done nothing illegal and have no plans or desire to do anything illegal. I only wish that immigration would as much energy into making the lines move faster as they do hassling innocent civilians.[/QUOTE]

I pulled into the San Ysidro border station at 1 pm. I felt like I had arrived in one of the outer circles of hell. The line was easily half a mile long! Some guy comes up to me and says for $40, he will get me past the line in 5 minutes. I paid him $40 and he walked me to the front of the line where a sign says that SENTRI card holders can go to the front of the line. In other words, I did not need him because I have Global Entry and that is part of SENTRI. He quickly disappeared and I walked ahead of everyone and had a 5 minute wait to get to an agent. Live and learn!

At that point, the agent tells me my card is inactive! I almost shit my pants thinking that they are going to send me back to the regular line but they just took me to secondary screening and 5 minutes later I am out. It turns out that you do not need an active card to fly to the USA, but land crossing is different. It has to be activated online but it can only be activated within 90 days of receiving the card. I was told that if I came across the border again, I would be subject to secondary screening again.

Thus my short journey has ended! But I now know how to do the crossing, which was my biggest worry. I only got ripped off once (although the chicas could have been bargained down a bit, I suspect).

[QUOTE=MamaGuevos;2580525]I decided to visit Tijuana for a day never having been here before and finding myself all alone in San Diego. I have read the forum, asked questions, gotten nice answers and I felt ready.

I took a cab from the airport (I plan to return on the Trolley, but after 9 hours of flying, I thought I would treat myself to something easy) and followed the crowd. Just before I got to immigration control, there were a handful of US Immigration officials with a dog. The dog sniffed my bags and wouldn't leave me alone. So, they took my passport and took me into a side room and searched my stuff. The officer asked me if I had more than $10,000 cash and followed up that question immediately with "it's OK to have more than $10,000 cash" but as I am not going to Mexico to arrange a purchase of meth or fentanyl from the Sinaloa cartel, I did not! He asked me how much $ I did have, and I actually did not know (he counted it; it was about $950 plus $100 in Mexican pesos). I usually carry about that amount of cash when I leave the country, as I have had credit cards fail me from time to time. The reason the dog sniffed me out was undoubtedly due to the strong scent of marijuana that came from my briefcase. I often store joints in my brief case (but I had no marijuana in the brief case today). I live in a state where recreational marijuana is legal, by the way.

I am kind of sorry I did not have any marijuana in my bag, just out of curiosity, as marijuana is legal in California (and I was still in California). On the other hand, I probably would have had a hassle with the immigration folks, perhaps even been arrested on some charge that would never stick, so its just as well that I had no pot in my bags. Interestingly, they looked through my toilet kit, which was well stocked with sleeping pills and Levitra (no longer in their prescription bottles), but said nothing..[/QUOTE]Nice report! Do you recall the name of the massage place?

[QUOTE=MamaGuevos;2580847]I pulled into the San Ysidro border station at 1 pm. I felt like I had arrived in one of the outer circles of hell. The line was easily half a mile long! Some guy comes up to me and says for $40, he will get me past the line in 5 minutes. I paid him $40 and he walked me to the front of the line where a sign says that SENTRI card holders can go to the front of the line. In other words, I did not need him because I have Global Entry and that is part of SENTRI. He quickly disappeared and I walked ahead of everyone and had a 5 minute wait to get to an agent. Live and learn!

At that point, the agent tells me my card is inactive! I almost shit my pants thinking that they are going to send me back to the regular line but they just took me to secondary screening and 5 minutes later I am out. It turns out that you do not need an active card to fly to the USA, but land crossing is different. It has to be activated online but it can only be activated within 90 days of receiving the card. I was told that if I came across the border again, I would be subject to secondary screening again.

Thus my short journey has ended! But I now know how to do the crossing, which was my biggest worry. I only got ripped off once (although the chicas could have been bargained down a bit, I suspect).[/QUOTE]Live and learn man. The unknowns are what makes the hobby fun. If we had groundhogs day everyday like in the USA, then sure it could get boring. The longer you stay, I'the imagine it would become the norm. At least you got back safely and line up the next monger trip.

[QUOTE=MamaGuevos;2580525]I am kind of sorry I did not have any marijuana in my bag, just out of curiosity, as marijuana is legal in California (and I was still in California).[/QUOTE]Wrong!

California law allows marijuana, but federal law still treats it like a serious crime. I suggest you let this little experiment wait until you have about ten years available for prison time!

I've lived / worked in Asia (all over) of the past seven and a half years and never made it back to the US during that time, so it had been seven and a half years since I last went to Tijuana. I spent the last 18 months stuck in Cambodia and initially there were no lockdowns to speak of and then in April a couple old ladies died and diarrhea hit the fan. Ever since, they would partially open things, then someone would die and it'd start over again. Being that I work online, I decided to finally leave Asia. In fact I can say with confidence Asia will be the last place to open up. I had planned going to Medellin, but the flight from Asia is brutal and expensive, so for about $1,100 (usd) less and 12 hours shorter of a journey I decided to fly to SD and move to Tijuana. Today marks my fourth day here and I'm glad I came!

I noticed that the street girls have finally wised up and are no longer charging 200 P like they were still doing in November, 2013 (my last time in Tijuana). At least not the ones I approached. I was quite lenient in regards to whom I approached and I went in with the mindset that I wouldn't approach anyone that I wouldn't do for free. The cheapest quote was 300 and that was early evening. That being said, I'm not complaining, the price literally didn't change from 1999-2013, which is the span I've been going to Tijuana and even though its gone up, its still about the same as you would pay for a gal on Beach Road in Pattaya so no biggie.

My first night I took the first girl I approached, very cute spinner type with no babies. I won't lie, I didn't last very long, but yeah, it was 400+100. Worth it even if it was brief. Afterwards I hit all of the old haunts (HK, Adelita, Chicago and Tropical) and although HK has the most talent. I kinda like that Adelita has a good number of black girls (from Colombia) to mix things up a bit. I'm also one of those crazy gringos that enjoys going to the other bars where the locals frequent to get a good buzz going. Sure the women aren't that hot, but the vibe in those bars can be fun. The second night I pretty much did the same, but took a gal huge tits, which I'm a sucker for, a little meat on her bones, but sweet. This time around I shelled out an extra 200 P to get her top off and a BJ. The BJ was covered, which I'm not a fan of, but I played with her tits the whole time and zero problems getting it up. I was able to pace myself this time around and savor them big tits. Third night I did the same routine, took another street girl, but she was so-so, I paid an extra 100 P for a BJ and just played with her ass and caressed her soft skin while she blew me. She got the job done, but nothing memorable. After finishing up, I went to Chicago club and a half black girl jump all over me and was super bubbly, sweet and was easy on the eyes so I bought her a lady drink. It must've been my night, because she kind of nursed her beer and basically dry humped me for a good ten minutes so I said what the hell and bought her another. This time around while I was playing with her (smallish) tits she started rubbing my wang over my pants and. Well, I came in my boxers, LOL. I told her in my (rusty) Spanish and we both had a laugh about the whole thing. I forgot her name, but I'd know her immediately if I saw her. So all in all a great three nights and I'm glad I decided to move here. At least for a little while.

Now I must get down to business and get used to working from 11 pm-7 am (my company is based in Germany / France) and I moved into an Airbnb which is about 12 kms from the border (Campos area) so I'll probably keep it to only hitting Zona Norte Saturdays. That being said if anyones' down to meet up, shoot me a pm. That being said, I know these are sensitive times and I will say up front that I am in no way shape or form "woke". So if you're not either cool, I'm down to talk about my adventures in Asia and such if you want or Tijuana.

Leave it to Tijuana to liven up life a bit. Got a ride from a coworker down to Zona Norte as he drives from work to Tijuana every day. It was Great skipping the parking headache and time to cross.

I was grabbing a bite to eat at Azuls overlooking the alley and a couple guys started having a fist fight where one guy got perty bloody. Finally another one of the guys started chasing the guy off with a large wooden stick. It only lasted 3-4 minutes and no police were called. Just a regular alley fight I guess.

G.

The lines have gotten long in the afternoon lately. Hopefully pedwestopens up soon.

[QUOTE=MamaGuevos;2580847]I pulled into the San Ysidro border station at 1 pm. I felt like I had arrived in one of the outer circles of hell. The line was easily half a mile long! Some guy comes up to me and says for $40, he will get me past the line in 5 minutes. I paid him $40 and he walked me to the front of the line where a sign says that SENTRI card holders can go to the front of the line. In other words, I did not need him because I have Global Entry and that is part of SENTRI. He quickly disappeared and I walked ahead of everyone and had a 5 minute wait to get to an agent. Live and learn!

At that point, the agent tells me my card is inactive! I almost shit my pants thinking that they are going to send me back to the regular line but they just took me to secondary screening and 5 minutes later I am out. It turns out that you do not need an active card to fly to the USA, but land crossing is different. It has to be activated online but it can only be activated within 90 days of receiving the card. I was told that if I came across the border again, I would be subject to secondary screening again.

Thus my short journey has ended! But I now know how to do the crossing, which was my biggest worry. I only got ripped off once (although the chicas could have been bargained down a bit, I suspect).[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=WombatEd2;2580950]Wrong!

California law allows marijuana, but federal law still treats it like a serious crime. I suggest you let this little experiment wait until you have about ten years available for prison time![/QUOTE]I had an experience Cbp found some empty cannabis vape cartridges in my car and they gave me a warning. I had to sign some piece of paper. Honestly I don't know what the paper even said because I was nervous thinking I was going to jail. The cartridges were empty but still had tiny trace amounts of cannabis liquid in them. So it's possible if you get caught with something small like a joint you might only get a warning. Maybe. Don't quote me on that.

Am I missing anything? Seems I always forget to bring something when I head to Mexico. This list is perhaps a bit overkill but here is a list of items to bring / do before the mongering trip.

1. Cash – $20's, $5's, $1's (go to bank and get $60 in singles (bring any extra foreign currency you have from a previous trip).

2. Money Clip.

3. VIP Card For Any Clubs.

4. Passport.

5. Copy of Passport.

6. Visa – if applicable.

7. Belt – With plastic belt buckle for going through metal detectors.

8. Condoms / Lube.

9. Pills-Viagra etc.

10. Phone – With Downloaded songs that will work when not connected to Wifi or cell carrier.

11.2nd Phone with Sim from country visiting. (Download and special apps, Uber, DiDi, Lyft, Google Translate) (Take pictures of CC's and back contact numbers incase loose or stolen).

12. Bluetooth Speaker.

13. Basic Language Book.

14. Clothes – Any special pants / shorts with hidden pockets sewed into them.

15. Toiletries – Regular plus Scope / Mouthwash / Toilette paper.

16. Emergency Numbers (for when shit really hits the fan).

17. Friends / Family numbers (if going solo it's often good to let someone on the US side your going down there).

18. US Consulate +55 8526 2561 from Mexico or 844-528-6611 from US.

19. Lawyer#'s List of Numbers for Lawyers from US Embassy in Tijuana.

[URL]https://gpa-mprod-mwp.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/15/2021/07/TIJ-List-of-Private-Attorneys-July-2021.pdf[/URL]

21. Print Address or screen shot addresses of any specific locations going to for Taxi Drivers.

22. Print Copy of Reservation Confirmation for Hotel (to show them when they can't find it).

As to be expected my online preemptive strike hit a road block. Maybe it was just the guy at 8:30 pm who didn't want to stamp my online prepaid $30 180 day visa. I'm going to try again today hopefully with better luck. I'll share any new final info I learn about180 day visa. What I didn't like was $13 non-overnight parking. Overnight was some crazy amount. This is the LZ lot with attendant. Used to be maybe 10 for 24 hours. So that same lot wants $25 for Saturday's.loco. Has to be a better rate. That just adds insult after you some fleecing by the ladies (as expected). I tried some advanced search on parking to no avail. I did have a nostalgic night back in the zone after a long break, had fun in HK even though I prefer the street. Did some street carne-shopping including the corner tacos after my decent HK chica but was too tired to follow up with a few nice SG's. Amazed covid. Now delta not slowing anything down viva Mexico!

[QUOTE=SportMongr;2581154]As to be expected my online preemptive strike hit a road block. Maybe it was just the guy at 8:30 pm who didn't want to stamp my online prepaid $30 180 day visa. I'm going to try again today hopefully with better luck. I'll share any new final info I learn about180 day visa. What I didn't like was $13 non-overnight parking. Overnight was some crazy amount. This is the LZ lot with attendant. Used to be maybe 10 for 24 hours. So that same lot wants $25 for Saturday's.loco. Has to be a better rate. That just adds insult after you some fleecing by the ladies (as expected). I tried some advanced search on parking to no avail. I did have a nostalgic night back in the zone after a long break, had fun in HK even though I prefer the street. Did some street carne-shopping including the corner tacos after my decent HK chica but was too tired to follow up with a few nice SG's. Amazed covid. Now delta not slowing anything down viva Mexico![/QUOTE]Park at the trolley stations and take a ride to San Ysidro $2. 50 one way. Takes more time out of your life, but up to you on how much you want to spend. Free overnight parking.