Just got back from four wonderful days in Tijuana. Unfortunately, most of the girls names are long forgotten. I wish I could remember, but I can't.
I stayed at the Quality Inn Suites in Otay Mesa. Which was a very good choice. With the exception of one time crossing back into the US, I never waited more than five minutes in line at Garrita de Otay. The hotel is safe, and about a ten minute walk to the border. I've stayed at the Rodeway Inn in San Ysidro, which was cheaper and was fine. But the accomodations in Otay Mesa ($79 per night) were perfect for me. I had more than one half-hour wait (and have read horror stories about two-hour waits) at San Ysidro the last time I visited. As a matter of fact, when I last visited in September, I had to be at a meeting one afternoon in San Diego and ended up cabbing it to Otay Mesa to cross the border, and then cabbing it back to San Ysidro in order to get my car and get to the meeting in time. I didn't want that hassle again, and Otay Mesa seems much safer (not that I had any problems in San Ysidro).
After checking in at the Quality Inn around 7pm, I grabbed my passport and some cash and headed down the road, past the Jack in the Box, and made a left at the gas station. Which puts you on a cul de sac that brings you to the fenced walkway into Mexico. I later discovered a "Casa de Cambio" exchange place open during the daytime in one of the gas stations you walk by in this area. The no-commission exchange rate was one of the best that I saw during my trip (12. 70) and I purchased pesos at that place daily thereafter. Utilizing pesos still works out in your favor. Considering that the vast majority of my pesos were spent in the bars in the Zona Norte, the 5% vig that you earn by using pesos at 12:1 was well worth the three minute stop on the way to the border.
On my first evening, once in Mexico I followed the advise of the sign warning you not to use gypsy cabs and to only use the ones that are painted orange / green. So, up to the orange / green man I go, and ask to head to Adelita Bar. Eighteen dollars he explains, and I say ten. He holds firm. Given that it was pitch dark and I was not about to adventure around to find another taxi. 18 dollars it was to Centro. Or 230 peso. I never saw that cab company anywhere else in the city, so it seems that they are a smaller firm that has paid to be right at the front at Garrita de Otay. You can't take the next guy in line (he's from the same cab company) , and they all charge the same. No tip from me, I knew I was overpaying. Always remember to bring plenty of fives and ones with you. There is no such thing as change from a cab driver in Tijuana. There are much better options that I later figured out, which I will explain later.
I walked into Hong Kong and purchased a VIP card for $50. Into the club, and onto the shaving cream show to start getting acclimated as I sipped my free Dos Equios that came with my newly purchased VIP status. The sensory overload at Hong Kong is insane. Perfect music, perfect lighting, and ladies abound. There are two girls doing each other on stage amidst a bunch of shaving cream, and another pair hanging out in the hot tub. And of course, one two or three, dancing on yet another stage anytime U-turn your head. I'm not sure I get the hot tub thing, but throughout my four days I rarely saw the tub empty. It seemed to be a part of the dancer's rotation to spend some time in the tub with another girl while daintily splashing and riding each other. Which is fun to watch, so I guess I do get it now that I think about it. I must have done a double-take at least ten times as I walked around in HK. It was slow, which is obviously good. A dirty blond with a body that nobody would give anything less than a nine to, sauntered up, looked me in the eye, and before saying anything else whispered "you want to fuck me?" with a gorgeous accent on "fuck." I think my dumbfounded response was something like,"uh, yeahhh. I do, but I just got here so not right now." "Sixty dollars," she retorted. And after fifteen seconds she says,"ooohh, I like you, for you, fifty." With that same gorgeous, latina, accent on "fifty." Somehow, I passed, knowing it is a mistake to jump early. I have no idea whether that was a mistake or not. After a half-hour or so at Hong Kong, I headed over to Adelita to consume mas cerveza. As usual, Adelita was fantastic, and I felt like a piece of meat. Which is great when you're an older gringo who rarely gets a second look in the States. Surprisingly, I didn't find anything exciting at Adelita. So I wandered around.
Chavelas was nice, but generally contains bigger woman. One of whom I spent some time with in a VIP room two months prior, and was greatly disappointed in almost everything about her. She was there, of course. And she recognized me, of course. And it was slow, of course. So I left. I ended up in either Delicia or Hacienda for a bit less than fifteen minutes. These are smaller bars on the corner, and whichever one I was in was completely empty. I checked out both, but ended up staying in only one. There were two older, fatter, dancers. One of whom latched on and I did buy her a ficha for, in order to get a feel for the place. She quickly offered to go upstairs, which I declined. Then the VIP room, which I declined. And then a bareback blowjob in the corner, which I declined. I booked because the dancer was now wiping her lipstick off and trying to make out with me right after explaining that her apparent area of expertise is giving BJs in the bar with a condom.
I poked my head in the Chicago Club, which was also dead. And ended up at Tropical Bar. Where a thin, tall, pretty, brunette quickly found me and started drinking with me. I had way too many drinks with her (and her with me). We were dancing, slow dancing, hugging, and I so wanted to get her to go to Las Pulgas with me to dance the Mexican night away. But, no, of course not. She had to work until 5am. I tried to convince her there must be some barfine I could pay, but to no avail. So I staggered out, drunk, into the night. The next thing I remember, I was in Adelita Bar. I say remember, because come to find out I apparently spent a great deal of time with a woman in Chicago Club between the two. In Adelita, I decided that my normal dosage of 50mg of Viagra that I popped on the way out the door of my hotel was not going to suffice given my extremely drunken state, so I asked for a little help from the bathroom attendant, who sold me (what I thought was a) 25mg tab for (what I thought was) $10. I say thought, because come to later find out I purchased 100mg from him for $20. I know I overpaid, but what can I say.
A blonde with a perfect set of tits finally convinced me that we should retire upstairs, which we did. Given my extreme intake of cerveza, and having loaded up on triple my usual intake of Viagra, it was two knocks on the door and extra time twice before I was able to release the built-up tension that only Tijuana can cure. Now, I fully understand that given my state "a blonde with a perfect set of tits" could have been virtually anybody. Perhaps a middle aged, saggy breasted, overweight brunette with blond accents. But, that didn't matter at all. I was happy. I hopped a $10 cab back to the Otay Mesa crossing and staggered back to the hotel. The receipt said I stopped in Jack in the Box at 3:15 in the morning, so my first night lasted about seven hours in Tijuana.
