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I walked across last week and simply showed them a copy of my passport application receipt along with a copy of my birth certificate and showed them my DL. No fuss and no hassle. Yesterday I received my new passport card. I was really amazed that they sent a new one after only 2 weeks.
[QUOTE=GolfSexRroll;1786020]If you drive across at San Ysidro there is no requirement for a passport. Pedestrian crossing only.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=GolfSexRroll;1786020]If you drive across at San Ysidro there is no requirement for a passport. Pedestrian crossing only.[/QUOTE]However once you arrive in Tijuana you absolutely do need a FMM in your possession. To obtain an FMM you need a passport.
They haven't figured out a way to enforce it yet when you drive but that doesn't mean you get a free pass. This comes directly from INM.
Look it up.
[QUOTE=HugoTheMan;1786010]The way I understand it your friend with the booze haze didn't see a thing. And I'm pretty sure my taxi leaving Tijuana drove right by the shooting about 5 minutes before it happened.[/QUOTE]Good for you! Then why did you not report on it at all?
[QUOTE=Hargow20;1786023]I walked across last week and simply showed them a copy of my passport application receipt along with a copy of my birth certificate and showed them my DL. No fuss and no hassle. Yesterday I received my new passport card. I was really amazed that they sent a new one after only 2 weeks.[/QUOTE]Don't think I got an actual receipt just got like a tracking # slip, but it says Ship to National Passport center. So I'm think ill be fine with just my Birth Certificate, Driver license and that Tracking # slip?
Any idea when and what time this happened. ? What is HDS sorry. ?
[QUOTE=KevinMorison;1785841]Five shots one dead in our lovely zona. Confirmed by a fellow monger that lives at HDS. Waiting to see if my other friend that was there has anything to say, but have not heard from him since it is way too early to wake up from the booze haze. Glad I stayed home with my pink eye instead of going this weekend.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Artisttyp;1786029]However once you arrive in Tijuana you absolutely do need a FMM in your possession. To obtain an FMM you need a passport.
They haven't figured out a way to enforce it yet when you drive but that doesn't mean you get a free pass. This comes directly from INM.
Look it up.[/QUOTE]What officials are enforcing this upon American tourists shopping on the streets or drinking in the bars of Tijuana?
And for Hargow: HDS is the Hacienda de Santiago (hotel) located at the intersection of Revolution & Coahuila.
Hong Club sponsored OB Ocktoberfest.
This really caught be by surprise. I guess HK must think there is a horny guys at Ocktoberfest. I am just glad I was not down in the blazing heat of the Zona this weekend.
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[QUOTE=TJ2015;1785930]Alright so just bring my birth certificate and tell them my Passport is in the Renewal process? Don't have a receipt I just have a tracking # for my passport. I got a long drive so they better let me cross![/QUOTE]You are still chancing it but you would be in a better position than with nothing at all. Bring the tracking info if it shows a Govt. Address.
Good Luck.
[QUOTE=ClamSlammer;1785916]BofA used to have 0% foreign transaction fee but they raised it to 3% in Nov of 2013.[/QUOTE]Until they closed my 4 accounts, last year, I used BoA. The international rate was 1%. I now use BBVA Compass card in BBVA Bancomer ATMs, no ATM fees at all, 1% transfer rate. Wondering about 4 BoA accounts, another story, but I can show you how to make money by withdrawing pesos from a Santander bank, doesn't always work, but at times we were making 3000 pesos per day, most day a lot less, some days nothing. BoA didn't like that, shut my accounts and send IRS an activity report. Luckily we saved paper work on everything and after explaining to an IRS agent how and why we were withdrawing and depositing US $6000 daily he also thought it was kinda interesting. But no bank will tolerate that.
[QUOTE=Artisttyp;1786097]You are still chancing it but you would be in a better position than with nothing at all. Bring the tracking info if it shows a Govt. Address.
Good Luck.[/QUOTE]Alright well I found a copy of my expired passport also. Think I should bring that also? Shit they better let me cross.
[QUOTE=Hargow20;1786063]Any idea when and what time this happened. ? What is HDS sorry. ?[/QUOTE]Hotel De Santiago on Calle Coahuila & Revolution. Looking East it is the tall hotel on the left hand side. I think the shooting happened around 8 pm. I was not in the zona so not sure. The only good thing about all the murders is the price of ladies is down and longer timed sessions is a good thing.
[QUOTE=KevinMorison;1786261]Hotel De Santiago on Calle Coahuila & Revolution. Looking East it is the tall hotel on the left hand side. I think the shooting happened around 8 pm. I was not in the zona so not sure. The only good thing about all the murders is the price of ladies is down and longer timed sessions is a good thing.[/QUOTE]When did you shave your head?
[QUOTE=TJ2015;1786259]Alright well I found a copy of my expired passport also. Think I should bring that also? Shit they better let me cross.[/QUOTE]I think you should be good to go then. Nothing is certain until it is certain but you are in a much better position than before IMO.
Definitely bring the expired passport.
[QUOTE=Artisttyp;1786439]When did you shave your head?[/QUOTE]Yeah that is not me, extra photo from a FB post about that nut job shooter. I am way more normal looking.
Longing to return for the past two weeks, I make my way to the border at around 5:00 PM Sunday. After turning right on Camino de la Plaza, I swap dollars for pesos and park at the Mexico Insurance / currency exchange on the left hand side. $6 for overnight parking, out by 8 AM. Thank you, by the way, everyone who confirmed that I should exchange my dollars. Pesos go much further, for sure.
I cross the bridge and into customs. Both times I crossed into Mexico, I found myself wishing that the girls who work there had worked in ZN instead. Thinking the wiser not to strike up such conversation, I stay formal and tell her that I'm trying to learn Spanish by immersion while I'm temporarily staying in the SD area (true, no doubt) and subsequently hop in a Taxi Libre en route to La Coahuila.
Upon arrival, I remember my first visit a couple weeks ago and figure I might need to find a pharmacy, just to be safe. So I start with a stroll past the street girls to see if pharmacy exists on that block. I will eventually pass who appears to be the one and only Ms. Ximena. I have mixed feelings as she is so much more beautiful in person, but at the same time anticipating her previously noted drawbacks. She certainly noticed my extended gaze as I hear her call out, "Babe" after I pass her. I think about it for a few paces and turn back in her direction. Her warm smile melts my heart. "[blue][Non-English text deleted by Admin][/blue]?" Ximena (yup, I knew it). "[blue][Non-English text deleted by Admin][/blue]" Si. Alright, it's on. Or so I thought.
Perhaps it's a not-so-entirely-subconscious fear that I might catch something even with a condom, or that both girls had saggy stomachs last time, but a couple weeks ago it wasn't as "on" as I thought it would be. I really think it's mostly because of all the porn I used to watch. Seriously, scientific studies confirm that shit rewires your brain in a bad way. I avoid that shit like the plague now, but I fear it's already done a little damage.
So off to la farmacia. A somewhat thugged out Mexicano, David, who speaks really good English (I know, major red flags) asks me what I need. I tell him and he escorts me the four blocks or so to the pharmacy where I purchase a generic Viagra and water. I think it was 40 pesos for the generic and 200 for brand-name. The generic, yellow, diamond shaped pill works great. I cut it in half and split it with him for his trouble. I offer him a few bucks but he declines. Oh boy. He's going to 'help me out' for the rest of the night. I half-reluctantly oblige since it's only my second time here and I've been alone both times.
I allow David to give me the tour. He apparently knows people at every bar. Watch out though, he kept asking me to use my phone. I tell him I'll be holding on to it all night. He also asks me how much money I have on me; I tell him that's an awfully personal question. I'm really starting to wish I just asked the taxi to stop at a pharmacy for perhaps an additional 10 or 20 pesos. Whatever.
We go into Chicago, and a decent-looking morena is the server. She gets me a beer, David declines my offer of a drink. The server asks if I want any company. "Contigo?" Si. "[blue][Non-English text deleted by Admin][/blue]" Her face is decent, but subtle flaws become apparent as she draws close. She has a pompis to behold, though. Real bootylicious, but not excessively thick. La Verga was almost jumping out my pants at her. Didn't catch her name, unfortunately. A couple girls went on stage and barely took their tops off. Recalling one fellow in this forum who recommended a coffee to chase the Viagra, I exit Chicago and pass Ximena again to acquire a cup of Joe / explore my options more thoroughly as I drink it. "[blue][Non-English text deleted by Admin][/blue]".
I get my cup and we stop in at Mermaids. They're mostly real thin here. David knows one of the girls. A bit thicker than the rest with an ok face. She asks if I'm interested in any of the girls. I tell her they're mostly muy flaca. I don't mind a spinner as long as she at least has spherical to her culo. She then asks me to demonstrate my preference in terms of hand gestures indicating ass / hips circumference, to which I show her an approximate range of suitability. She says, "Como mi?" Yeah, kind of. Mas tarde. I don't know, it's hard for me to say no to them so I just say "[blue][Non-English text deleted by Admin][/blue]". Though I actually meant it when I told Ximena.
Next stop – Tropical. There's actually a few decent girls here and it's only about 6:30-7:00. One girl catches my eye, sitting in that row of chairs on the left when you first walk in. But she looks like she doesn't want to be here so I refrain. Can't imagine much fun with that. One really thin-but-toned, light-skinned with long, dark, curly hair and a sufficiently round ass chica is straight up getting down on stage, but her face is lacking. A decent, Asian-looking girl asks if I want to buy her a drink. She looks close to 40, but a damn good 40. I politely decline. Over by the bathrooms, some girl lies face down at a booth like she just got slipped a rookie. Very dark hair and light skin. A winning combination in my book. Petite and curvaceous, she's not wearing underwear and I can see her pussy. I ask '[blue][Non-English text deleted by Admin][/blue]?' She starts twerking at a medium pace, then gets up and something about her face kills it for me. No chin.
OK. I'ma go find Ximena. I tell this to David and that I should be all good for the night, thanks, peace. Let me be when I approach her. But she's not there, so we start to walk past the street girls and there's a heavy police presence. David says it's "pick-up hour. " Is this a real thing? The police pick-up trucks (cars, too) are patrolling hard and a lot of cops are on foot. Not wanting to risk it, I take David up on his offer to hang out at a bar a few blocks away, "Tony's Bar". It's really small with a few booths and a pool table. David's lady is playing pool with her friend, Zafiro.
Zafiro is really hot but she kind of looks early-second-term pregnant (turns out it's just a beer gut). Medium brown skin, dark brown hair with blond streaks, about 5'5" with a medium-thin frame. Absolutely gorgeous face with the Marilyn Monroe mole. It doesn't work on some girls but boy, it works on her. She's wearing a random Pony League baseball Jersey and Daisy Dukes – decent legs and a sufficiently round ass. Seems like a regular local so I'm thinking I could get down with her, maybe even for free. Of course, I buy her drinks as well as for David and his lady – we all share a few 32 oz Tecates. Man, those girls can straight up drink beer, hence the beer guts. I ordered Tecate Red but the waitress brings Tecate Light. The girls turn it down; they drink Red, not Light. I tell Zafiro, '[blue][Non-English text deleted by Admin][/blue] ' She affirms this with a nod of her head.
Zafiro asks me for a dollar here and a dollar there and works the jukebox. I observe her tattoos and take them as a topic of conversation. I ask where she has tattoos that might be covered. "Mi pinocha. " OK, this is going in the right direction. I take her next door to get her a few cigarettes and a snack. We go back to the bar; David and his lady eventually leave. Zafiro asks, "Que quieres?" I say ti, and I turn the question back to her, "Que quieres?" Dinero. OK, of course. For some reason, I didn't feel it necessary to negotiate beforehand. Really weird, right? So I get a room at Hotel Jeni. 250 pesos for the night. Really small, but it has a decent TV with a shower, toilet, and sink. The attendant gives me the essentials (except lube) and I tip him.
We go up to the room. Zafiro asks for a massage. I give her a good, extensive rub as she guides me to her sore spots for the next 20 minutes or so. She seems to really enjoy it. She has a round tummy, but it's smooth and taut, not saggy and wrinkly. I actually find this kinda sexy, despite my apparent obsession with abs. I try to touch her nipples every few minutes but that's not allowed. I persist until the slightest hint of frustration. I start fingering her as her thighs ever so slightly tremble with every few passing seconds. She was just kidding about the tattoo near her pinocha. I go at it for about five minutes and she eventually removes my busy hand. "Terminado. " Alright then. My turn. So I go in missionary, with which I generally suffice along with intervals of cowgirl and doggy. But she doesn't seem to want it any other way and I don't bother trying to switch it up. She's into it at first but after a while it's getting to be too much for her. She's hurting.
Witnessing the winces of pain caused by my excessive plowing has become almost a necessity for me to finish with a condom these days. Shit. They say that's another way porn rewires one's brain. So I bust my load. Zafiro showers and asks if I'm going to pay her. I'm thinking, 'I gave you a massage and I got you off. And you weren't really that into the sex. ' But she only wants 300 pesos and I don't mind being a sugar daddy for the night if that's the price. I only have 500 peso notes and she doesn't have change, so I go down to the attendant and it takes him about 10 minutes to break the 500. I go back up to the room and give Zafiro her money. I apologize for hurting her and she says she doesn't have much sex. OK, I can take it or leave it. She's a little tighter than others and she didn't require lube. But her chocha looks a bit turned out. She heads on her merry little way.
So I wash up and decide that I'm probably better off getting back to North County before I have to get up for work the next morning. It's 11:00 PM. Dammit. I take a taxi back to the border, and lo and behold there is no line. I walk straight to the checkpoint, stopping only to wait about a minute for the border guard to call me over. Sweet. Maybe next weekend, Ximena.
In retrospect, I realize I made quite a few choices that could have led to disaster, and I am grateful that they didn't. It's constantly on my mind since then. Next time, I will stop at a pharmacy at the border. I will decline any offers to guide me around the ZN. I will clearly negotiate prices and services before going to the room. I'll try to find Ximena. If not her, then maybe the waitress at Chicago. And if not her, then maybe the Asian-looking girl at Tropical. But who knows what else might catch my eye. The world is my oyster.
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